Alyx is the best! Both my children have been in her care since she has opened her doors in Brandon,…read moreMN. She has a lot of experience with working with children in and out of a daycare setting and holds a degree in early childhood education. These are important things that I look for in a daycare provider and someone that will be spending a lot of time with my children. My kids always come home in good spirits when they spend the day at Alyx's because she provides them with a structured day that includes fun activities and play. Her home is clean, safe, and she has a large fenced in backyard with a lot of fun stuff for the kiddos to play with. Seriously, my toddler probably thinks that our house is boring because there was always new toys being rotated in for her to play with at daycare. Alyx does the CUTEST art projects/crafts with the kids too. Our fridge is plastered with them! I would recommend Alyx to anyone looking for reliable childcare in our area!

******THE KIDS NEED SAFEGUARDING******…read more I've been an RN for over 20yrs and have worked extensively with children, including but not limited to owning my own children's nursing facility that operated closely with CPS. I've seen both the best and the worst, and I can tell from an outsider's perspective that this daycare is one of the best. I don't have a child being minded here, but it's obvious that this establishment is well run. I've been staying next door at the hotel and it's been so delightful to hear the kiddos playing and having the absolute best time. There's not one loner kid off to the side, desperately missing their parents (there always seems to be just one little one that feels awkward being away from home, but not here!). They're all clearly having a great experience. And with yard duties who care, when I pass by the window, I always see them joining in and pushing kids on the swing and walking around to make sure they're safe. But here in lies the problem. I shouldn't be able to see all this at an up close, clear vantage. Even innocent, every day scenes like this are fodder. It's shocking, but it's true. Literally any every day Joe Blow creepster could check in to one of these rooms and take pics and film. This is a VERY NICE budget hotel, the rooms are impeccable and the staff is exceedingly nice and professional. But the ease with which a low life could repeatedly stay "on business" and have their pick of 3 stories at almost the entire back half of the hotel and gain a clear, up close vantage to the play yard is deeply disturbing. This kind of access needs to be halted immediately. Some sort of visual barrier needs to go up. Even a chain link fence with ivy (? tarp?) would do. I don't know the daycare budget, nor what would be most easy and practical, but just something/anything cheap or otherwise to get going and keep these kids safe and away from such predators' vantage. Current and potential parents rest assured, I'm sure that this will be handled rapid rate. It's incredibly important, and I'm sure that this is the kind of facility that won't bury their head in the sand and white wash the situation but instead, rise to the occasion.

So happy to be at this school with their wonderful staff. They took in my son with open arms and he…read morehas done well ever since. It is the first thing he wants to get his shoes on in the morning to go do, say school, and hes ready to come here.

This daycare is an absolute disaster from the top down. The director, Andrea, is openly rude,…read moredismissive, and talks to parents like they're stupid. They don't follow their own policies, don't complete required incident reports, and their "Honeycomb" system they brag about is basically useless since it isn't even utilized over half the day. They are severely short-staffed and it shows - constant chaos, kids hitting other kids with zero staff intervention and no sense of safety or structure. During enrollment, the staff member handling my intake told me to leave the weekly rate blank because they "needed county verification" before giving me any numbers. I signed the authorization assuming, logically, that they wouldn't charge anything until they knew what CCAP covered. Instead, they withdrew nearly $600 from my bank account without any notice, invoice, or explanation. No one had ever told me the rates, what I'd owe, or that they would charge me before receiving county information. Every interaction with Andrea after that was condescending and hostile. She talked over me repeatedly, refused to answer basic questions, and gave me the run-around for over two weeks. She even lied about not having my county paperwork... because I saw it sitting out in the open on the front desk, containing private information. I am in the Safe at Home program. That alone is unacceptable. When my son finally started, things got worse. He was inconsolable at drop-off and pickup, the classrooms were understaffed and chaotic, and kids were being hit with zero intervention. A staff member casually told me my son had been hit and dragged by his shirt, yet no incident report was ever completed. When I asked about it, Andrea gave me more attitude and zero answers. After repeated calls and no follow-up, I withdrew him. The ONLY competent person in this entire company was Emily at corporate, who fixed what the center repeatedly messed up. Do not trust this location with your child. The disorganization, lack of safety, unprofessional behavior and blatant mishandling of money & personal information are beyond unacceptable. This place is a liability. Run the other way.