Lees Summit · Childcare

A Better Choice Preschool

A play-based provider in Lees Summit, licensed for 45 children.

How they teach

Play-based

“We believe that students learn best through play.”In their words. abcpreschoolsite.com, July 2026

One of 30 Kansas City-area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 63 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

One adult for every 7.5 preschoolers

Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

Eight staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

What it costs

$370 to $495 a month

Kansas City-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.

What the state has found

This state publishes the visits that cited something but not the ones that cited nothing, so there is no city rate to set this beside.

From Missouri DESE Office of Childhood’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Missouri DESE Office of Childhood

Last visit
July 9, 2025
On file
2 visits since July 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Correction was due July 9, 2025. Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Missouri DESE marks every rule section of an inspection Compliance, Violation or Not Observed, and for each violation publishes the inspector’s observation, the rule quoted in full, the correction required and a deadline. A complaint investigation is published where the state substantiated a rule violation, with its disposition.

Jul 2025 Annual visit 1 finding

Annual visit · July 9, 2025

5 CSR 25-300.090 (D) · Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 1 · Correction due July 9, 2025

Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: staff purse with observed 1 bottle medication. The item(s) was/were located on the floor in the primary classroom.

Required correction: Hazardous material(s) shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related items.

State licensing record

Jul 2024 Annual visit nothing cited State record

A day here

Meals
Parents provide snacks 3x/year for the snack pantry (passed out daily by teacher); families bring their own child's lunch for Enrichment Hour (not refrigerated).
Outdoors
Scheduled outdoor play/recess each day when air temperature/wind chill is above 30°F and heat index is below 95°F with no precipitation; indoor recess otherwise.

Details

Phone
(816) 246-6562
Website
abcpreschoolsite.com
Address
8 SE 5th St
License
002830388, active
Ages
3-5 years
Ownership
For-profit

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

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State record

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A day here

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