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Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy
1825 South Clinton Avenue, Brighton, New York, United States
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About the Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy
Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy is a state-of-the-art child care and preschool center located at 1825 South Clinton Avenue in Brighton, New York. The Insinna family, founders of Doodle Bugs!, are proud operators of this facility, as well as several other locations in Rochester including Greece, Henrietta, Penfield, Victor, and Webster.
At Doodle Bugs!, children experience high-quality child care, preschool, and school-age programs that are second to none. The Bravo! Early Childhood Curriculum® is exclusively designed for Doodle Bugs!, offering innovative and engaging learning experiences for children of all ages. From sensory play for infants to literacy games for preschoolers, the curriculum is designed to promote holistic development.
Each classroom at Doodle Bugs! is specially designed to support age-appropriate learning, aligned with the Bravo! Curriculum. Parent partnerships are fostered from the infant rooms, where caregivers work with parents to create individualized care plans based on their preferences.
Toddlers and preschoolers engage in structured activities that promote the development of fine and gross motor skills, listening and speaking skills, and early literacy skills through hands-on exploration and play. Pre-K students are prepared for kindergarten through stimulating experiences that build essential skills for academic success.
For school-agers, Doodle Bugs! offers an educational and fun recreation program supervised by qualified adults. Arts and crafts, sports and games, group projects, and field trips are just some of the activities that school-age children can enjoy at Doodle Bugs!
Overall, Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy provides a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive. Visit the nearest facility to experience the Doodle Difference for yourself.
Photos of Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy
1825 S Clinton Ave, Brighton, NY 14620, United States
Opening hours of Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy
Monday:
06:30 - 18:00
Tuesday:
06:30 - 18:00
Wednesday:
06:30 - 18:00
Thursday:
06:30 - 18:00
Friday:
06:30 - 18:00
Saturday:
Day off
Sunday:
Day off
Reviews of Doodle Bugs! Children's Learning Academy
"My daughter has been going here since she was 6 months old and is currently 2. The place is clean, good policy and procedures, and very good communication between parents/teachers/director. They offer video to watch your child through out the day, and I see my daughter do wonderful activities and crafts. Ms Rena is my daughters favorite teacher. My daughter gets so excited to come to daycare (part time) on her days. I felt compelled to comment on here due to the negative reviews. I expect my child to generally fall (like all kids do), or there are times when they are short staffed that they have to close a classroom. But I know other daycare who close for a week on a Monday morning so ignore the negative reviews. I was scared to bring my daughter to a daycare in general and this place has been wonderful."
"Avoid! Bottom line, as many reviewers have stated, the director Amanda and assistant director are ineffective and running this daycare into the ground. The sad part is, after so many bad reviews and low ratings, does Doodlebugs care? No. Consider that before enrolling your child. Your kid, money, time and business are expendable and you will be treated as such. Our daughter was scratched or assaulted almost weekly and somehow the staff always wrote up accident reports as if our newly two year old, somehow brought the injuries on herself. To give you a better idea, she had a knot on the back of her head and her teacher, said that she fell backwards. Never. Another week, she had a scratches on her face and I was told that she probably scratched herself. Not a chance. A week after that, there were scratches on her arm and her teacher said that she got too close to another kid and the kid scratched her, but guess what? The accident report didn’t say that and how is another child hurting my daughter now her fault? Obviously there was a kid who was little sociopath, in the toddler class. Instead of addressing the concern in an honest way, the center blamed our kid, ignored the problem and wrote up weekly accident reports. When we brought it up directly, Amanda deviated from the point. A couple of weeks later, we were called into the office for a meeting which was canceled when we showed up. Super unprofessional. Bottom line, I do not recommend starting your toddler here because it is not a safe or friendly environment. Additionally, there is an extremely high turn over of kids. I noticed, but just figured that kids were moving up to the next class or the parents where enrolling elsewhere, but we realized part of what they do is rotate families in and out who they think ‘fit the mold’ of the students that they wish to attend. The staff we encountered were jaded or burned out. There were several times when teachers would not greet our kid at the door or take the extra time to help her adjust to a new environment. The director is ineffective and makes excuses for negligent staff to the effect of documenting children in unannounced observations - when feeling that a family is displeased or has complaints. One tactic that she uses is to try and persuade the parents of toddler behavioral concerns that aren’t legitimate at all. However, a two year old that has never seen a classroom does not know classroom behavioral expectations or teacher expectations. It is the job of the 20 something year old teachers to teach the toddlers. Remember? Again, they are toddlers and it is important to note that two and three year olds are all different and learn at a different pace. As educators it is not only their job to meet the basic needs of students, it is their job to TEACH them. The teaching part does not translate to the staff or director. Instead if the toddler does not miraculously subscribe to their expectations, the staff creates a problem. Management is completely unfriendly. The assistant director, ignored our two year old saying hello. Just all around weird environment. Find a suitable place for your kid, but this location isn’t it. As other reviewers have pointed out, Doodlebugs as a corporation is greedy. Should you decide to pull your kids, they are getting one month of tuition regardless of if your child attends or not. We ended up paying for a month of care without my daughter attending a single day because of their corporate greed and policy. How is this ethical? The school did not prove to be a safe environment for my daughter and the daycare director did not address this concern, instead she deflected. Most other daycares in the area only require two weeks notice and pay. Their loss though because we are a good family. We have already started spreading the word among others about our dissatisfaction with this center and will continue to do so."
