ABC Childcare & Preschool of Bellevue

I would not recommend this daycare to anyone. I have a 20 month old and a 7month old and they have been going to this daycare since Jan 2013 and I just recently pulled them out of there 4good. It is a very unwelcome feeling when you go in there. When I first took my kids there, there was no sense of direction on where to go where to put my kids, the staff never said goodmorning or anything to me or my kids.Last week the director told me she forgot to give my 7month old son his medication. As a mother, that is not ok with me. He has asthma so u cant just forget to give him his meds he needs it. So the next day I told Danielle, my sons teacher, make sure to not 4get his medication and she flipped out on me and said "if I need to give him his medication then u need to bring sumone else in the room with me because Iam by myself with a zillion babies." I did not deserve that attitude at 6 in the morning and its not my fault they are short staffed. and having no time to give my son his medication is no excuse.

Wouldn't recommend this place to anyone!!! My children have had so many terrible experiences here, reacurring bite marks, scratches, even a black eye that no one could explain to me after 3 days of asking what happened, owner is barely around and doesn't handle issues properly!!! clothing coming home molded bc of them not getting dirty clothes back to us, one of the caretakers were slapping my 3 month old at the time to burp her. My babies come home with bad diaper rash all the time, they never own up to things they did wrong,! They will turn it around on you and your family! Wrong diapers on my kids when they come home, ones that they are allergic to. This place used to be great before the new owners I only had one bad experience and they handled it immediately, now no one knows what's going on and it's a guessing game, Simone used to be a great part of the daycare, now she is rude and Bossy! a lot of the workers will just sit there and look at you when you come to drop off. Best interests are not for the kids it's for the $$$ don't waste yours or your time there!!!!

I absolutely love this facility!!! I have 2 kids 4 months, 22 months. My children have been coming here since the oldest was an infant. They keep the kids busy and always learning and I would not have any problems ever bringing them here. The director is very kind and very willing to help. This facility gets 10 stars in my book and would not think of taking my kids elsewhere.

My 7 month old grand baby went there for 3 months, staff is very rude, disrespectful & did not care about the welfare of my granddaughter. My 7 month old granddaughter was bit 3 times in 5 hours. My daughter nor myself got a call to let us know her face, arm or back was bloody. This is by far the worst daycare I have ever walk in. The state will see the report they gave after I asked the staff to write a report. I hope there will be some serious action taking to provide the rest of the babies/ toddlers the care then truly need.

Needed some quality childcare for my foster kids and not only did they get them in right away but they were all loving and kind to what could normally be a stressful situation. The staff worked with the kids to build a relationship and started them on a routine to success. Highly recommend!!

I am writing this review because I am tired of reading all the negitive comments...With that being said this is what I have to say about ABC Childcare! I absolutly LOVE this Daycare/Preschool, My daughter Emma has been going there for four years now. She loves all the teachers there and gets along with all the children. All she ever talks about is whats she has learned in preschool that day, how they went out and played on the playground, or what movie they watched etc. She and I are very fond of the nice and sweet teachers there, they have always taken great care of my daughter. Miss. Annie and Miss. Jessica are amazing people and always have the best interest at heart for the kids. There is a turn over rate for teachers there, but you have to understand that people leave for there own reasons or get fired for GOOD reasons. Clearly one or more of these reviews are from an old employee that is still hurt at the fact she was no longer needed at ABC Childcare (BUMMER) once again for a good reason... The prices here are fair and the teacher there now always go the extra mile. Every single girl there is amazing at what she does (taking care of others children). Needless to say I am very impressed with everything about ABC Childcare. And definitely think that some of these people writing reviews need to grow up and get a hobby or something. I recommend this Daycare/Preschool for ALL of my friends and family :-)

We just pulled our son out from this daycare last week due to neglect, emotional and physical abuse. I do want to mention that when we started him there 10 months ago, it was like a completely different daycare that we loved. We were very impressed with Symone (the director) and Kathleen (a teacher). However, Symone left the daycare a few months ago, and we started seeing dramatic changes in our son as he started to dread going. He would cry every day and beg not to go. He started saying that Ms. Chloe won’t talk to him and she yells at kids. I found out that Ms. Chloe had actually been fired by Symone for how she treated kids. But that Angela, the owner, hired her back once Symone left. One day when I picked up our son, he was just standing in the classroom hysterically crying while two teachers that I hadn’t seen before were sitting against the wall on their phones and could not tell me what had happened or why my son was so upset. From then on, I started logging on to their video app during the day to watch how he was doing. On the morning of October 1st, I watched as Ms. Chloe lined all the kids up, except the little boy in the corner and they went outside. I continued to watch as both the Preschool and Pre-K rooms were completely empty. The boy wandered around the room alone, to the other room and into the lobby for over 15 minutes until another teacher came in from outside to get him. I have attached screen shots that I took because I was so alarmed by this. I continued to watch for days and would notice that they had started combining two of the classrooms and there would be 15 or 17 kids to ONE teacher. I never saw learning activities going on anymore. The TVs were constantly on and the teachers would be on their phones not paying attention to the kids. Last week, I logged on and was watching as Ms. Chloe was making all of the kids lay down (it was in the morning before lunch, so it was not even nap time). I watched as one little boy was laying by the wall with his legs up in the air against the wall. Ms. Chloe charged across the room, grabbed the boy by his ankle, yanked to spin him around and threw his foot/ankle to the ground very aggressively. Since then, we have been made aware that the children no longer do the curricular work they were doing months ago (we suspected this as our son no longer brought home worksheets or art projects), that they eat the same cheap things for lunch all of time, that some of the teachers get hired on before they even pass their background checks and that this daycare center has previously been on probation by the DHHS because some teachers have been physically aggressive with the children, such as slamming them on the floor for “time out”. Angela, the owner does not care about the children, she only cares about getting money. There were a number of times during our 10 months there that we would get overcharged and my husband had to go in and get it corrected. We still love Kathleen and were sad to leave her, but we did not feel that our son was safe with Angela, the owner or the other teachers, especially Chloe.

