Me and my babies love kids country! I've never had a bad thing to say since I started coming here…read moreabout a year ago. The head director Melody seems like she really cares about these kids and what's good for them! Anytime I've had anything to say regarding my children I feel like I've been heard and the issues been fixed immediately. I would recommend this daycare to anyone!

As a parent of a nonverbal autistic child, I am extremely disappointed in the way Kid's Country…read morehandled our experience, especially after a change in leadership. While the previous staff showed care and compassion, everything changed under the new director. What's most troubling is that the director claimed to have experience working with children with disabilities, yet she refused to make any effort to communicate with my nonverbal child. No visual cues, no gestures, no attempts at understanding, just avoidance and blame! Instead of support, I was repeatedly asked to leave work shortly after drop-off, because the staff couldn't "manage" her behavior, behavior that is common for children on the spectrum. My child was even referred to as "wild," which is dehumanizing and unacceptable. They also made it clear that they wouldn't allow her to attend without a one-on-one aide, which they provided no assistance in arranging. Meanwhile, when my child was bitten or pushed by other children, I was rarely informed, but if she had any issue, it was escalated immediately, making it clear she was being singled out and unfairly targeted. This is not a safe or inclusive space for neurodivergent children. If your child has a disability, especially if they're nonverbal or any child period. Please seek a center that not only says they support inclusion but actually practices it.

Great learning experience for my child! I wouldn't call this day-care, more like a learning center…read more I've come to see how well they understand children and am sad that my child will soon leave to go to big kids school:( Thanks so much for all the hard work ladies!! It takes a village.

I had taken a tour here with my then one year old daughter and noticed a worker there i previously…read moreworked at another center with that left a bad impression. No big deal, but the director was giving the tour and asked me if i liked working with her, i said no. She proceeded to conduct the rest of the tour in a very unprofessional manner acting very intentionally rude for someone simply not having a good impression from working with one of her employees. Given this she continued to encourage enrollment and gave the ok. After my daughter had been enrolled and several phone calls throughout the day to finalize the process she called me and said she had decided to change her mind stating "this is a family daycare and you are not a good fit for us ". She heavily discriminates against single households as well as young mothers. She gave strong insinuations about my morals and principles being a reason my child could not be enrolled speaking as though i should be disgraced for my family because it did not fit her guidelines as "this is a FAMILY daycare." Maam my child very much well should not be treated differently because of your uncomfortable nature with young or single moms! Very gross unprofessional behavior that has left a scar over several months. The employee i worked previously with was Abagail. Overall very relieved my daughter did not end up enrolled here given the nature of the director and questionable morals.

My daughter is in St. Luke's preschool program. We were originally planning to only enroll her for…read morePre-K before moving to a public elementary for kindergarten, but we have been so impressed with the foundation these wonderful teachers are setting that we have committed to spending the additional cost of sending our daughter there next year. There are two teachers in her classroom of 18-20. One teacher is a little more stern while one seems to be more amiable. They are a great team.

I have one child that is about to graduate from kindergarten this year. My child has attended three…read moreyears at St. Lukes. 2day pre-k, 3 day pre-k and of course our current year. St. Lukes came highly recommended from a coworker that has deep roots in Federal Way. She pretty much knows all the ins and outs of this town. I trust her opinion regarding children as she is a retired nurse with grown well rounded children herself. My child has had the best experience here! Teachers are amazing! They are patient, informative and fun for the kids! My child in the three years attended did not once ever have an issue with a teacher nor did I. Common goal of preparing these kids for elementary both academically and socially has been beyond my expectations. The buildings are secure and safe. Tuition is comparable to most private preschools in the area but I feel you get much more from St Lukes. Weekly Chapel is wonderful reminding the kids that they are loved by our Lord just for being them and encouraging them to seek Jesus is so encouraging to these kids! Sadly, St Lukes only goes to kindergarten. My child will leave here with so many great friends, relationships and memories. I am grateful for this school making his first school experience wonderful.

Toured KinderCare Meridian, even though they did not have an opening, they still provided a warm…read morewelcome, took the time to answer questions and then referred us to another location that did have an opening. Recently I received an email and a phone call from them informing me of an opening. By then we had already enrolled our daughter into another KinderCare. I do remember being very welcomed, and receiving a courteous gal who walked us through the facility, discussed the infant rooms, diapering, and how their facility operates. We toured 3 locations that day and felt this facility would provide quality, safe care.

No. Absolutely no. I…read morewas told to check this location and another when 1 other was full. I called thinking let's skip the 800 number and the typical we have openings and tour but u go and find out no they didn't. So, I called this one. Immediately got stuck with someone who was and I quote, " um, no, there no opening, not sure if there'll be one anytime soon." She sounded rather annoyed at the call. No name, no thanks for calling kindercare... just short and hung up. Ok, we'll, if you have no patience for inquiring parent. U should NOT work with children. Hire better people. This is disgusting!!!!!

