I am neither a helicopter parent nor a bulldozer parent; however, I am an overprotective parent who tries hard to have trustworthy individuals around my children as best as possible. As an immigrant, none of my family members live in Texas. Daycare has been my point of care for my children, so I can go to work to support them. Little Explorers Infant Academy has been a blessing for me and my family.... Here's what I think: Health and Safety: Ms. Deana and her administrative team have implemented many policies and procedures to ensure that children are safe, secure, and able to learn in a conducive environment. I am happy that I have barely had to stay home due to my children's illness from childcare. If my children pick up a common cold or anything that needs immediate attention, I will not send them to the daycare to ensure I follow the rules to keep other children safe from illnesses. We must do our part as parents. They will return after feeling better or following the protocols in place. Teachers: I can only speak from the experience of the teachers I have had. Ms. Celia is simply outstanding! My son loves her to the moon and back....and he is only 1. He has been with Ms. Celia since he was two months old, and he knows her and positively reacts to her. She is warm and motherly and makes me feel safe with him in her care. My sweet girl has been at Little Explorers since she was five months old; she will be 3 in November. She has had some great teachers, Ms. Dorothy, Ms. Rosie, Alejandra, etc. These are just a few that I can recall at the moment. Class: The small classes make classroom management, teaching, germ control, and learning engagement easier. I have visited a few other daycares that would have been a more leisurely, shorter commute to work, but they do not compare or have the standards set from what I have seen at Little Explorers! So my commute to work is longer, but I know that my children are around people trained and vetted to work in this facility. The administrative team: Ms. Deana, Ms. Stephanie, and Ms. Angie are a terrific trio of women who try their best to ensure that the kids have a holistic experience in their growth and development. I do apologize for the epistle. It has been in my spirit to do this review for the longest. read more

I love this daycare and all the teachers and staff, my 3 year old daughter goes here and she loves it too. She is learning so many words and numbers and she even has already learned how to color inside the lines. Very nice facility, great location, and I feel very safe taking my daughter here. The teachers regularly keep me updated on what she's doing and learning through messages and pictures. I was apprehensive about putting my daughter in daycare at first, but I'm actually so happy I did. This is a really good daycare and I highly recommend. Thank you Little Explorers read more

Buyer beware- it's a nicely wrapped package, but inside it's a different story. I had to post because he hasn't gone to the school for months and still recalls and talks about these events at home-TRAUMATIZED!!!! My husband and I stood at the door and prayed together with Deana the owner and her staff member the day my son started because we were so happy to find a Christian Daycare. The daycare didn't turn out to be what we thought. My 2 yr old son was kicked out of daycare 3 days after he was diagnosed with asthma and they thought he should wear a mask bc of his cough(asthma exacerbation). Upon, asking them to not place a mask on him for his asthma cough but to let us know so we can let the doctor know...the owner said she didn't think he was a good fit and she said he couldn't come back. Documents from doctor submitted and neg. Covid test presented with asthma diagnosis amd medication Adminstration permission for at school. Countless incidents: Stephanie says she will make sure our son ate breakfast if we brought him earlier vs. lunch hour(he was half day enrollment). So 1st time we dropped him off early after the discussion with Stephanie, the owner is was literally refusing to feed him saying she can't she has 12 new admissions(which I assume took priority over my son). So, I told her ok if take him back to buy him breakfast but would have to drop him back off to eat it at school. All of a sudden she would give him a bowl of cereal after a 10 minute discussion. Isolated notices: implying that state rules said 2 yr old had to wear mask if coughing, and state said no "fast food" only cook meals can be brought to school. But, only directed to us-no mass emails notifying all parents. However, we had bring bring him lunch every Friday since he started at the center with no issue. When asked to provide the list of state rules and regulations so we can understand and be compliant-request was ignored and denied. He came home w/busted lip with visible blood underneath the skin on outer lip and no one knew what happened. I was told if he doesn't come to teacher crying she can't notice every incident. He was forced to sleep on his stomach and cried at home at night asking how he could sleep-school denied allegations. He said the teacher said I have to sleep like this. He still says "I'm sorry" for any little incident. It seems like this was a taught behavior to be sorry for everything, even dropping his toys. He said a teacher yelled, "Get out of my class now." He was crying when he told me about it. I called the school immediately to see what happened. My son was totally traumatized at school. He still says that teacher at my school was "mad" and "I don't like it(that school)". Asking daily if our son ate because teachers not documenting anything in the app about lunch/snack. The curriculum seems to be questionable bc I only saw my son have Spanish class 2-3 times while he was there, and when I asked for Spanish curriculum no one ever responded. My experience is the owner and Stephanie are never on the same page. Stephanie aims to please and the owner said, "Well-I'm the owner and I'll talk to Stephanie because we won't do that!" I would not recommend this school. He attended for only 2 short months and we knew we were going to move him before he was "kick out". Deanna has no regard for our work schedule or our child's well-being and made it clear he could return....all because he now has Asthma! read more

DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS HERE!!! Listen to the bad reviews. I enrolled my 1 year old son and one of the teacher Ms.Tati snatched a bowl of grapes from him. I informed Ms.Gladys and she told me she was going to investigate and give me a call. I did not receive a call until 2 days later and she tells me that she did not see anything wrong with what Ms.Tati did. I informed her how is it that you want me to give you guys a second chance when you did not even give me a call until 2 days later and then tell me that the teacher did nothing wrong when she clearly snatched a bowl from my baby. She then escalated the issue to DeAna the Director and DeAna also said that she saw nothing wrong and then told me in a email if I needed translating services just because i am Hispanic which is super OUTRAGEOUS. I would save your money and do not waste your time taking your kids here because they do not care. Whenever you go to the tour and talk to them everyone is so nice and sweet but when i actually took my baby there it was a different story and everyone's attitude changed. Gladys and DeAna are both part of the problem with what happen with Ms.Tati because if they really cared about the customers they could've did a meeting with me and the teacher to discuss what happen and make sure it never happened again and i probably would have still took my baby but no that did not happen. They didn't even tell the teacher about my concerns so i bet this will happen again with other children which is unfortunate. read more

The staff here is absolutely amazing. I'd suggest this place to anyone!! I send my two babies 5 days a week. They're super flexible and have late hours, which are amazing for my busy and unpredictable schedule. The building is extremely clean, they provide meals and snacks and the teachers actually care!!! I'm soooo happy with our choice. read more

If there are any negative comments, please disregard. I work here and been here for a couple of months. Keep in mind NO place is perfect. This school is truly awesome, children are well behaved and all staff there ensures the child is cared for while parents are at work including teaching them. I am a teacher there and have been working there for a couple of months. I love working there! I actually don't dread getting up in the Am to see my children! I love their hugs and I love to teach them. The classes are NOT cluttered, we clean and sanitize. Join little explorers academy before it fills up! read more

The school is clean and the owner invests in making sure the kids have plenty of activities. However within the last 2 months there has been a lot of change in staff/teachers. My child was assigned a new teacher and from that day on everything starting going downhill. I noticed behavioral changes, acting out and fighting with other kids, lack of desire to be at the school to the point were I was fighting my child every morning. My child bounced back and forth between two teachers. My child use to come home and share with me everything they had learned. Honestly I can't remember the last time they actually learned anything. I don't feel or see the compassion or engagement from the new teachers. I've popped up several times and every time I entered my child's class I noticed the kids sitting there like robots. While I know structure is crucial I also think having fun while learning is important for kiddos 2-4yrs old. I ultimately made the decision to withdraw my child. I couldn't put my finger on it but something about the school just wasn't sitting right with me. As a parent you want to have peace when you drop your kids off. Sometimes when our kids are acting out or don't want to go somewhere consistently there is a bigger issue and they are trying to communicate it the best way they can. This school may work for your child but not so much for mine. read more

I'm an RN and resident of Spring Creek Oaks Subdivision. My wife and I were very excited when this establishment opened, since it is conveniently located in the neighborhood. And honestly we've really enjoyed the time our son has been going here. We always ask how our son is doing, and we always get the same positive feedback. Until, yesterday, after the introduction of the third new teacher since our son started a month ago, he had "trouble staying in his seat." The Director of this establishment (DeAna), in front of here other staff told my wife we need to get our child a Psych evaluation and put on medication because he would not sit down in class for one day. Our son just turned 3 years old. This was very hurtful, shocking, and we can no longer trust this facility with the care of our son. read more

My little one goes here and I am very happy with the care he receives. I love the fact that they have the 12 hour/day time instead of the usual 6-6. It works well with my work schedule. My son loves being able to go outside and run around in their playground. The teachers, especially the owner, are nice and attentive to his needs. I am glad they have opened up! read more

Don't bother with this place. They are very new and don't really have their act together yet. The owner lacks communication skills and her professionalism can use some serious refinement. Their "teacher" quit within a few weeks and they had a lot of substitute teachers. They let the kids watch up to 3 movies a day. One of the days they watched "Coraline" and my kids got home that day and told me they watched an inappropriate movie. There's one particular scene in Coraline that I don't think was appropriate for a daycare full of young kids to watch. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for your daycare needs. read more

Not a good place to send your school aged children in search of a summer program. Their flier says science experiments, technology activities, engineering tasks, arts & crafts, mathematics projects, and cooking class. My kids were there for two and a half weeks and they had hardly any of this. They had a lot of entertaining themselves and substitute teachers. They had to be quiet and in the dark watching several movies for a couple of hours per day while the babies slept. Seriously? Then, out of nowhere, with no warning, I received a call that my child was no longer welcome there due to behavior. I was *never* told anything about bad behavior, and I talked to the owner almost every single day while I performed the many clicks necessary to sign in my children. She had ample opportunity to inform me there was a behavior problem so I could take care of it. Very unorganized, no communication, no summer program. I do not recommend. read more