"We absolutely adore Brighten Center! Our son started attending when he was just 18 months old, and it has been an incredible experience for our family. During the first two weeks, he had a tough time adjusting and would cry frequently. However, thanks to the exceptional care and dedication of Ms. Vicky and Ms. Macy, he quickly adapted to the new environment. They patiently held him and provided the comfort he needed, which made a world of difference. Every day when we picked him up, we could see how genuinely happy he was. It was heartwarming to witness his joy and excitement. In fact, he even started learning several new words during his four-month journey at the center, which was truly remarkable. Sadly, we had to discontinue his enrollment due to our recent relocation to another state. It's truly a pity because we will miss everyone at Brighten Center. The staff members have become like a second family to us, and we are grateful for the love, care, and support they provided to our son."
"Don't be fooled by the clean appearance. It only looks this way because it's fairly new. We were excited to have our son interacting with other kids as he had no real exposure for the first 1.5 years. But there were so many things that could have been done better and respectfully. Where do I start first the Director and the lady under her aren't nice people I'll leave it at that. The teachers were okay and for the most part followed our instruction when special attention was needed. The staff wiped the kids noses with hard towel meant for hands and almost always avoided the tissue dispenser which was easily visible due to the good quality of the video. 6 plus hours of that my son would have dry snot all across his face and his nose would be raw at times. We purchased special tissue and some teachers used it most didn't, even after multiple requests. That was one of many but the kicker was this, they sent my son home for diarrhea. Most of the time this was tru, but then I noticed that they were doing it on days I knew he didn't have diarrhea. I asked them I thought the kids had to have multiple incidents and was told but he has a runny nose too(which kid doesn't during the winter months). I called service and not sure why she told me but she said the same thing was happening in Buffalo. That they were short staffed so they sent kids home. So instead of being good people and saying we have to send your son home due to staffing. They made up the diarrhea and runny nose bit. And still charged me for a full week at least the could credit my account for next week I wasnt asking for money back. Customer service gave the center a call the next week late Thursday evening we received a call that his class was closing the next day on Friday. No real notice almost less than 12 hours very unprofessional as me and my wife both work full-time.The teacher knew nothing of the closing and said her class had room still. Seems vindictive the last day the Director avoided us and said nothing since I the intial call to service made the call."
"Update: Per the company response below, nobody from Doodle Bugs customer relations team has bothered to reach out... (It's now been ~1 week). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We were satisfied Doodle Bugs parents until yesterday, when we abruptly found out that our child's classroom would be closed due to a staffing shortage. That this Doodle Bugs has struggled with staffing is nothing new and nothing I would hold it against them. The reason for the 1 star review is because of the way the school abruptly - without advanced warning - decided to close our class room, leaving us and other parents in a bind to find daycare for our children. As it stands, most other daycares in the area have long waiting lists and so we will be forced to deal with an extremely inconvenient childcare arrangement while we wait to get into someplace else. I don't even hold it against Doodlebugs for making the decision to close the classroom. What upsets me is the utter disregard they appeared to have for the needs of the affected families. They could have given several weeks advance notice so we could place ourselves on waiting lists at other schools. They could have moved us to the top of waiting lists at other Doodle Bugs locations. Instead, no consideration was given to how this decision would impact affected families."
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