Kiddie Academy of East Brunswick

We can’t say enough great things about the Kiddie Academy of East Brunswick. It’s not easy to leave your baby in the care of someone else, but the staff here made us so comfortable. We toured multiple daycares, and we knew Kiddie Academy was the best choice for us. It is so apparent that the teachers love and care for the all the kids as if they are their own! Ms. Manal, Ms. Gina and Ms. Liz have taught Lincoln so much, and they are so excited to see him everyday. And the administrative staff is also amazing! Ms. Amanda, Ms. Dana, and Ms. Jess are always up front ready to greet us every morning to start the day. Everyone makes you feel like family. Lincoln loves going to school everyday and has made so many friends! Mom and Dad have too! We would highly recommend Kiddie Academy to anyone who is searching for a daycare. You won’t be disappointed!

Our son has been with Kiddie Academy at East Brunswick for about one and half year. And we have to say we really enjoy here: First, the academy has an excellent enriched program for the kids to play and learn. We have always been amazed by how much our son learned at the academy like the life cycle of the plant, and of course math & words as well. Second, the academy has a really caring team. Our son occasionally had troubles of being willing to go and stay at school and may have an emotion breakdown. Whenever that happens, the teachers and stuff have always been there calming him down, cuddling him and making him feel better. They also do a really good job praising how my son is doing which really helps him boost his confidence. Third, the academy offers lots of activities which we enjoy a lot. This includes fun activities on Mother's Day, Music Party etc. In general, we would really recommend Kiddie for your beloved little ones.

Thankful to have found wonderful reliable childcare so close to home. My son recently joined the nursery class and it’s been a great experience. His teachers are exactly what I was looking for and the front staff has been very helpful and informative. I highly recommend this daycare for anyone in the area!

In March my husband and I toured Kiddie Academy & enrolled my son after meeting with the then director, Victoria. What I thought would be a great daycare for my son turned out to be the complete opposite. There were numerous red flags I observed while my son attended Kiddie Academy but I always overlooked them for one reason or another. Unfortunately due to a limit on how much I can write - I’ll only address what made me immediately withdraw my son from Kiddie Academy. As a new mom placing my child in daycare, camera access was one of the things I required. I frequently checked in on the app to observe my son throughout the day. When I observed my son, I always felt that the teacher's appeared, for lack of better word "cold." Not only did I observe actions I did not like ( i.e. snatching cups from children, pulling the children's chairs out while they were still eating to get them ready for naps) I frequently observed teacher's being on their phones. I very rarely observed the teachers interacting and engaging the children throughout the day but for short periods of time. For most of the day when I checked in, I observed my son roaming the classroom on his own & I questioned what curriculm was in place. On July 11, I received a phone call from my son's teacher informing me they were going to "write him up" because he was "being a bully." His teacher stated my son has thrown books at other children & the behavior has been ongoing. I asked his teacher if this behavior was ongoing why it was the first time I was being made aware of it. She then asked me if the front desk staff talked to me about this to which I answered no. His teacher then told me to disregard the write up. Once I hung up with my sons teacher, I immediately contacted the new current director, Tammy to ask how any teacher could refer to a 19 month old as a bully. I also said to Tammy that my son's teacher could have called me at any time to discuss his behavior if it was a problem.  This daycare lacks complete communication skills. When I spoke to Tammy, I told her that I was not making any excuses for my sons behavior IF in fact he was behaving the way they stated BUT that if her staff spent more time supervising as opposed to being on their cell phones or sitting around then the problem could have been addressed by them before books were thrown. On July 12, I spent the WHOLE entire day observing my son through the app. Not once did I observe my son to throw any toy at any child. When I picked up my son from daycare that day, I observed his diaper had not been changed as it was super heavy. (He also had, had a bowel movement.) I reviewed the Tad Poles daily report and my son's last diaper change was noted to be 11:42am. My son napped until approximately 3:45pm that day and I picked him up at 5:27pm. On the following day I asked to speak to Tammy who I was informed was not in. I wanted to address the diaper situation with her in person but asked to have her call me. Coincidentally, that morning I received an updated daily report on the Tadpole app which stated my son had a diaper change at 4:13pm which was a complete lie. When I was finally able to speak to Tammy I asked that she view camera footage to see when in fact my sons diaper was last changed and she said she could not. It was then that I informed Tammy that this would be my son's last day at this daycare. In the short period of time my son attended there (April -July) Tammy was the 3rd director. We also weren't contacted on one occasion when my son had a high fever of 103 and was told he appeared fine when I called and questioned them. I have a list of other complaints I can make but overall, personally, this daycare lacks MANAGEMENT and communication. I have since enrolled my son in another daycare and am seeing a whole new child. The only thing I can say is to go with your gut feeling. I wish I would have and dis-enrolled my son from this daycare much sooner.

This is by the far the WORST child care in East Brunswick. They are so unorganized. There is no structure for the children!! The teachers lack common kindness and education. Teachers quick left to right. The “director” is about 30 years old who knows nothing of running a child care facility, who has no children of her own to even begin to understand a parents point of view. The teachers yell at children, even curse. I had an incident where a teacher physically put hands on my son and the state was called. She was reported and STILL works there. PARENT TO PARENT: this would be the biggest mistake you make enrolling your children here. In additional this school does not provide any educational learning structure although they claim to.