My son spent 2 years with Roots & Rhythms. I'm so grateful for the time he spent with Sarah &…read moreSophia. I'm admittedly a bit overprotective of my kids at times, but from the first day, I felt safe leaving him in their care. It was so nice having him with awesome humans who not only kept him safe and engaged, they taught him how to be a part of a community. I love that it was a mix of ages and that he got to be outside. I believe he's an even better person for the time spent and attention received. He learned empathy and communication skills that I think will serve him well as we transition into K this fall.

This is a truly amazing program! My 4 year old grandson goes to Roots and Rhythm and absolutely…read moreloves it. He has made friends, he's gained confidence in his abilities, and now loves to tell us all about what he learned. The most important thing is that he has so much fun! Sophia and Sarah are wonderful with the kids. They are so caring and thoughtful. If you have an opportunity to enroll your child here - DO IT!!

I love the characters TLE uses to bring learning to life! They're so inclusive. Every staff member…read moreI've met is so kind and clearly loves the children -- most of them know my student by name even though she isn't in their class!

My 3 year old loves coming here! She's so disappointed when it's not a daycare day. She tells me…read morehow sweet her teachers are. She loves Ms.Michelle, Ms.Lindsey and Ms.Alyssa. She tells me Ms.Lindsey is a great teacher! I'm so happy she's learning so much. It makes my mornings so much easier knowing I'm dropping her off in great care. Childcare is so expensive these days but you can't put a price on your child receiving genuine love and care.

It's not as clean and organized. The folks were nice. Here's the thing, you call a dn they tell you…read moreopening. Tiff posted on Puyalup childcare sight opening, so we called. We set the tour, and my spouse showed as I got stuck at work. They played dumb at arrival that no tour was scheduled. Sttike 1, then he called again to see if the number he had was for a different location as they're 3 in our reach for my kid. Nope, right one. They said the spot was full and could still do a tour but spot won't up for a few months and still no guarantee. Ok. Then he left, and someone called him back saying there was opening at another location. Ok, so next post. We were told on cal we could be on wait list. However. They never took his name phone number or kids name. Smh. Who's running these big centers? Yikes. You're walking in strangers for tours, take ID... if my baby ended up sick or missing I'd be pissed for this.

My daughter has been here since she was just a year old and she's going on 3. Whatever they're…read moredoing when it comes to academics is working because my baby talks so well, she surprises me with her full sentences and level of comprehension at such a little age. They address all concerns in a professional manner and do well with criticism. I would recommended this place to all my family and friends.

Trigger warning: inappropriate touch involving children…read more We ultimately decided to withdraw our child due to ongoing concerns with communication, consistency, classroom structure, and how sensitive situations involving children were handled. One of our biggest concerns was learning after the fact that inappropriate boundary related behavior had reportedly been occurring between children at the school. Administration disclosed this to us after incident with our child and stated it's been happening in the school but quickly minimized it as something that was "what difference would it have made if I told you before hand because it didn't not involve your child". Parents were not proactively informed that this had become an ongoing issue, which meant families were not given the opportunity to reinforce conversations about appropriate and inappropriate touch at home. I even gave them examples of how a close friends of mine school handled it when it was happening at their child's school. Our child later disclosed that another child had inappropriately touched them. We requested an incident report and expected the situation to be handled objectively, professionally, and with appropriate communication. We wanted it documented and our child moved out of that class. They were very hesitant on documenting it and dismissing the report before even investigating it. Even with it happening in the school before my child disclosed. Unfortunately, the way the situation was handled left us questioning whether it was impartial. This was especially concerning because we had previously received multiple reports of the same child hurting our child. There were also multiple occasions when our child did not want to attend school because of this child; something we had communicated to the school before we understood the full reason behind it. We also experienced ongoing staffing and classroom concerns. Teachers were frequently absent, children were regularly moved between classrooms, and the overall structure and consistency declined significantly. We genuinely believed in the program and even referred two families before the significant staffing changes. In our experience, things noticeably declined after administrator Hailey left. Another concern arose when we received our child's belongings after withdrawing them. We were told the school's policy was to clean and sanitize water bottles daily. Our child had only attended one day that week, yet the water bottle was returned in visibly poor condition and was missing the internal straw, making it unusable. We contacted the school about this and were disappointed by what we received back. There were teachers who genuinely cared for our child, and we are very grateful for those relationships. Miss Tiona, Miss Kyla, and Leianna were wonderful to our family and our child. Ultimately, the combination of poor communication, lack of consistency, staffing changes, and our concerns about how sensitive situations were handled caused us to lose trust in the program. For those reasons, we would not recommend this school.