We moved to Nebraska in June 2019, and as being new to town, and first time parents, we were terrified about the idea of daycare for our infant. From our first tour, through today, the staff has been nothing but amazing to our family. Ms. Marisa (not even the director at the time) greeted us immediately and answered all our questions, allaying our fears. Our son has grown and blossomed in the infant and walker rooms. The staff has shown incredible interest in our son, and provides us with detailed information on what he did all day, helped guide us through the transition from just bottles to the addition of purees and solid foods, and now almost completely on solids as he approaches 1 year old. They tell me and show me some of the silly things he's been doing each day during play, and we discuss his new developmental milestones and what he's doing there to help improve those skills. If there is ever a problem, they call immediately, even on the weekend, if it is needed. They have kept us in the loop on everything that has been going on. The staff has given me the mental relief of knowing that my son is loved there, they are invested in his development, and help reinforce the things we are teaching him at home. We have loved having our son here.

Both of my grandchildren have attended this daycare since birth. The oldest, my granddaughter is now in 1st grade and just LOVES it when she gets to go with me to pick her younger brother up. My grandson is still attending and will begin Kindergarten in the fall of 2018 I can't express enough how much I love the teachers at ABC Childcare. It says a LOT when the kids get so excited to go each day. All of the teachers are like family to us as they treat my grandkids like they are one of their own. When we drop them off, we don't have to worry about how they are treated...the staff is always available and I know I can drop in at any time and will feel welcomed. My granddaughter loves to play school and when she does, she doesn't play school based on the school she currently attends, rather she plays based on her years at ABC Childcare. She even pretends she is the director and answers the play phone, "ABC Childcare, Ms Symone, how may I help you?" I love all the staff, but Symone-Lily McCoy has a special place in my heart and in our family. She treasures each of the children in her care as if they were her own. We consider Symone part of our family. As a final note, this facility goes above and beyond in putting on various activities and programs throughout the year for the children, parents and grandparents. For instance they put on a Fall Festival in October and better yet, a Christmas program in December. The time and effort they put into this is amazing and I look forward to it each year. If you are looking for a place that you can feel safe in leaving your children/grandchildren, I just can't express enough how wonderful this childcare facility is. Janet Reeves

My child has been going to ABC for a few months now and I absolutely love it there. She started going when she was about 9 months old and it was the first time she was ever away from us (her parents) and in the care of someone else, so of course we were very skeptical at first because she had what we called "stranger danger" and did not like to be around/with people she did not know. ABC made my experience with bringing her to daycare for the first time so welcoming. They really helped put my mind at ease and made me feel very comfortable. I was one of those parents who called constantly and asked a million questions and never once did they seemed bothered or annoyed by me. I love the bright and vibrant colors they have everywhere. From what I've seen they are very clean and sanitary. The director (Jessica), my child's teachers (Krystal and Amanda), and all of their other staff are extremely nice and friendly. Everyday when I walk in they say "good morning" and before I leave they tell me to "have a good day at work." I couldn't ask for a better environment to walk in to every morning. They also have video monitoring where you can see throughout the day (real time) what they are doing and I've never seen anything that is concerning. In regards to other comments about people saying when they've called children are "screaming/crying" in the background, all I have to say to that is that it's a daycare OF COURSE there are going to be screaming and crying children from time to time. It's something I would almost expect to hear walking into or calling a daycare. Also, the previous comments about the director, Jessica, are absolutely absurd!! Any time I've ever dealt with her she's been nothing but kind, courteous, respectable, and very professional (and I'm not just saying this because we are "friends," I've never met her before taking my child to ABC, I was just another parent). I've done my research on this daycare and on the Nebraska Health and Human Services website you can find reports of Negative and Disciplinary Actions Against Childcare Providers and ABC Childcare is not on a single one of them. To top all of that off, this daycare is EXTREMELY affordable. Being a young mother of two I found that they are the least expensive daycare centers around, which at first had me question if I should take my little one there because they say "you get what you pay for" but in this case you get extremely amazing care at a low/affordable cost! I would highly recommend this daycare to all my friends and family.