Lake Stevens Daycare and Preschool

Nicole Baker _{on Google}

Feb 18th, 2024

I showed up to this place never having childcare in my life expecting someone to look after my 1 year old. When I arrived a teacher overseeing toddlers at the playground was staring down on their cellphone. I thought it was low budget but seemed ok from the inside. The play ground for the small kids is around the side of the building with very loose latches to their gates. An educator was explaining the layout and the practices when a child opened the door from the outside and left it open when nobody else was paying attention. I had to mention it to the person giving me the walkthrough so that my one year old did not exit while we were talking. You had to provide your own lunches for your child every day. I suppose they had to let go the cook due to lack of children eating the food made. The "infant educator" showed to be scarily incompetent during my visit as she was only overseeing two children and is the sol reason I Ieft and never looked back. She left an infant in a swing to carry a toddler over the gate to let another educator know the toddler had it's boots on the wrong feet. When that could have been easily addressed without waking away from the infant. I feel terrible for leaving this review but it needed to be shared. There is more not mentioned but that's what I remember from 3 weeks ago.

Belinda W. _{on Yelp}

Dec 30th, 2021

I was totally impressed on how well this program flows. This program demonstrates supportive and nurturing interactions with the children, it provides developmentally appropriate practices.  The staff and parents are partners in the children's learning. This program implements some of the best practices in early childhood and works toward preparing children for kindergarten. Each room set ups are very thought out and provide a positive learning environment for different age groups.  There is plenty to do and lots of toys and learning material for the children.  It's no surprise that there is a waiting list for this place.