Denver Child Care Center was in an ideal location for me to help with transportation for my grandchildren when my daughter got a new job. I am so glad I didn't see the review by Melissa prior to going to this center. If I had, I'd have probably missed out on the best daycare experience I've ever encountered. Fortunately, I didn't see it until now, and they have already been there for almost a month. Perhaps there has been a management change since her review, but I could not disagree with her more strongly, based on my experience with them. I have older grandchildren that have been in numerous daycares over the years, so my experience is not limited. These grandchildren are 17 months and 3 years old. They are warmly greeted and welcomed every morning and the hand off is accomplished with smiles and waves good-bye, and they are still happily playing when I pick them up. That wasn't the case at the last daycare they were in. They cried when they had to stay in the morning and were clingy at the end of the day. They didn't have an attachment to their teachers, and just sort of aimlessly passed the hours away waiting to be picked up. It was heartbreaking. Every staff member I've encountered at Denver Child Care has been genuinely warm and engaging with the children. It is abundantly clear that the kids are comfortable, secure, and enjoying their new environment. The center is always clean and the toys and play areas are in good repair. I am not easy to impress and when it comes to my grandchildren, I must confess that I am probably quite over protective. I am so grateful to have them in this environment, and appreciate Flo and her staff enormously! read more

My children have been attending Denver Child Care Center for about a month. I told my mother almost immediately that I wanted to write them a thank you note expressing how grateful I am. Tonight she pointed me this direction and I was shocked to see Melissa's review! I don't know how two people could have such very different experiences. A few of the things she mentioned are true, but I will go over those later. I have four children 14, 9, 3 and 17 months and they've all been in day care since a year after birth. This is the third day care that my two youngest ones have been enrolled in. Every time I'd drop them off at their other day cares (Kindercare and Busy Bees Learning Center), they'd cry. My 3 year old would beg me not to go, and if he wasn't crying, he had this super sad, abandoned, rejected face where his lower lip would quiver. I would tell him, "I'm coming back, honey. I'll be back to get you after work" and so he started saying, "You comin' back for me, mommy?" As if he was afraid he'd get stuck there forever. Everybody said he would adjust, but he never, EVER did. Month after month after month my heart was ripped out of my chest every morning. It was horrible. The teachers seemed nice enough, but he just hated it. My youngest baby adjusted better, but she just never seemed very happy. The very FIRST DAY that I came to pick them up from Denver Child Care Center, they were happy, and my 3 year old told me all about his day. I was shocked at his demeanor, but I didn't get my hopes up. The next morning I went to drop him off and he talked about "his friends" the whole drive there! His teacher immediately acknowledged he was there, greeted him personally, and THEN greeted me, and helped me to be able to leave (this has been my experience with every single teacher and every staff member across the board). My son went to her with a smile on his face and waved goodbye! Not one single morning has he been any different. He feels safe, and confident. The difference is absolutely astounding. I love to know that my children are learning, and growing, but I'll tell yuh what... their emotional needs at this age, mean so, SO much more to me. I want to KNOW that he is being loved, and tended to. I want to KNOW that when he falls down or doesn't feel well or is just having a rough day, that someone is going to let him know he's important and he matters. That if he just wants to lay his head on an adult for a second and feel safe and comforted, that someone will be there to allow that. He has that at this center, and I am so grateful. I can't put into words how much the peace of mind that this child care center offers, means to me. I really can't. I thank Jesus for every single one of them. My 17 month old leaves me happy and is happy when I return. They do her hair, they make notes about her day to share with me when I pick her up, and they just seem to really love all the children. But I feel like they love MY children and as a parent that's what matters to me. This place is like a well oiled machine. They communicate through walkie talkies and everyone seems to help everyone, and know what is going on everywhere in the center. This is a very large day care, and I'm just blown away by how clean and well managed it is. I don't know where in the world they could find so many employees that are so good at what they do. Usually you have at least one bad apple. I've yet to see a single employee do anything less than impress the socks off me. I could go on and on. When you first walk in it feels huge, industrial, cold, loud and impersonal. I never would have guessed I'd be so pleased. I hope I never have to move my children again. As Melissa said, when I pick the kids up and it's close to closing time, some of the children are gathered into one room to watch a movie, and another large group are outside on the play ground. I imagine this is so that the children are safe and in one place so that the staff can close up shop and get ready to go home to their own families. I don't mind this one bit. I've shown up at all different times and I've never seen a movie on unless it was close to closing time. As Melissa noticed, I've also noticed older children in with my 17 month old. Children that seemed to be more around my 3 year old's age. But there has always been plenty of staff and the kids were supervised and monitored. I don't know why they do that, it never occurred to me to ask because my baby is so happy, and they're all so attentive and loving. Last but not least, when I pull up in back to turn around, I can see all the kids on the play ground and the teachers are actually playing with them. Pushing their swings, helping them climb on stuff, they are actively involved with the kids every time. They're not standing together in a group yelling at the kids not to push each other. 5 big fat huge stars for this place. They put KinderCare to shame and I would recommend them to anyone. read more

Denver Child Care Center is Rated a level 4 which is one of the highest in this area. Their Preschool has a very strong background in Academics. I would recommend this school for quality education! read more

