Rising Generations Early Learning Center Largo

My child began attending in 2013. The place is nice, clean and most of the administrative staff is professional. The kids wear uniforms and the meal plans they have aren't bad, and most teachers seem to genuinely care about the children. However, a lot of the teachers are very young and inexperienced and when I would drop my child off in the mornings, I didn't appreciate the type of conversations I would overhear or how a lot of them talked to the kids. Most of the teachers, because they lack the experience, can't handle a child that's not mild mannered. My child would come home repeating stuff, and when confronted they would deny it. Whenever you question anything that you don't like, they seem to get very defensive and show attitudes any time after that encounter. I had a problem with my child's teacher not being able to keep them busy and wasn't learning anything new. I requested that they be given extra work but it wasn't done. Instead, they said my child was disruptive and proceeded to dismiss/expel them from the center with no warnings or courtesy. When I arrived, the director wouldn't even come out her office to explain or come up with something to help the situation. It's a nice, safe place, but if your child is active and needs to be challenged, this isn't the right place. The teachings aren't individualized so if they're more advanced than the majority of their classmates and aren't learning anything new, you're out of luck.

This is an awesome environment for children to learn and grow. From what I know, through experience, this daycare program is very well planned out and very beneficial for children. They provide meals for the children and a fun, loving environment. GOD Bless That Place.

This place is beautiful physically so it attracted me.  (1.)The curriculum isn't individualized. Meaning my kid knew her abcs, sounds of each letter in alphabeth, shapes and colors and 1-10numbers. So every week she goes home with coloring or count to 3 or color a shape kinds of homework. She wasn't learning anything new. (2.)Also they are not sanitary. They don't wipe the seats EVERYTIME between each kid usage. I know cuz I had several occasions were it wasn't there (confirmed by one of the teachers). (4.)Also they don't do a good job communicating. For example, staff said my kid was coughing yesterday so i should turn back cuz they noticed YESTERDAY that she was coughing. I was pissed cuz noone called me yesterday when they noticed it. So they waited until I got there in the morning and mess up my plans. (4.)When I picked up  My kid one day, he  had scratches all over his face  and the staff had no clue how it got there. No one was watching my kid. No first aid care, no calls when it happened. (5.)They gave my kid junks like high sodium an high sugar foods like vanilla wafers and koolaid, hotdogs, candies [harvest time] (no juice or low sugar snack). I complained all these but the director just defended the staff at all time. Nothing was changed or apologies given. This is an unsafe place and I want my kid out! This's plain ghetto.