I am currently a proud employee of Calico Butterfly. I have 18 years of Early childhood experience and my CDA. I am lucky to be a part of an AWESOME team of Teachers and an AWESOME Director. It is a Blessing and joy to come to work every day and be a part of creating a safe, loving, professional, and learning environment that is a home away from home for every child in our care. As an employee I feel valued, appreciated, and respected and that motivates me to be the best that I can be as a teacher. As a teacher, I appreciate that we have small class sizes which enable us to work more individually with each child and family and to bond with them and to strengthen their developmental areas. I look forward to a long and happy journey with Calico!

My family and I love Calico Butterfly! Our two daughters are happy and learning and growing so much. The staff and director are very knowledgeable and responsive to our questions and our girls needs. It is hard to find good child care in Albuquerque and Calico Butterfly is really a gem - I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a positive, safe, friendly place for your most precious little ones!

We love it here! I have had my 2 kids here for years. Love the attention, classrooms, teachers and administration. My kids are safe, learning new things every day and I feel welcome and acknowledged.

Do NOT send your kids here. The director Linda is working her employees to no end. Shes not allowing them breaks, will not allow employees to write incident reports on children that hit or bite other children. We will be filing a complaint with the state. Linda is rude and if this God shining through her, I wouldnt wanna believe in the God that she believes in. She is completely under staffed and does not allow her employees breaks or lunches. Ill restate this again! ****DO NOT**** send your kids to this daycare. Linda is horrible and shes running a sweat shop!

Let me just add that she was not a disgruntled employee she was a parent as well as myself to children that attended this school. Linda is far from a nurturing person. She is rude and horrible with children and only made her employees post on here to bring there stars back up because the teachers are part of the problem. At least the two that we dealt with. Still horrible people to trust with your kids. This is the most unprofessional child care. I not only had both of my kids their but my wife was employed with them for a short time. The statement about employees being overworked and treated poorly is 100% true. Linda is very rude and is not good with children. As well as some of her staff. The only good staff she has never stays long because of the way they are treated. She does refuse them bathroom breaks and lunches. My kids were being treated bad and were not being given their breakfast for a whole week. Being that we had to supply their food and the day care charges as much as many 5 star daycares that do provide food. Their breakfast would be untouched in their lunchboxes. They would be extremely hungry after school. Our son was jumped by two other older kids while the teacher was not paying attention. Linda the director lost our sons shot records and paper with emergency contacts not once or twice but 3 times. She has no business running this daycare. It was much better off with their old director I was told was a great director. Im sure many parents would agree. The state is currently looking into this school. Many reports have been made by myself and other parents.

I called and the person that answer the phone said that was in the middle of a meeting said that she was in the middle of a meeting ad that she was going to call back to let me have more information, at first she said that there was spaces available for both of my children. I called again a week later, she said to give her my name and number that she was in the middle of a meeting, I then told her that I had called a week earlier and that she had said the same thing. she then said to tell her the ages of my children, and now all the sudden she knew for a fact that there was no space for my kids, if this is how unprofessional the Director is I could just imagine the day care!

Im the ex employee that worked at this daycare. My children also attended here. My Time being here was awful! Linda was very rude and when I tried to talk to her about our problems she didnt change one thing. My son was treated badly with the head preschool teacher that would always leave early because she couldnt handle the children (thats her own words)As for April Lucero I have text message proof of her talking badly about Linda herself.My son wasnt have her breakfast for a while week. He was also jumped and Linda or her staff did nothing about it. They werent being watched when this happened.As for me I am a mother and I can assure anyone I was loving, caring, and more to the children I took care of. Ive had many parents complement my work and I developed relationships with them and their children.Linda has had many complaints from not only staff but from parents. She has no business running a daycare the daycare she was at before she ran to the ground. The director before her (I was told) was awesome and had many children at this daycare. Now that Linda is the director there is very few children.

My grandbabies went to this daycare and I can tell you right now the class rooms are dirty. My daughter and son-in-law had a lot of problems at this daycare. Linda is unprofessional and the staff above of her never do anything about it. I will never recommended anyone to this daycare.