We sent both of our children to La Petite Academy - North Oak Trafficway, and our experience was…read moretruly wonderful. Our kids are now 3 and 5, and this center played such an important role in their early years. The teachers are dedicated, caring, and consistent -- with far less staff turnover than what I've heard from friends and acquaintances at other daycares. The environment is warm and welcoming, and it truly feels like a family. We never had any security concerns, and whenever there was a situation that required parent notification, communication was always timely, professional, and transparent. This center was instrumental in helping me transition back into the workforce as a working mom, and I never once worried about my children's safety or care while they were there. I am so grateful for the support, stability, and love they provided our family. I would highly recommend this daycare to anyone looking for a safe, nurturing, and reliable place for their children.

Our two sons have attended this day care for two years. They look forward to school and all of its…read morefun and educational activities. The teachers are great and we have always felt our children were in a safe, friendly environment.

During my time at Primrose Leawood, I observed an overwhelming amount of children had behavioral…read moreissues with many of them being quite severe and disruptive. It is left solely up to the teachers to discipline and handle these behaviors with no support. For example, kindergarten students regularly physically fight each other and some are still not required to be potty trained which results in many accidents in class. When management is called in, the child is rewarded for misbehaving. When behavior escalates and parents are informed, they scream at the management who then get mad at the teachers. If behavioral management isn't a strong skill, I would look somewhere else. Additionally, the management is comprised of four team members. One is amazing, one is competent, one refuses to do her job, to the detriment of the teachers and their curriculum, and one is too obsessed with drama and judgment towards her young, female employees to even realize she has a job. The amount of judging and degrading language I received or overheard from the director is appalling. If you believe she isn't judging you, think again! Unfortunately, jealously is a disease that McDowel cannot find a cure for. Lastly, the veteran teachers are wonderful and kind! My coteacher was a saint! You will be set up for success if paired with one of them. Unfortunately this is not true for all teachers. Many teachers in the younger rooms spend the whole day on their phones and offload all responsibilities onto their coteacher, regardless of if they're the teacher assigned to the room or not. Even during outdoor recess, the prekindergarten teachers will sit out of sight on the wall on their phones rather than make sure the kids are safe, leaving the safety of 24 children solely on you. It is extremely disheartening and dangerous that this is a known issue that is allowed to continue. All in all, there are clear issues that make this job unnecessarily hard, namely unresolved behavioral issues and mean staff members. Aside from the youngest member, do not trust the management. They will use any information you give them to make your work life harder.

Our 4 year old son has been attending Primrose for three years and our one year old daughter starts…read moreon Monday. We love that the location is free standing and appears very secure and well kept. The hallways are wide, clean and clutter free. The rooms all have a lot of windows and are well lit. There are age appropriate toys that do not look old or too worn. I consistently see money being put back into the property and the classrooms such as new ride on toys in the early toddler rooms and large touch screen computers in the preschool rooms. This location is definitely not convenient for us and, trust me, we have looked at several other daycare options that would be much closer to our home and work (more than once) but nothing ever compares to Primrose School of Leawood! We have been very happy here.

The place has gone down hill in the last year, including high turnover of teachers. There is a core…read moregroup of teachers that have been there for a while and tried to keep it going and make it better, unfortunately ownership and directors has been its downfall. They disciplined a teacher for letting us know our daughter had been injured and that the director failed to call and let us know about it. They have over booked classrooms and had to tell parents the day before their kids were due to start to find new arrangements.There is no accountability with management I do thank the teachers that looked after our kids for the care and professionalism they provided our kids we will always hold a special place for them. Thank you teachers

I have taken both of my kids here. Always a pleasure to talk to staff. They take good care of the…read morekids and provide a report of the day via email and/or if you just ask them. Would recommend it.

