Kiddie Academy of Harrisburg

I HIGHLY recommend Kiddie Academy to any parent looking for excellent childcare. I have two daughters that have attended the center since it has opened and I have had nothing but great experience with the owners, director (Ms. Jen) and my girl's teachers. I have had my girls in many other daycare settings and none of them compare to the care my girls are receiving here. The facility is clean, everyone is so friendly and my daughter's needs are being met. One of my daughters has special needs and they have been so accommodating and accepting of what she needs in order to be successful. Her therapists are welcome into the school and are able to provide her the services she needs as well. The owners have made my husband and I comfortable and have answered all of our questions and met our needs since day 1. Kiddie Academy is by far the best child care facility in this area.

This daycare has been fantastic for me and my child. My child is in the three year old room and learns so much. The teacher in the threes room is very good at what she does and has amazing lesson plans. My child truly enjoys this daycare. This daycare is focused on curriculum, which was super important to me, and in this room, the teacher delivers. She is always so warm and welcoming, very engaged and interactive with the children and has her room set up for success. I love that I have camera access and every time I go to check, my child is engaged and happy and the teacher is engaged with all the kids. I also love walking into the facility and being welcomed by the management team. Everyone is so friendly and nice. I would highly recommend this daycare! Best in the area after a LONG time!

This daycare deserves zero stars. They hyped this daycare as a curriculum-centric day care, a daycare that is known for its curriculum and lesson plans, yet every time I look at the camera, there are children, including mine, who are not engaged at all. The teachers allow the children to just lay there and not do anything all day. Why am I paying for my child to go to a daycare then? There are two-three teachers in the class and only one teacher is doing it all while the others just sit there. This place needs to hire better staff! This makes me wonder if management is even doing anything about this or even cares. My child is not learning anything but bad behavior in this school. In the previous daycares, my child has been engaged, active, learning to the fullest potential. We saw this daycare and knew the reputation it had so we decided to enroll our child in here and it was the worst decision we ever made. Go find yourself and your child another daycare! This place seems disorganized from management as well. I don’t see the director anymore so it seems like there’s a high turn over rate. I also see new teachers coming and going. Not a good look! I understand that my kid can not get personal attention as there are other kids too. I believe if all the teachers in the class can have the same work ethics and care for the kids like the one teacher in my kid’s class, my opinion wouldn’t be this strong. I don’t see my kid doing any work book or doing any curriculum. On the opening they promised so much and delivered so less.

I do NOT recommend this daycare for children. The parents were promised better care and better education for the children as well as being promised lower costs for daycare fees. Their old director which they had fired in the first week was the only one who was truthful and HONEST. The real owners though? are very JUDGMENTAL and very insensitive ESPECIALLY when it comes to children with disabilities. There have been SEVERAL parents being questioned by the owners of Kiddie Academy as to basically why their kid has that disability and/or receive certain services for their children. I, myself was one of those parents. There was also a comment made by the owners saying that they would put all the children with disabilities in one room singling them out from the other “normal” children & not have them play as if they aren’t normal children.. The owners of Kiddie Academy are VERY insensitive and they don’t care about the children. They are more worried about the money going into their pockets and not fixing actual problems. This place is just ridiculous. Even worse having several teachers quit in the first couple weeks of being open as well because of how it’s ran, and what’s being actually said behind closed doors. Do NOT send your kids here!

Absolutely horrible daycare, I worked here from opening and my son had attended as well. The owners are extremely disrespectful and just want your money. The constant criticism and judgemental comments coming from the owners will overwhelm and drain you just how it did me. They even went as far as to telling me how to raise my son. 0/5 stars.