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The Learning Experience

Ronkonkoma, NY · Suffolk County
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1.0 (1 review)
156 Ronkonkoma Ave, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
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Quick Facts

Capacity
160 children
Age Range
24 Infants, 44 Toddlers, 92 Preschoolers
Subsidized Program
Does not participate

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Contact Information

📞 (631) 588-0703
156 Ronkonkoma Ave
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
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✓ Licensed Day Care Center
Active License
License Number
858330
License Holder
Veronica Gershonowitz
Licensed Since
2020
License Issued
Jan 17, 2024
Active Through
Jan 16, 2028
Issued By
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
District Office
Long Island Regional Office

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Deré Sperling-Toussaint
2022-07-29 15:54:08
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I have used this provider for less than 6 months

Do not, I repeat do not put your child in this daycare facility. Every time my husband or I would pick up my daughter she would have snot dripping into her mouth. Nobody wipes the kids noses! Wtf? They even had the nerve to send me a picture of my child with snot running all into her mouth, and post it on the app I will post that below!! All the kids noses full of snot! Boogers! Like we aren’t still in a pandemic and children are not already naturally “germy”. It’s freezing in there in the summer, they have water play, and BABIES/TODDLERS come into subzero temperatures in wet clothes!! They tried to tell me oh we change them before they come in, A LIE! I have photos of my daughter from their app in her bathing suit inside that cold a** ROOM!! My daughter contracted RSV, and got so sick 104.5 fever! Now I understand babies are going to get sick it’s inevitable! BUT for me to find out multiple other children contracted the virus and were hospitalized!!? They didn’t even send out an alert they put a SIGN on the door!! A WEEK LATER!! Didn’t even reach out to my child who was out for a whole week knowing this s*** is going around their facility to help other parents protect their babies!! But they had the audacity to ask a friend of mine who’s child also attends how my child was doing instead of picking up the phone!! They have an infant program here!! My best friend who recommended I put my daughter in this program had a son in there infant quarters! He contracted it, and has been in and out the hospital for breathing issues, high fever and a severe cough! This place is at capacity damn near every morning you come in it’s chaos, the kids rooms are moved! They are understaffed!! You go to take your child to their room nobodies in there or “we switched them”. Kids are on top of each other classrooms maxed out! If you are worried about putting your child in daycare go with your gut. This place is a joke, they are very expensive [IDC I’m not looking for cheap childcare for my baby!], and half the parents are getting some form of help [assistance\vouchers] to even be able to afford to put their children here. My husband, and I pay full tuition price no problem and my daughter contracts RSV!!!! No one calls !!! They act like they don’t know when two children have been hospitalized. I’m still waiting on a call from the director to snatch my daughter out of this place !!! This s*** isn’t a priority to them! She’s ducking and dodging a phone call. With that being said if you are a concerned parent who wants your child to be in the BEST facility receiving the BEST care these bastards ARE NOT It! My husband is FDNY, and I’m a dental hygienist with over 15k on Instagram 30k on tiktok! I’m going to BLAST this place and red flag them every chance I get !!!! Do not bring your children here!! Sincerely a PISSED OFF mother and my daughter is still sick with a vicious cough that won’t let up! You’ll see this review on every single review platform you can find on this place !!

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About the Provider

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THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE is a Day Care Center in RONKONKOMA NY, with a maximum capacity of 160 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 24 Infants, 44 Toddlers, 92 Preschoolers. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:30 AM - 06:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Care is available during non-traditional hours; This facility is authorized to administer medications;

Hours of Operation

  • Monday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
  • Tuesday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
  • Wednesday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
  • Thursday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
  • Friday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
  • Saturday Closed
  • Sunday Closed

Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2026-07-08 Monitoring Monitoring 2026-I-LIRO-063387
Brief Description: Violations found
2026-07-08 Violation 418-1.3(h) N
Brief Description: No peeling or damaged paint or plaster
2026-07-08 Violation 418-1.5(a) N
Brief Description: Suitable precautions are taken to eliminate all safety and health hazards
2026-07-08 Violation 418-1.7(c) N
Brief Description: Age-appropriate activities are available
2026-06-09 Other Other 2026-I-LIRO-018880
Brief Description: Violations found
2026-06-09 Violation 418-1.14(c)(1) N
Brief Description: Director and any new staff complete 15 hours of training within the first 6 months
2026-06-09 Violation 418-1.14(c) N
Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete minimum of 30 hours of training every 2 years
2026-04-07 Other Other 2026-I-LIRO-029588
Brief Description: No violations cited
2026-04-06 Complaint (Investigation Pending) Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2026-I-LIRO-028381
Brief Description: Violations Found
2026-04-06 Complaint (Substantiated) Complaint (Substantiated)
Brief Description: Violations found
2026-03-09 Self-Report Self-Report 2026-I-LIRO-024490
Brief Description: No violations cited
2026-01-13 Annual Unannounced Annual Unannounced 2026-I-LIRO-010107
Brief Description: Violations found
2025-12-05 Other Other 2025-I-LIRO-119351
Brief Description: No violations cited
2025-09-18 Monitoring Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-101101
Brief Description: Violations found
2025-08-26 Other Other 2025-I-LIRO-073762
Brief Description: No violations cited
2025-06-18 Monitoring Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-047495
Brief Description: Violations found
2025-06-18 Violation 413.4(d)(2) Corrected
Brief Description: Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.
2025-02-06 Annual Unannounced Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-011592
Brief Description: Violations found
2024-10-16 Monitoring Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-101887
Brief Description: Violations found
2024-10-16 Violation 418-1.14(b) N
Brief Description: Each identified staff and volunteer completed Federal Health and Safety training within required timeframes
2024-06-27 Monitoring Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-064583
Brief Description: Violations found
2024-06-27 Violation 418-1.5(a) N
Brief Description: Suitable precautions are taken to eliminate all safety and health hazards
2024-06-27 Violation 418-1.14(b) N
Brief Description: Each identified staff supervising children alone completed Federal Health and Safety training.
2024-06-27 Violation 413.4(d)(2) Corrected
Brief Description: Every licensee and registrant shall submit fingerprint images for each prospective director, employee, or volunteer, and any person age eighteen (18) or older prospectively living in a group family day care home or family day care home.
2024-06-24 Other Other 2024-I-LIRO-052895
Brief Description: No violations cited
2024-05-16 Complaint (Substantiated) Complaint (Substantiated)
Brief Description: Violations found
2024-03-19 Annual Unannounced Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-011956
Brief Description: No violations cited
2024-03-04 Complaint (Substantiated) Complaint (Substantiated)
Brief Description: Violations found
2024-02-21 Other Other 2024-I-LIRO-026862
Brief Description: Violations found
2024-02-21 Violation 418-1.14(c)(1) N
Brief Description: Director and any new staff complete 15 hours of training within the first 6 months
2024-02-21 Violation 418-1.14(c) N
Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete minimum of 30 hours of training every 2 years
2024-02-21 Violation 418-1.14(d) N
Brief Description: Director, Staff and Volunteers with substantial contact with children complete training in required topics
2023-12-28 Application - Renewal Application - Renewal 2023-I-LIRO-042667
Brief Description: Violations found
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.3(a)(2) N
Brief Description: Approval obtained prior to changes, additions, expansions to child care area
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.5(z) N
Brief Description: Strings and cords from window coverings are inaccessible to children
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.5(a) N
Brief Description: Suitable precautions are taken to eliminate all safety and health hazards
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.7(c) N
Brief Description: Sufficient quantity and variety of age-appropriate materials & equipment are available
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.8(l)(11) N
Brief Description: Preschool and school age children may only be mixed at the very beginning and very end of the day
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.12(z) N
Brief Description: Bottles and food items individually labeled with child's first and last name
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.12(r) N
Brief Description: Meals and snacks provided by program meet CACFP requirements
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.12(w) N
Brief Description: Parent agreement in writing specifying Infant feeding schedule
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.14(b) N
Brief Description: Each identified staff and volunteer completed Federal Health and Safety training within required timeframes
2023-12-28 Violation 418-1.15(c)(7) N
Brief Description: Health statements for each staff member and volunteer
2023-11-14 Other Other 2023-I-LIRO-051431
Brief Description: No violations cited
2023-11-07 Complaint (Substantiated) Complaint (Substantiated)
Brief Description: Violations found
2022-06-29 Violation 418-1.3(a)(2) Not Corrected
Brief Description: Whenever change(s), addition(s) or expansion(s) are proposed which will affect, or reasonably may be expected to affect, those portions of the building designated for the care of children or for their egress in case of an emergency, the licensee must receive written approval from the Office prior to initiating such change(s), addition(s), or expansion(s).
2022-06-29 Violation 418-1.5(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
2022-06-29 Violation 418-1.7(c) Not Corrected
Brief Description: Each program must provide a sufficient quantity and variety of materials and play equipment appropriate to the ages of the children and their developmental levels and interests, including children with developmental delays or disabilities, which promote the children's cognitive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language and recreational development.
2022-06-29 Violation 418-1.8(a) Not Corrected
Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
2022-06-29 Violation 418-1.11(c)(2)(ii) Not Corrected
Brief Description: The health care plan must describe the following: how a record of each child's illnesses, injuries and signs of suspected abuse or maltreatment will be maintained;
2022-03-01 Violation 418-1.4(b)(4) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents.
2022-03-01 Violation 418-1.5(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
2022-03-01 Violation 418-1.8(k)(5)(i) Corrected
Brief Description: for 4-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every eight children;

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