My daughter has been at the Denver Child Care Center since she was 17 months old. She is now 3 and in Jr. Pre-K. We have nothing but great things to say about the staff and the facilities! Children are taken care of very well. We are in the potty training process and her teachers are pulling the legwork for us! Most of the time we don't even see the clothes she was wearing when she had an accident because they've been washed and put back in the rotation of spare sets of clothes in her cubby. The drop offs and pick ups are very smooth - most of the time I have to "fight" for a kiss goodbye or to get her to leave because she enjoys being there with her teachers and friends. Kids are appropriately supervised at the playground. Toys and books are in great shape and her teachers make sure to communicate with us about what's going on with our daughter, any homework, any behavior issues, any praise for helping out, etc. I disagree with Melissa's review below. We were already part of this community when she posted her review and have never seen any of the concerns she mentions. Yes, the restroom is side by side for the kids that are being potty trained (Jr. Pre-K and Tiny Tots). These restrooms have doors that lead to the corresponding classroom. There is also a separate private restroom for the older kids and adults. I highly recommend the Denver Child Care Center to anyone looking for a great place for their kids. Added bonus: the curriculum is in English, but most teachers are bilingual (Spanish) and go out of their way to speak Spanish to the kids whose parents want to be bilingual. We speak both English and Spanish at home so the fact that they reinforce her Spanish at school was one of the selling points for us! read more

I'm very disappointed with several aspects of this daycare. Namely how they treated my 3 year old son like he was unequal to the other kids. Groups of young kids would taunt and talk about him continuously in front of teachers and they would never discourage the behavior (I would witness ) And when my son would act in retaliation they ignored any other reasons and labeled him " aggressive". They never have consistent reports and often threatened me with " other pArents" to the point where I felt unsafe . They never bothered to see why he was upset and often he would say he didn't want to go to daycare which was only an issue here . When I would say that him being "aggressive"has only been an issue at this daycare, they would say sometimes kids change and so does their behavior. Never once did they take accountability or possibly think they were doing something incorrect. Further The children were required to wear shirts that cost 10$ each ( I never pay more then 5$ for my toddlers shirts) they are cheap shirts that stain easily . I couldn't even dress him in nice fitting clothes as the shirts were Ill fitting and stained within a week of purchase . I wouldn't recommend this daycare unless you got the demograph of the neighborhood and are not a single parent- which was something used against us after disclosure. I constantly had to defend my son as the daycare practically treated him like a delinquent and had no idea how to redirect a toddler unless they got in with the group read more

I am updating my review of Denver Child Care Center after my grandchildren have been at this center for almost 18 months. I can not communicate how grateful I am that they are there. The staff is incredible, stable, and management is fabulous. They are exceptionally responsive to any questions or concerns we have had. My grandson went through a stage where he was having difficulty separating, and the kindness and extra attention they gave to help him through it was remarkable. It was at a time when he went to a different class room due to his age. Instead of just throwing him in, when he was having a hard time, they gradually moved him from his younger class to the older to make it easier for him. If you are looking for a center that truly cares about the individual and specific needs of each child, you must consider Denver Child Care Center! read more

I am shocked that Denver Child Care Center is still in business. I know it's less expensive than other centers, however you get what you pay for and if parents want what's best for their children, do not send them here. Qualistar has given them 3 stars in the past, which sounds pretty good, however, the practices at this child care center are appalling. The toys and books were all worn, torn, broken and missing pieces and when teachers asked for new ones, they were denied. Materials were bought just for the day that Qualistar comes to the center to rate it and not available any other time. There are chokeable toys in the classroom where there should not be any. They serve hot dogs (an obvious choking hazard) to young children who should not have them. They don't offer child sized eating utensils, but huge spoons at mealtimes instead. Toys and furniture are supposed to be sanitized regularly, yet teachers are not given time to work in the classroom at all so there is no sanitizing happening here and it showed. The children were sick all of the time with colds, severe coughs, ear infections and pink eye. Boys and girls use the same bathroom at the same time, which was built in the 1960's so there are four toilets lined up side by side, with no dividers. At drop off on many mornings, rather than have an engaging activity set up for the children to come to, which is considered best practice, teachers would play movies, either on the television or on their phones to get the children to separate from their parents. If a child had a potty accident and their parents forgot to leave a change of clothes for them, teachers are told to leave them in their soiled clothes for the day, to 'teach the parents a lesson'. There is a large playground provided for school age children, however it is not enclosed to keep the 2-5 year olds off of it and the playground is so tall, it poses a danger for them. When the school age children are there, meaning up to 12 years old, they are out on the same playground as the little 2-5 years olds. For some reason licensing is apparently ok with this, however, this is inappropriate and as a parent, I was not comfortable with having my two little girls around these much bigger kids running around. They move children around to different classrooms based on their behavior, saying things like 'oh, you've been a bad boy, so now you need to go to the baby room', rather than what is developmentally appropriate. They even put much smaller children into rooms with older children, which is in violation of licensing. They give 3 year olds homework, worksheets, which is entirely inappropriate for that age. Lastly, teachers are told to 'control' the children. Not teach, not guide, not set up an appropriate environment for them to thrive in, not anything but control them. Parents, your children don't need to be controlled. They need to be loved and guided and cared for by professionals that know what they are doing. Please look elsewhere for high quality care, for the sake of your children. read more