Even though I wish I could recommend this daycare because I believe some of the teachers are really…read moregreat at what they do, I wouldn't recommend anyone taking their child here. We encountered issues and when we addressed them with the director, we were given excuse after excuse and things continued to deteriorate. Then, a new child in our child's class started biting other children including our daughter, and sometimes it happened every day. The director's way of handling the situation was to 'continue to train the staff and monitor the child more closely.' Needless to say, the behavior continued and then they started removing the child who was being bitten (not the child who was actually biting other children) and taking them to a younger classroom so they had to miss out on the activities happening in their class. We finally had to remove our daughter from this center when it became clear that nothing was going to be done to protect the children being victimized by another child who had displayed a clear pattern of behavior that needed to be handled in a more deliberate fashion but went largely ignored. Another child who was being victimized was also removed from the center about the same time as our daughter by her parents because they were met with the same response from the director. Our daughter was also constantly sick, which may be a given when a bunch of children are together all day. However, it resulted in her having to have surgery and she was STILL sick all the time afterwards. Now that she is no longer attending this center, she no longer struggles with being sick constantly. And, of course, when we addressed this concern with the director, we were met with excuses. The main root of the problem at this center is that the director is incapable, or simply unwilling, of actually solving problems, and instead resorts to blaming the staff and making excuses to placate the parents. The teaching staff did everything they could to help us with this situation but their hands were tied since the director wouldn't do anything about it. The turnover rate at this center is ridiculously high, and is reportedly due to the director making it a hostile workplace that teachers don't want to work in. There are also reports of infestations of mice and cockroaches in the buildings.

Thank you so much for being open during Covid-19. I know some other daycares closed during this…read moretime and I am so grateful that you stayed open for us!

This is a learning center, but it's really a home away from home for my little girl. After trying 2…read moreother places and being disappointed, we found Ari's. She and her helpers are absolutely the warmest, kindest, and best educated childcare providers my wife and I have had the pleasure of working with. My child is safe, she has fun, learns, loves it, and we have peace of mind with Ari's. The rates are great, and I just cannot say enough good things about this Daycare/Preschool.

My newborn was neglected. I was horrified when I found out my ten week old baby went a full 8 hours…read morewithout being fed. Absolutely unacceptable. No apology - no accountability. This school didn't last even 30 days. Infant care is extremely tough to find so once we realized this school wasn't a good fit there were no other schools that had places. Don't waste your time or your child's precious moments here. Get on a waiting list somewhere better!!

I love this daycare. No place will ever be perfect except home but the infant teachers at this…read morelocation are amazing. They actually do all of the developmental activities they say they do. There are a lot of places out there that don't care, but here they do. Mrs. Sandy in 0-6months is a soft spoken loving woman, I felt so comfortable leaving my baby with her and didn't want my baby to move out of her room. Mrs. Karina was her next teacher in 6-12 months and the room is still connected to Mrs. Sandy's which I liked. Mrs. K is fun, caring, and really works with the kids. She'll turn your baby into a toddler which you will love/hate :p I also have older that went here and I can say that Mrs. Jeanette and Mrs. Jessica were quickly favored. Even the teachers aids are great. They always put up new photos and charts to show what the kids have been doing and if I have any issues the director Stephanie, and the assistant director Gretchen are are wonderful, attentive leaders who get down in the trenches with their co-workers. I got on Yelp originally to look for a new day care that was closer to my house. Instead I noticed there were no reviews for this day care. I having gone here for so long I decided to write one. After saying all I have stay, I don't care how far it is I wouldn't trust anyone else with my children.

My daughter has been attending Kids at Heart since age 2 and she's now 4 & 1/2. We absolutely love…read morethis place. The teachers are amazing with the kids, they really work with them in all areas (emotional, cognitive, etc.), they are caring, attentive to their needs, patient, but also strong on rules and careful that every kid strive at learning. I'm really thankful that our paths crossed with KAH, Kim Ogle (the director/principal) and all the teachers.

My son has gone to kids at heart for 6 months now. From the start this place has been great. They…read moreworked with me on my concerns about moving him into daycare part time. They allowed me to shift the days he's watched when they are closed for the day (for holidays and such). They provide daily reports on his eating, what he did and his mood. It provides insight for his mother and I to know how long his nap was that day, how much did he eat, etc. Kim and crew do wonderful. My son enjoys going there and has grown socially as a result. If pressed for a con of this place, I would say the food they eat isn't the best. They do follow state recommended standards but it does tend to be sugary and not the best stuff for kids. For 1 meal a day, I'm not that concerned. It's much more important to me to know that they care for their kids and take good care of them. And here they do just that.

Wonderful curriculum, amazing teachers and loving environment! Top notch school who prides…read morethemselves on providing only the best to the families in which they serve!

From the view point of an employee: Pros: Most clean and…read moreorganized child care facility I have ever seen. Staff is friendly. Management goes out of their way to make employees feel appreciated. Staff is given the best resources to provide the best child care to children. Stress levels are consistently low. I wake up excited to come to work. Benefits. Cons: Inconsistent hours. No overtime.