Quality Day Care on Long Island

  Moving from Park Slope, Brooklyn to Long Island was a scary transition for our little family steeped with city to suburb culture shock and many unknowns. Scarier still was the idea that, if I wanted to go back for my Master's degree in eduation, our little 2 year old boy, who had never spent a minute alone with anyone but immediate family members, would have to be shipped off to dreaded day care. Well, call it karma, call it luck, call it whatever, after weeks of internet research and phone calls I found the most conveinent choice to be right around the block from our new home, literally walking distance. Calling All Kids, at that time was located on Park Avenue in Huntington and it was there that I found the wonderful caring director and staff that I do business with to this day, 4 years and another child later.

    Calling All Kids has since moved, and is now called Calling All Kids, Again. It is located at 563 Broadhollow Road (Rte 110) in Mellvile, Long Island.  Upon entering the first thing you will notice is how unique the school is physically. The building is a sprawling and spacious one story barn type structure with vaulted ceilings that give it an open loft like feel.  Personal ID numbers must be keyed into a pad to enter, giving parents a comfy sense of security. Once in the lobby a very friendly receptionist greets all kids by name. Inside the 'barn' there are three distinct sections. Quardened off from the rest of the facility are a the baby rooms for the tiny ones, shoes off please as you walk through the picket fence like gate that lets moms and babies into the infant court, which is a cushy play area with soft toys that stimulate gross motor skills and eye hand coordinaion. This baby court is shared by the occupants of the two baby rooms, inside which are individual cribs for each baby, high chairs, and changing tables.