Daycare suggestions: anyone near Collegeville?

aynjc

I've been able to stay home with my DD until now, but I need to get back to work between now and DD's 1st b-day.  Any suggestions in my area?  TIA!

AngeNAndy4106

I'm in Collegeville and my dd has been going to Kindercare off Arcola Road (near Pfizer campus) since she was 4 months old and we love it there!  I'd recommend them for sure.  They provide food, diapers and wipes which is a great thing, IMO.  Let me know if you want more info.

aynjc

AngeNAndy4106:

I'm in Collegeville and my dd has been going to Kindercare off Arcola Road (near Pfizer campus) since she was 4 months old and we love it there!  I'd recommend them for sure.  They provide food, diapers and wipes which is a great thing, IMO.  Let me know if you want more info.

Yes, please give me more information!!!  Do they have a website?  That is where my DD's pedi is (on Arcola).  My sister's LO goes to the Tot Spot on 29 across from that Wawa gas station, but I wanted to see what else was out there.  That is awesome that they provide all that stuff.  What brands of diapers and wipes do they use?  What kind of food...I've never heard that before!  How much per week?  Sorry for all the questions...lol!

AngeNAndy4106

I believe the current infant rate is 270/week for full time care.  I pay 257/wk for my toddler.  They do have a website:  www.kindercare.com and you can find the direct info for the Collegeville location on there.  They use a generic diaper and wipe and to be honest, I am not sure which ones, but they are fine. 

They also have a menu which gives you an idea of what they will feed your child.  It's fairly balanced meals and some of it is probably a little junkier than we would feed her at home, but I'm not the type of Mom who freaks about stuff like that.  I love that I don't have to think about packing her lunch or snack everyday.  Snacks are things like graham crackers, goldfish,  trail mix (no peanuts), pretzels, etc.  They are happy to provide more info on the menu when you visit and I don't have it in front of me, so sorry I'm not more help there.

 They provide a report card everyday of when/how much your child slept, ate, and diaper changes.  They also write a little blurb about the activities they did that day. I feel like my dd gets a lot of great educational, as well as fun things to do everyday. 

 I am in building B (there are 2 buildings in the CVille location) and Linda and Shara are the directors and they are great!  I've heard great things about Jennifer in building A, as well. 

 FWIW, I visited Malvern school next to the new Wawa on 29 and found it very sterile meaning it didnt' feel very nurturing and the director was sort of snooty and that totally turned me off.  You could check it out though.  I think they were running around $1050 a month for infants when I looked which was awhile ago.  They also didn't provide anything with that amount.

Erin&Ryan

DS is also at Kindercare on Arcola Rd (he's in building A)! We love Kindercare - they've been great with DS and all the teachers are very sweet!

PAIrishBride

I don't have personal experience yet but I am sending our DD to the Malvern School in Oaks starting in March:(.  We toured The Malvern School in Collegiville and loved it but the Oaks location is just closer to us.

karlatrotman

My friend just opened a Kiddie Academy in Collegeville.  They include lunch!

ericanandy

karlatrotman:

My friend just opened a Kiddie Academy in Collegeville.  They include lunch!

I wanted to look at this place, called them 3 times and left 3 different messages and never got a return call.... I was really looking forward to visiting there because our daycare closed on us even before we needed it and we were in a bind to find a new place... We ended up going with a place up the street.

 

adri77

I can say NOT Creative Care in Collegeville, on Main St.......stay far away!!!!