Eden Prairie KinderCare North

I like to say "People make the place, it's not a place that makes the people." EP KC North, in my experience, has been amazing. I am a single mom and putting a center tuition into my budget is EXTREMELY stressful. However, as of Jan 2022 - the people there :) - director and staff - seem so authentic and sincere ... not only about my son (who needs a little extra help) but about working with me to try and make every day, and the budget work. As KC is a huge corporation, I didn't really expect this level of empathy/care - or for them to give a $h*t for my little situation. So far, I am very happy and will try to hustle the best I can so my son can learn and grow with people, I believe, have his best interest in mind.

Heather and the team at Valley View Kindercare are amazing. Our almost 3 year old has been enrolled here since he was an infant, and we couldn't be more comfortable with and confident in the care he receives. He loves to go each day, and we love our Kindercare family!

My son is a 16 month old walking talking machine full of energy. His prior daycare lady had arrangements with a pregnant women so we were waiting for one of her other kids to have a birthday so that he could be in the toddler group and she could watch my son again. We started him at KinderCare​ in Eden Prairie off Valley View rd last week on the 4th. I decided to try this daycare center because they have no bad reviews and It was close to my job. The first day I go to pick him up and my son was bit in the hand so hard that it broke skin. No one called to inform me this. I walk in and Heather the Manager says oh he had such a great first day but... I didn't want to call you.. I asked her what did she mean then she explained to me that my son was bit it wasn't bad and that they will make sure it doesn't happen again. Then day two of kindercare EP I get a phone call during my lunch hour telling me how my son "thrusted against a table and his lip is bleeding" I asked him is he okay should I come get him. They said no he should be fine. Then I go to pick him up after work I come in my son is crying screaming mom. (Mind you he is 16 months and barely knows how to use his worlds.) I saw that he had on a different outfit then what I had him in and a different one than what was in his bag. They said he pooped out of his clothes and they just changed him into what ever! I asked him what they gave him. They show be the report and they gave him apple sauce and a bean burrito which on all of his paper work I said he was allergic to Apples!! They make him break out very bad. Once I got him home and check him fully. His bottom was broken out so bad and it looked like someone who was changing him scratched the side of his peewee. This is not okay. I called off work day 3 because everything in me as a mother could not drop him off there. The night of day 2 Heather the Manager Emailed my son's dad and said how this is out of the norm and that she would be refunding our money but this place says they are award winning when every time I went into the toddler room the teacher from England with a very thick accent would be sitting around. One of the mothers on day 2 yelled at this young lady because she went to pick up her daughter she had a full poopy diaper. I would not recommend this place to anyone and I am calling the state licensing board

We moved back to Minnesota this past winter and were so fortunate to find this center! From my initial tour I felt like it was such a warm, friendly, clean, and engaging place for my son to spend the day. His teachers are so invested in his happiness, and the center directors are incredible. They keep in touch when needed, and they always make time for me if I have questions. It is never easy leaving your child in someone else's care, but I really feel that this center is the best alternative to having him home with me.

Great director and teachers. My daughter loves going everyday and i feel good knowing that the teachers there care for her and her friends that attend.