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| - This is the first time I have ever written a review. I deemed it necessary because I don't want a parent/child to go through what we went through. I spent several days researching daycares in the area to put my 1 year old child in. Previously he had been with a nanny that he loved, so I knew it would be somewhat of a transition for him. I chose SELC because1) I liked the director upon meeting her and she said that 2) their philosophy to be nurture first, educate second, 3) they had cameras, 4) the room was clean and had a lot of area for the kids to explore.
I work from home and have dual monitors- so I had the second monitor set to watch my child throughout the day. While watching the video, I observed that my child spent most of his time in isolation. There was no curriculum or engagement and my child was spending 2 hours + on the playground standing there crying or in a swing while the teachers stood in a corner and talked to each other. At home, my child became very needy and clinging- not wanting to leave my side. This was very different than my independent explorer that wouldn't sit still before he started daycare. After picking my child up early because he was left in a swing for an hour (to which he fell asleep in with no one pushing him)- I asked for a curriculum. It took me 3 days to receive it. I took it home to review it- and the toddler curriculum was written on a 6th grade level. His vocabulary words were words like "biodegradable" and "compost". Very upset and after many tears shed watching my child isolated, I went in to speak with the director. She was very kind, she explained that the curriculum wasn't followed because it was out of scope (and the teachers didn't have time to make up another curriculum), that my child was standoffish but she would talk with the teachers about engaging him more. She also offered to be more flexible with the schedule- so I decided to switch him to 1/2 days while he was transitioning. For 2 days things seemed to improve and then things went back to the way they were where my child spent the majority of the day standing or sitting alone. I witnessed one day my child went up to a teacher and reached out his arms- she didn't even bother to look down at him so he sat in front of her for 15 minutes and cried.. she eventually just walked away, never acknowledging him. The next day I took him in at 10am for a 1/2 day. The first hour he stood alone on the playground. Then he ate for 15 minutes- after that he was put on his cot where he remained from 11:15am-315pm! 4 Hours! He slept for 1 and 1/2 hours and sat there by himself the rest of the time. I called other daycares that day- asking if this was "normal", the other daycares (that didn't have room for my child) told me absolutely not and to take him out immediately. I went up to the school LIVID and talked with the director. She basically told me that it was my child and that he would have this problem anywhere. I was willing to take my chances. I am writing this a week after we pulled him and put him in another daycare in the area. It is the same price but a WORLD of difference. My child is engaged, participating in learning activities throughout the day, and has already become comfortable with his teachers/other kids in school. He is happier and back to his exploring/fun/active nature. I shed many tears and got very little work done the weeks that my child was at SELC. Although the staff was always friendly to me- me and my child's experience there was absolutely awful.
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