Description: Kids Kingdom is a Christian child care and preschool of the highest quality, providing a safe and secure environment, a nurturing staff and the finest educational experiences. We are committed to providing a fun-filled, rewarding program that balances each child’s social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional needs.
We believe that a child’s day must include personal attention, gentle guidance and developmentally appropriate activities. Each member of our team and each aspect of our program is dedicated to empowering every child to do the best he or she can do.
We strive daily to provide early childhood learning and care in the most nurturing, creative and educationally innovative environment within a secure and immaculate facility, and to empower our team of employees to experience professional and personal growth.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2024-04-04 |
Subject to section 3.3 of this chapter, the applicant must, at no expense to the state, do the following: Require an employee or volunteer of the applicant who may be present on the premises of the child care center during operating hours of the child care center to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | 2024-04-09 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) At the time of the inspection 1 Disqualified staff (MR) working without fingerprints on file with the division. Consent form is in submitted status.Send consultant notification of change in status, provisional or qualified. |
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| Licensing 2024-04-04 |
An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit:(1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and(2) the applicant fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation. | 2024-04-09 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) At the time of the inspection 1 Disqualified staff (MR) working without a completed consent form on file with the division. Consent form is in submitted status. |
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| Licensing 2024-02-28 |
Infant/Toddler Sleeping | 2024-02-29 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-141 Upon consultant arrival there was a 5 month old infant asleep in a crib with the side down. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Kitchen and food preparation areas | 2023-07-18 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-116 Duplicate citation. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Staff hygiene | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-98 In the otters room the teacher who handed out the plates was not wearing a hair net, apron or gloves. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
General meal guidelines | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-79 Food that was delivered to the Otters room was not covered when it came from the kitchen. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Bathrooms | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113 In the otter bathroom there was toilet paper stored on the sink.There is no soap at the handwashing sink in the bathroom of the foxes room. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Diapering | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-94 The bears room has a box of diapers stored on the floor of the bathroom. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
There shall be a soft sanitizable pad on the table with a clean strip of waterproof, disposable paper to cover the entire pad. Caregivers shall place a new, waterproof, paper strip on the pad after each diaper change | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-94(n) Diaper changing pad is torn on the changing table in the Bears room. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Building maintenance | 2023-07-24 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-99 All classrooms have paint peeling. The Otters bathroom toilet paper dispenser is coming off the wall.In the monkeys back bathroom there are screws exposed on the cabinet door and a hole in the wall by the door. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 Hazardous items and items labeled Keep out of reach of children were found accessible to children in the following areas: Otters room had Aquaphor, buttpaste, diaper ointment, and desitin on a low shelf on the changing table in the bathroom behind a child deterrent and teachers purses in low cabinet behind a child deterrent.Lions had nail polish remover and aloe gel on a low shelf in a cabinet.Girafees had adult scissors in a low drawer of the teacher desk.Foxes had teacher purse under the changing table cabinet behind a child deterrent.Owls had disinfectant wipes and lysol spray on a low shelf of an unlocked cabinet. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Children two (2) years of age shall have small climbing equipment that they can go in and out of, over, and around in their area | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-63(f) Bears room missing climbing equipment. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Water Supply and Plumbing | 2023-07-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-114 Hot water at the following sinks did not reach minimum of 100 degrees F: Owls, Foxes, and Monkeys.Hot water was over the maximum of 120 degrees F in the following rooms: Lions and Giraffes. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
Toddler Feeding | 2023-07-17 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-140 Food was not served on the table prior to the toddlers in the Otters room sitting down. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-14 |
The following minimums shall be provided to each group to children two (2) years of age and older: An art easel with paint and paper | 2023-07-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-63(c)(2) Girafees room missing art easel. |
