review: little1s children's playground

i swear that is how the name of the place is spelled in colored letters above their doorway: Little1s.


anyways... the bills needed paying so i decided to take LP with me to SM to get them done. this was in the morning, so we got there right after the mall had opened. bills done, we proceeded to the third floor, near toy kingdom. i found this place last week, right after leaving the Dave's place. i was really "Oh. there's another place." but then, i'd never checked sm's directory and only knew of Dave's because i noticed it long ago when we passed it.


+ monday morning must be a great time to go--we were the only customers. the staff had nothing to do so they were playing kid's video games. so much for socializing LP with people his own size
+ the place seems huge compared to dave's. seriously 4 times the floor area and twice the ceiling height. lots of room, they laid out their little tikes sets (one for toddlers, a tree house thing for bigger kids, swings, climbing structure) and they also had a little area for books and learning toys, as well as video games and a make-up bureau/doll area
- they had piped in music. kid's songs, but still quite loud enough to be annoying. i don't recall any at the other place. 
+ i haven't been inside, but the tiny door in the corner is actually a toilet. cool. especially since sm's toilets are not the most conveniently located
+ good quality learning toys, a lot made of wood. beads & wires, puzzles, musical instruments. also the other toys (like the pushcars & such) had batteries, so LP pressed away to his delight. now if only they would lower the volume of the piped-in music so we could hear every honk & whistle. i haven't checked out the books but they do have several shelves of them.


cost: same as the other place. Php 60 for 30 minutes, 100 for an hour. also possible to do unlimited, and to leave the child (not sure what age they start allowing that). rates also slightly higher during weekends & holidays


would we go back? sure. i imagine even if it gets full there's still enough toys and things for the kids to tinker with. 


what i did fail to check at both places are: 
~ what is the upper limit capacity-wise? (how many kids can they sanely & safely allow in at any given time?)
~ how often to they clean/sanitize the place?
~ are any of the staff trained for basic emergencies? i imagine the occasional bloodied nose or sprained ankle from jumping off the wrong prop)