Advantage Learning Center - Lakewood, Colorado

Peter S. J.

I wanted to add yet another cautionary note about this daycare for parents of children with any sort of special needs. Please read the other reviews and complaints on Colorado Shines before sending your kiddo here. Our 3 year old did amazing in wiggle worms and loved his teacher, but he struggled when they bumped him up to frogs. We had just started his 6-month old brother in the infant room since things had previously been going so well. Anyways, we’d hear occasional complaints during pickup that he didn’t nap, that he “had a rough day”, etc., and then a few weeks after switching classes the director called up my wife out of the blue and told her our son was no longer welcome.

We brought him by one last time to pick up his stuffy and give some good-bye cards to the teachers he really bonded with, and you could tell the director was incensed. I suspect they try to sweep these expulsions under the rug without too much fuss. She gave us quite the verbal lashing and ended up kicking out his 6-month old brother as well on the same day.

Matt H.

I don't recommend this daycare if your child has any kind of special need or isn't neurotypical. You can see from several reviews previous to mine that children with special needs are forced out of this daycare. We should have taken greater care to acknowledge those other views. We changed to this daycare because it was closer and we liked the idea of certain programs and the lunch offering. It was honestly one of the biggest mistakes we have made as parents to come here. Our son does have some sensory needs and was born prematurely, and they assured us that he would be okay there and they would be able to regulate his behavior. He joined the toddler room and his disruptive behaviors exploded. We tried all sorts of strategies and had extra professional supports and a treatment team they didn't give us a chance to solve it. One day about a month in they just pulled my wife aside and told her that our son was disenrolled. This was extremely sudden and we asked for extra time to find a new location. They granted us 2 weeks but then sent him home the first day due to behaviors. We ended up pulling him out the next day as it wasn't a supportive and encouraging environment any longer. We heavily regret switching here from our previous daycare. I think there was a lot this place could have done differently to support our child and in the end I don't recommend this daycare to anyone.

Shahed D.

Love this place. Have had my kids here for 6 months. I know they are safe, happy, and learning a ton. Staff and leadership are very approachable and collaborative. Teachers really care for the kids and I am amazed by their patience and kindness. My older daughter is pre-k and she has learned so much. I highly recommend ALC.

Amy G.

I have been using ALC for >2 years for my boys. We've had a wonderful experience there. The teachers are very experienced, great with the kids AND parents and combine lots of age appropriate fun with learning and appropriate discipline. They offer home made healthy meals and snacks which is incredibly helpful for me. Their hours are really convenient. They get the kids outside to play as much as possible. The management is great, very open to suggestions, communicate well and bend over backwards to help accommodate their families. There is teacher turnover there, which is a problem overall at day cares, but seems less at this center than others I've used. My older son was more than ready for kindergarten when he started.

Haley

My baby girl is in the infant room and she LOVES her teachers. She is so happy to go in every day. They serve good food, they taught her to wave and blow kisses. I love when they do arts and crafts and send me pictures. Overall very happy with how things are going!

Lindsay S.

Honest review... We did not like this daycare and would not recommend. Our little attended for 4 months (from about 6-10 months). The teachers were nice enough but the management was awful. We moved our daughter to an in home licensed daycare and it is night and day from this place. A big reason we moved her was after our daughter was diagnosed with a food allergy. When Pat (the director) told us she couldn’t ensure that our daughter would be safe, and actually advised us that she’d be safer at an in home, we knew we had to move her ASAP. We also never loved how the teachers told us our daughter was a fussy child. She is not a fussy child. They simply were not meeting her needs. To top it off, they refused to let her have breastmilk past a year which to me is appalling. I’m the mother and I get to decide how long my daughter has breastmilk. I told The director my wishes to send her with a bottle past a year (once she moved to the toddler room) and she told me state regulations wouldn’t allow it. I found the state and federal regulations regarding this and it is the exact opposite. It encourages that breastfeeding women be supported and allowed to give their children breastmilk as long as they desire. Like many childcare centers I have looked into, this one needs work on improving their support of breastfeeding mothers and babies past a year.

Bart B.

DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THIS DISASTER OF A DAYCARE!!! I have never been to a place this unprofessional... Pat is a complete mess and don't just take my word. You can search many reviews on Advantage Learning Center and see many other people talking about what a joke she is and what a joke Advantage Learning is. Anyways, If your child is not a perfect little cookie cutter child, stay away from this nightmare that we just went through with them. KinderCare is a much more professional daycare than Advantage Learning will ever be.

Skip M.

This has been a great place for our kids. One of the best businesses that I have ever dealt with. The teaching staff is dedicated to my child's learning and the admin people do a great job