This review is long overdue! When my family and me moved to spartanburg I did hours and hours of…read moreresearch on daycares near us. Southern shops daycare passed with flying colors in every aspect that I could research online! So my wife and I signed up our almost 2 year old to attend. At first he would cry when I would drop him off in the morning. As I expected. But within a few minutes of standing outside, his crying stopped. And I could peak through the window to see him start playing with the other kids. When I would pick him up he was always very happy. And after a while he started to hug the ladies that were caring for him goodbye for the day. This told me that my hours apon hours apon days, and weeks of researching daycares paid off in excellent childcare for my son Hunter. He would still be going here if covid had not forced them to close because of low enrollment. I'm putting this review because they earned it! I'm not the type to give respect till it's earned. And all the ladies and 1 man earned my respect a million times over for caring for my son like he was one of their own!!! My next part of my review is for any other daycare looking for top notch childcare employees. If you see on an application that they worked at southern shops daycare..... look no further, you have found the perfect person for the job! Just hire them! They are always on time and very skilled at what they do! Thank you for reading, I am very sad that covid made them have to close....

We scheduled a tour with the assistant director for our son Liam. He is developmentally behind and…read morewe told the director about this upfront to which she claimed that Agape accommodates all levels of development for children. The tour went well and the staff was friendly, my son looked quite excited to start here as they had openings for the toddler room at the time. However following the tour the director calls me and says she cannot accept my son due to lack of licensing for developmentally delayed children. Upon inquiring further the director then claimed she no longer had the staff to accommodate my son. After asking to be put on a wait list she then claims that in the past she "tried" accommodating developmentally delayed children and it "didn't work out". Seems like an ok daycare however they appear to discriminate against children with delays. The director also got irate with me and was extremely unprofessional when I brought this point up. I will be looking elsewhere for childcare and I will never allow any of my kids to go to this center.

I currently have 2 children in this daycare who have been here for over 2 years. The staff are…read moregreat and they do not have a high turn over rate. I always know who is going to have my children. The facility is always clean and never smells dirty. They are constantly cleaning. I moved about a year ago and continue to go to this daycare. I drive about 25 minutes out of my way just to keep them there. I would recommend this daycare to anyone. The only reason I'm leaving now is because I am moving out of state. I consider these women apart of a family. They keep my kids safe and loved when I am working. I can't thank them enough.

This is a highly respected child daycare center. I have friends who send their children here five…read moredays a week and have had zero issues with the staff. They accept ABC vouchers and are members of the South Carolina First Steps free Kindergarten program. This is a local business and I recommend them!