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December 2023 by Lauren Bradley-Fraser
Absolutely the best nursery school / prek in Columbia. Incredible ciricculum, staff and community. Could not imagine a more productive place for my kids. Thank you to the entire CKC team, we love you!
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December 2021 by tori killy
I sent my now 6 year old there his entire daycare career. I was in awe when he would come home using sign language and speaking Spanish! I now have a 5 month old and I can not wait to send him there. I also love that they have cameras and I can tune in to check on my little ones. Highly recommend!
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December 2021 by Mandy Matt
The admin here was very helpful when I first started. I got along with other staff instantly and the director was VERY welcoming. I’ve been there almost a year so I’m excited to start receiving my benefits (paid vacation, paid holidays)!
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December 2021 by Dylan Jett
If I was in daycare I would want to go here.Both my kids went there and had nothing but great things to say. Will be sending my new baby boy as well.
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December 2021 by Jonathan Kirkover
Not a great place to work the bosses will talk down on you and spread gossip about you and your private life to other co workers and also Courtney is not great person with other peoples kids I would not send my kids there all they care about is money money
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December 2016 by Mary Welsch
I decided to go back to work when my son was 2. My son attended the daycare for 6 months and had incidents on a monthly basis. He was be bitten by other kids and was biting back which had never been an issue at home. He fell a couple times and ran into a door which sounded suspicious. The incident that changed my life forever was when I got a call on saying he fell and I was walking out of work so I was there within 20 minutes. When I arrived one of the daycare employees was holding my son and he was screaming. You don't have to be licensed to know the way he was screaming something was seriously wrong. The employee went to move him and I said NO, we need an ambulance. I was shocked no one called 911 already. His leg also wouldn't straighten out. The daycare workers knew this because they are on camera in the playground area trying to stand him up which might have caused more injury. The daycare workers said my son and another kid were chasing a ball and he fell. The videotape shows everything but the fall bc it happened in a fire exit that was immediately blocked off after this incident which means it should have never been open to children. No one can see the kids in that area so the daycare workers can't say exactly what happened. Needless to say we get to the nearest emergency room and the X-rays show my 2 year old baby had a broken femur. We were transported to Cardinal Glennon in St. Louis. We met with surgeons and doctors and my baby was sedated and they straightened his leg and put him on morphine to help with the muscle spasms and extreme pain he was feeling because he had a weight connected to his leg to extend the femur that had bunched up after it broke. He had to spend the night that way and I sat by his side watching him twitch and moan all night. The next day my poor baby was put in a body cast from under his arms all the way to his ankle. He had to keep it on for 8 weeks and he was a high risk for a re-break for 6 months. After we were home I called the daycare to ask what their insurance company had said and the daycare never notified their insurance company. I was shocked. So after I informed them that should have been done then they reported the incident and I received a letter in the mail from the daycare insurance company saying they weren't taking any responsibility. I asked to meet with the owner and so she met me at the daycare and I asked if they would cover loss wages bc I was going to have to stay home to take care of my son. The owner said I could drop him off at the daycare and they would hire someone to take care of him. I was shocked that she even suggested that I drop my son off at a daycare in a body cast to a daycare where he wasn't being watched and broke his leg. I said no and she said if I wanted anything I would have to file suit. I am still in shock to this day that I trusted this daycare with my baby, my first born and they are so nonchalant about his broken leg. I did file suit and we had to wait a year to make sure the bone healed as close to normal as it could. It's not the same size as his other leg and it will never be the same. It's been almost 2 years and the daycare still isn't taking any responsibility. I am grateful that my son didn't have to have surgery and that for the most part healed nicely but in the recovery process I lost my job, sold everything I had until I finally lost my car and my place to live. I had to move in with my ex husband. Please if you love your children and care about their safety, Columbia Kinder College is not the place to go and should be shut down for child negligence.
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December 2016 by Maggie Lauer
It has taken me awhile to write this review as I was not sure where to start. I know how hard it can be to find a daycare for your child(ren) so I wanted others to know my experience and have the details to make the right choice for their family. My twin girls stayed home until about 7 months old and then started full time at CKC. I do believe that most of the teachers care about the children in their care. I do believe that some of the teachers are present for the paycheck only. I unfortunately also believe that management is only concerned about making money. Most of my problems were centered around management and my girls being very sick. They ended up in Children's Hospital needing IV Fluids for 24 hours due to 2 very nasty viruses, Adenovirus and Rhinovirus--this was 2 weeks after they started. They also came down with Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease twice (once with blisters all over and a couple weeks later with blisters only in mouth), pink eye 3 times, RSV, and multiple stomach and head colds. This occurred from April to July. My problems with management centered around poor organization and lack of true concern regarding my children. They were moved to the "toddler" room at 10 months of age and were not ready. Once they moved to the new room they were getting bit at least once a week, sometimes 3 times a week. I was given 2 days to make my decision and told if I didn't move them to the toddler room they would be stuck in the infant room until January. They were close to being ready but still taking bottles and needing 2 naps a day. They finally worked with us on the naps because I pushed for them to keep the morning nap. I could not imagine if they were made to stay up until 12:30p and then only get 1 nap. Once they turned 1 they started pushing again to get rid of the morning nap-- I will never understand why a facility would not want what is best for the children. They NEEDED a morning nap and could not go without it. Being the parent and customer I felt like what I said did not matter and they only wanted to do what was best for them. I was told that the State of Illinois requires a child to be down to 1 nap by the time they are 15 months old--I called the state and this is not true. The final straw came when my girls became very sick with an intestinal bacteria. As they were recovering I talked to the director on a Friday and I was told the girls were welcome to come back on Monday as long as they had been fever free for 24 hours. I kept them home Monday and Tuesday to make sure they were ready to go back even though they were fever free. I called the daycare at 5pm on Tuesday evening to ask about bringing in their medication the next day and I was told they were not allowed back without a negative test for the bacteria. They didn't even call me to tell me and I was all set to go back to work and take the girls back in the morning--I guess they were going to wait for me to show up in the morning? Testing to get a negative result is 100% AGAINST what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends in regards to this bacteria. When I went the next day to withdraw the girls from the daycare the story magical changed and they only needed a doctors note. I was completely fed up with the games and pulled the girls anyway. They never seemed very happy anyway, cried at drop off in the mornings and were very clingy, cried at home in the evenings and had to be in bed by 6:15p every night because they were so exhausted! They are home and doing much better now. I hope my story helps you make the right decision. Good luck.