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My children attended Kid's Kingdom Early Learning Center for a few years. When Kayce ran the office, she was so friendly and inviting and made you feel that your children were safe and being taken care of and loved. When Kayce left, everything changed. I had a terrible gut feeling every single day at drop off. They let babies sleep as long as possible - even if that means face down in the crib without even 1 bottle throughout the day. Turns out that same baby had a 102.5 fever, but they never touched the baby to check to see if it was ok. During the beginning of Covid, they changed their drop off policy, which I completely understood and respected. However, they are still following the same process - not letting parents into the building (which is illegal in the state handbook). They are a "Christian Based Program" owned by a former Children's Pastor (God knew what he was doing when he changed that status to former.); however, the only "Christian" thing they do is say prayers at meal time. Other than that, they are the most un-Christian like people I have ever met. The office staff is rude and disrespectful, are rough with the children, and refused to bring my child to me at the front door when requested (during the no parent allowed inside time frame). Multiple employees were let go for questioning certain actions happening inside - 1 fired for informing a family about the recall on their formula. Miss Kayce, Miss Elizabeth, Miss Jodi, Miss Jackie, Miss Amanda, and Mr. Gabe were the best part of Kid's Kingdom, and every single one of them are no longer there - there's a reason for that. The new teacher's are teaching children details of child birth, what it feels like and what can happen during the process (details a child can't make up on their own - like "some moms poop while pushing"). The teacher's have been telling the children, "You are a horrible, bad kid." "You are mean and not a good kid." "You are a liar." "Nobody likes you." "Nobody wants to be your friend." Some of teachers are taking videos of kids throwing tantrums and turning them into memes and posting on social media (yes, i've seen them and reported them.) The teacher's stopped teaching. We went from having daily lessons, crafts, and activities to bringing home 1 coloring page a week. The teacher's never put their phones down - drive by on the side, you can see them - sitting outside on their phones, smoking out back while the kids are on the playground. So many issues and when I reached out to speak to the owner about my concerns, he refused. I was told I could talk to the office, but they are a big part of the problem, so what help is that? When I stressed the urgency of the situations, he still refused 3 times. The day I pulled my children out of Kid's Kingdom, I cried the happiest, most relieved tears for myself and sad tears for the families that didn't know better and were still sending their kids there. I reached out to every family I had contact information for - they have all removed their children. I knew something was wrong, I only wish I would've listened to myself earlier. Please do yourself a favor, keep your babies safe physically and mentally, and DO NOT send your kiddos here! And pass the info along to any one you know that currently attends Kid's Kingdom.
When my 3 year old first started there back in 2017, I thought Kids kingdom ELC was the best daycare/preschool in Greenwood IN. for my child, hands down. I believe the teachers set the tone, and is really what makes the daycare special, and Ms. Elizabeth was and still is the best preschool teacher there, in my opinion. After three years passed, things changed. A lot of teachers and staff came and left, management changed, all while still under the same ownership. However, the people are not the only thing that changed, I’ll explain in a minute. Nevertheless, my little girl still attended this preschool as a “school age kid” when schools were not open. I also gave business to this daycare/preschool by being a foster mom, so all of my foster kids would also attend this facility. I noticed the change by 2020, by my personal experiences with new staff and management. Staff were not as friendly, owners were all about business, and didn’t seem to care much about the child(ren), meaning their privacy or safety. My children were of a handful that were “African American”, if not the only black kids that were there. They were called “chocolate chip cookie, and burnt biscuit, and brownie by some of the other kids, they were spit on, kicked, and hit by other kids, and the owner would say “we’ll look into it, or tell your kids to stay away from these such kids!” Unfortunately, my kids would still come home everyday with a story of what someone did or said to them, so I assumed the owner never got around to looking into it.
Well, the last straw was on Wednesday July 8, 2020. I got word that my 6 year old had a meltdown, and her teacher recorded the meltdown using her personal device. Come to find out, every time a kid in the school age class, according to my children, threw a tantrum, the teachers or assistants would video record them on their phones. Why? What are you doing this for? Where would these videos end up? Who gave you permission to video record people’s children while they are at their worst, and using your personal device to do it? Why are you not trying to find out what’s wrong with the child, attempting calming strategies to calm the child down, or redirecting the child’s behavior. Why aren’t you notifying the parent? Well, these are the questions I wanted to ask the owner, and the teacher who video taped my child, but the owner did what he does best, said “I’ll take care or it” and he refused, with me asking multiple times, to meet with me in person to have this discussion, rather he communicated via email “1. he will not meet with me in person, 2. the teacher said she didn’t really video tape my daughter, she was just pretending to, 3. the teacher said she’s sorry and won’t do it again, I WILL MAKE SURE OF IT, 4. however, I (owner) can’t be in every classroom all the time, but I see no need to meet in person to discuss this any further.” So, I had to remove all of my kids from Kids Kingdom ELC of Greenwood IN, because this is no longer a safe environment for my children to attend. What a sad experience!