Kids Life Preschool 2230 South Volusia Avenue, Orange City, FL 32763

"***EDITED REVIEW AFTER OWNER RESPONSE*** I don’t use my actual name, so how would you be able to verify anything? Our child attended the daycare for six months in mid 2021. I did not make a mistake in where I left the review. This review was long overdue and I was reminded to leave a review after I passed by the center recently. We most certainly brought our child here and the management had changed right around that time, where it started to go downhill after Brittany took over from Miss Jan. Would someone who hadn’t brought their child here know those individuals…? No, they wouldn’t. I don’t need to discuss anything - my review speaks for itself. Others can decide what to do on their own, by taking into account all reviews. Most of the reviews also appear to be from people that have only one or two reviews - makes you wonder if they had employees or friends post the reviews? Something to consider. ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW: We brought our three year old child here after moving to the area, on extremely short notice. This was one place that was actually available - we had no other options. Our child was here about six months and while the daycare’s website looks very nice, in reality it didn’t seem like children were getting the attention they deserved in multiple areas. We noticed a difference in our child’s behavior (an increase in crying/whining, overly tired, not seeming like they had enough attention) and nearly every time I came to pick our child up, their face was black from being dirty because no one had their face washed all day. Mind you they were three at the time. There were also multiple times I’d get home and their underwear would be soiled even though they have at least two changes of clothes packed and at the center. Clearly the teachers hadn’t bothered to check on them throughout the day. Both issues were brought up to the centers director but nothing changed. The communication overall is severely lacking and we ultimately decided to change centers due to a culmination of the above issues, with the final straw being an incident with another older child (4 or 5 year old) that actually put his hands around our child’s neck. The center contradicted themselves in their incident report in different paragraphs, stating that our child got scared when the older child “placed” their hands around our child’s neck, but the initial paragraph in the incident report stated that the child actually grabbed our child’s neck. We were told the other child that was involved had had similar previous incidents and when we questioned why the old child was in the same age group as ours or even allowed back at the center, there was no clear answer. They seemed very hesitant to say that the other child may have actually started choking our child. We removed our child the following day. Since moving our child to a different daycare, we’ve noticed a significant improvement in their behavioral and learning skills, from reading, writing, counting, etc. I’d recommend you go elsewhere, but it also looks like they’ve closed down permanently, just haven’t updated google. The center was empty the last time I passed it."

"Great preschool, the teachers are always very sweet, nice and knowledgeable. Kids are not only in good hands but also learning great things, love the fact that the school has Christian believes. My kids also love it."

"I cannot brag enough about Kid's Life! My kids have been going there for a year now and I would not even think twice about changing them to another daycare. The entire staff is amazing. Every single teacher is super sweet and my kids and I love them! Jan (wonderful director) is so awesome too. She is easy to work with and we just love her as well!"

"My two children have attended this school for close to 8 months. It is everything I was looking for in a preschool/daycare for my children. It is all hands on learning and wonderful activities. The director Miss Jan is an awesome lady and knows exactly what she’s doing to make this school as great as it is. My children love their teachers so much and love waking up everyday that I have to work to go to school! Beyond blessed that God led us here!"

"Hands down the best Daycare around! My daughter has been attending Kid's Life! for a little over 3 months now and I don't have 1 negative thing to say about them. The facility is clean with lots of activities for the children, including the awesome playground! I enjoy getting her daily papers that tells us what she's had to eat throughout the day along with what activities she's done and how many times she has had her diaper changed. I never have any worries when dropping my daughter off. Everytime I pick her up, she is always having fun! I can not recommend Kid's Life! highly enough. 2 thumbs up from me!"