Kiddie Academy of Port St. Lucie

I love this school my daughter is learning so much!! The staff are very supportive, knowledgeable, caring, kind and most importantly protective of your child. Ms Angie the owner is easy to work with and she is amazing I recommends this preschool trust me you won’t be disappointed!! 🤩 it’s a clean environment at the end of the day tons of fun activities with pictures through your emails so you can see what your child doing love that❤️

Honestly very disappointed in this school and if you read all these reviews they truly speak for themselves. If you are a loving parent you will read all these reviews and see that there are hardly any 5 stars reviews and that’s for a reason. I should’ve read these before signing my child up at this school would’ve saved me $396 for the week because that’s how long we stayed … only a week… Friday when I picked up my son last week his backpack was filled with soiled sheets and clothes they were not in the gallon zip block bag I left for them but just thrown in the backpack to make everything soiled …the crib sheet was crunchy and that means it was sitting for a while the pants and shorts were damp and all smelled like urine sooo strong must have happened in the beginning of the week and just sitting there!!!! No one informed me about this so I could bring extra sheets and clothes either!!!! On top of all this they don’t even make you feel comfortable when ur a new first time paying customer and parent! They don’t let you tour the school and it took a day and a half for the teacher to introduce her self to me. Any concern I had or addressed was always so shut down they would make excited for everything!! Trust these reviews before thinking about this school. Since my son has left he stop having night mares he was so scared to go to this school and they told me it’s because he’s adjusting which was not true! My son has been baby sat so many times gone to friends family and places he hasn’t been and still felt more comfortable then he did here! That speaks volumes!!!

We had our child at another Kiddie Academy (KA) in another state prior to moving here. It was a great facility so when we moved earlier this year to Port St. Lucie we were excited to find another KA. This one however seems to be operated by a less than qualified owner and it shows in the quality or lack there of in it's staffing. We lasted a little more than a week there. The facility is new, but keeping it clean doesn't seem to be emphasized. Just not worth the money at this location imo. Wish it wasn't the case, but it is unfortunately.

I’ve thought about this review for some time. My grandson went to this school and it was an awful experience for him as well as the entire family. He cried and begged not to be dropped off. We picked him up early everyday because he was not interacting with teachers and cried a lot. The owner said “he was immature and had to stop sucking his thumb” he was 2 and I agree the thumb was an issue but he has since stopped. She said if we tried another child care it wouldn’t be any better. She said he needed to learn separation. I knew she was wrong about all this and of course she was. My grandson and his younger brother subsequently started another day care and the difference was night and day. From day one he was playing singing coloring building blocks playing with puppets and doing crafts and science activities. He now goes to Apple Tree in Jensen beach the staff is hands on the place is full of toys and enrichment toys. The playground is more than awesome. It would be great for Angie to visit Apple tree herself and see what a difference there is in the two child care centers. My grandson was sad and miserable but only stayed 2 weeks as that was more than enough chance and time. Was not a good experience The Kiddie Academy center off Darwin is clean or appears to be but lacks toys lacks enrichment and lacks qualified interactive teachers. Crying toddlers is a red flag

The staff was very friendly, and the director was as well. I loved my son’s 3 year old teacher Ms. Tiffany I felt that she really wanted work on the development of my child one on one but unfortunately she had too many kids in her class with the assistance of one other teacher. In my opinion the ratio was horrible for his age range but the director would say otherwise. I watched the cameras often and saw that the kids ran around mostly with a teacher taking a few kids to the side for activities at times. My son just turned 3 and I felt that he needed some work with tantrums but they expected him to be reacting as a 5 year old to certain things. No child is perfect but the director was quick on her feet about removing him instead of working with us as the parents to implement some type of structure within his classroom as we do at home. She smiled, she called him cute, she acted like she knew what she was talking about but had very little solutions to help me keep him under their care comfortably. The numbers meant more to her than the development of the kids. It is all understood that biting, pushing, and tantrums are hard to work with but he was 3..........that’s what they do and they have to be taught otherwise along with the parents at home. The teachers were not able to work with my child due to the number of children in his class and that’s bottom line. The director has 30 years of experience but i surely couldn’t tell. My parents also agreed. I would not recommend this daycare to anyone unless they have a child for VPK.