The Daycare PITTStop.Inc - Sylvan Lake, Alberta

Angela S.

PITTStop Daycare has been a true blessing for our family! My son has been attending since he was 1 and now he’s almost 4, and we couldn’t be happier with the love, care, and attention he receives every day. The staff are absolutely amazing — they truly feel like second moms. It’s such a comforting feeling knowing that he’s in caring hands.
They offer so many thoughtful touches that make this daycare stand out. There’s a personal chef who prepares healthy, delicious meals daily, and the kids get outside every day for walks and playtime at the park. Creativity is always encouraged — every week there’s a new sensory play setup that keeps the kids engaged and excited to learn.
Denise Pittman, who runs the daycare and her daycare staff, go above and beyond for the families. They host the most beautiful events like a special Mother’s Day Tea, a Father’s Day BBQ, complete with food, a photo centre, and festive decorations. They even have Christmas photos with Santa and Easter photos with the Bunny!
I’m always so happy and at ease dropping my son off each day. PITTStop is truly a warm, nurturing, and enriching environment — I couldn’t recommend it more highly.🩷🩷🩷

Candace S.

I have been through multiple daycares and dayhomes. This has been so far the best and most amazing experience. My kids love going every single day, they have made specials bonds with so many of the educators. I can tell everyday how much they are learning and exploring every single day. You can truly feel and see how much they care about our kids. It does not feel like a daycare, it feels like a second home! We are always greeted with smiles and stories. The food is prepared in house and is healthy and new every single day. Everything from homemade buns, seaweed, fruits, cake and pasta, they have continued to grow our children's taste buds! I also love how much outside time they get, no matter the weather, unless too hot or too cold, they are outside. They get to puddle jump, make snowmen and go sledding. I am truly so lucky to have joined this daycare and are so thankful for all the staff!

Candace L.

Denise and the team at pittstop are amazing. We’ve been with Denise since she had a day home back in the day. We interviewed 10 or so day homes and immediately knew that Denise was the one. She just truly loves kids. And it was the best choice we made, our oldest felt so at home there. Since then we’ve had 4 kids in Denise’s care and at pittstop and I just can’t recommend them enough. Your kids will be treated like family, loved, snuggled and cared for just as you would do at home. They’re always busy doing crafts, playing outside. And the food is healthy and bang on. They somehow make delicious appetizing toddler food that is also healthy!

Love this please so much

Brandon O.

My kids have went here for the past 3 yrs. Denise and her team are always friendly and caring. The kids are outside everyday that weather permits. They go to local parks, walking paths, and have an awesome enclosed playspace. The food for the kids is amazing, always nutrious and delicious. The price is cheaper than any where else I have seen (the daycares set their own food and extra curricular fees).

Antje P.

My son has a lot of separation anxiety and putting him in daycare part time so I could return to work was a hard decision. The staff at Daycare Pittstop have been more than wonderful in working with him in overcoming his fears and helping him adjust. He has learned so much there already and having him here has helped in his social development big time as he doesn't have siblings at home. If a full time spot were to open up I would not hesitate in having him here full time as the care is excellent. Nutritious meals are also provided which is so helpful and a great bonus!

Krista D.

I was hesitant to send my kids to a daycare center as my oldest (3.5yo) is autistic and I've heard some horror stories, but sending them to this daycare has changed all those fears! Not only are the educators and staff welcoming and kind, but they also were absolutely amazing with my kids. My oldest has developed so many new skills, his vocabulary has increased significantly, and they always were willing to learn new things in regards to autism. My youngest always had so much fun and has learned so much as well. We're moving so we had to unfortunately leave this daycare, but we're so grateful for how incredible the whole experience was. Thank you Daycare PITTStop!

Paige Z.

If it was possible to give a sub-zero rating, I absolutely would. I have not one good thing to say about this daycare center.... in the 1 year and 1 month that my son was at this facility (from age 1 year and 6 days old till 2 years and 1 month old) my son suffered two serious injuries that if weren't for sheer luck, would have been life altering.

The first injury happened not 6 months after my son was at this facility. He came extremely close to sustaining a corneal abrasion from the very sharp corner of a wooden framed chair that was in the infants room that was NOT supposed to even be in this room as per licensing protocol. The chair was also not protected from possible injury by securing cut pool noodles onto the sharp edges, which the Owner of the daycare proceeded to do in front of me while I was there picking up my son to take him to the emergency where 2 doctors needed to consult a pediatric surgeon to figure out if my baby was going for surgery on his eyelid or not as this injury was mere millimeters away from being directly in his eyeball.....

The second injury my son sustained due to pure and utter negligence almost left my 2 year old with depleted function in his right hand and almost needing physical therapy to regain function of his hand after his hand got absolutely obliterated in the back side of the door leading to the play yard......3 educators in the yard at the time and not one of them could be bothered to remove my son from the ONLY possible danger zone in the yard which posed an escape hazard and a severe pinch hazard...... when I approached the educator as to how my sons hand was even near the back side of the door in the first place, she became immediately defensive and not so much as one apology left her lips for their sheer negligence in caring for my son and removing him from harms way.

These two injuries along with the multitude of other complaints and absolute jaw dropping lack of due care and attention is absurd coming from a facility that tends to children. I have witnessed educators raising their voices at infants and toddlers, I have shown up to pick up my child and have asked very basic questions and have been greeted with a response of "I don't know" cause my son would switch hands with so many different educators in one day no one could tell me anything about my sons day. I have taken my son home to have a bath that evening and found humongous bruises on my sons bicep along with teeth marks that were dragged through his arm.... not ONE person in that facility could tell me what happened to my child until I brought it to the owners attention and she sat there and had to review camera footage to give me an answer..... Unacceptable.

I am no longer a parent of a child who attends this facility and have not been for many months now and yet I get sent pictures of another parents child through my Brightwheel app due to their negligence and unjust care and attention. Privacy and confidentially breach........

The facility is chronically understaffed and it is largely reflected on the quality of care towards the children.

Licensing has been involved on several occasions and continues to be. On the government of Alberta's website there is a non-compliance code 28(1)(d) which is Minimum staffing and general supervision-Children at all times supervised..... this means the facility was not in compliance on supervising the children........

Do not recommend in the slightest.

Zachary P.