Hi T.,
I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old that attend Campfire USA's Child Development Center near the corner of 820 and 35. I live in Keller and work downtown and it is a GREAT location.
I shopped around and interview about 20 daycare facilities near our house and picked Campfire. They are nationally accredited for age appropriate academics, have viewing rooms for the parents, the building is safe, clean, and well maintained. Their doors are secured with electronic keypads, and can be opened only with a passcode, the teachers are never (or very rarely) alone with the children and I can honestly say that I would trust any one of them to personally care for my children unattended any time... we LOVE them! All of the teaches are fantastic and some even go to classes on their own time to learn things for the kiddos i.e. Spanish and sign language.
When I stopped working for 3 months in May to have our second son, we made the decision to our older son stay in school for 2 days a week over the summer. Keep in mind that this was financially taxing, we did it strictly for him because he loves Campfire so much. He can count to ten in sign language, knows all of his colors in English and Spanish, knows the complete alphabet and can actually count objects up to five and knows the result of taking away or adding a teddy bear (addition and subtraction) and the lesson plans that they follow are FULL of great artistic activities. Please just let Hugh, the center director, know that I sent you. Hugh is a great guy who genuinely cares for the children with a passion!
Camp Fire USA's Child Development Center
2700 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth
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http://www.firsttexascampfire.org/WorkFamily.htm
Good Luck!
E.
