
Browse 2,690 child daycare & preschools across Illinois. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.
Finding the right daycare center for your child is crucial. Understanding the landscape of childcare services in Illinois can make the decision-making process smoother.
Illinois has about 3,069 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Illinois. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 3,069 daycares in Illinois: 192 headstart facilities, 59 before/after school centers, 128 religious facility daycares, and 2,690 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 2,690 |
| Headstart Programs | 192 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 128 |
| Before or After School | 59 |
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Dee Dees Learning Academy receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, age-appropriate curriculum, affordable pricing, and community involvement. Negative reviews cite inadequate care for high-energy and special needs children, hygiene issues, and a serious incident involving an employee posting a minor's photo on social media with profanity.
Centralia Mary's House receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the caring staff, safe environment, and children's happiness at the facility. However, some parents report frustration with enrollment procedures and serious concerns about staff conduct.
Treehouse Day Care and Preschool in Effingham has predominantly positive reviews praising staff warmth and communication, but faces serious allegations regarding medical emergency response and staff professionalism. Most parents report satisfied experiences with caring teachers, while a minority report concerning incidents including inadequate response to a seizure and communication issues with separated parents.
Pitter Patter receives overwhelmingly positive reviews from most parents, who praise the staff's caring, attentive nature and strong communication. However, two negative reviews raise serious concerns about hygiene, neglect, unresponsiveness to parent complaints, and alleged favoritism toward management-connected families.
Pitter-Patter Child Care Too receives overwhelmingly positive reviews from most parents, who praise the staff's attentiveness, care, and professionalism, with children described as thriving and staff becoming like family. However, two negative reviews detail serious concerns about neglect, including inadequate diaper changes, improper clothing, and unresponsive management to parental complaints.
Teddy Bear Nursery Schools Inc. receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents who praise the caring and attentive staff, nurturing environment, and strong sense of community. Children show enthusiasm for attending and demonstrate academic and social growth. One parent reported a negative experience citing poor teacher behavior, but this represents a single dissenting review among nine positive ones.
Children's Learning Center II has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the clean facility, friendly staff, flexible hours, and child development focus. However, multiple negative reviews cite unfair treatment of children, unprofessional staff conduct, potential state regulation violations, and poor communication with parents.
Children's Corner Child Development Center receives mixed reviews. Positive feedback highlights caring staff, particularly Ms. Sheryl and Ms. Bell, and community support services. Negative reviews cite inconsistent crisis nursery availability and difficulty securing last-minute childcare slots.
Little Marvels receives polarized reviews. Five parents praise the family-run environment, caring teachers, developmental activities, and child happiness over 2-3 year periods. Two parents cite serious concerns: one regarding tuition increases without promised programs and staff turnover, another reporting a critical child safety incident where a child was left behind at a park.
Little Shepherd Preschool receives mostly positive reviews praising warm, dedicated staff and engaging activities, though some parents reported serious concerns about organizational issues, communication problems, and management responsiveness. The facility appears to work well for many families but has had notable enrollment and operational challenges.
Jack & Jill has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff's professionalism, communication, and engagement with children across multiple generations of families. However, multiple negative reviews report serious safety and neglect concerns including inadequate supervision, hygiene issues, and unresponsive management.
It Takes a Village Services Inc receives mixed reviews, with strong praise from satisfied parents about caring staff, daily communication, and child development, but serious concerns from others regarding unprofessional conduct, poor facilities, inadequate care, and alleged mistreatment of children.
Let's Play Child Care Center in Cicero receives consistently positive feedback from parents. Parents praise the warm, caring staff, welcoming environment, quality care, and engaging activities including outdoor time. The facility appears to prioritize both child safety and parent communication.
Liz-Ney Land Learning Center II receives consistently excellent feedback from parents who praise the caring staff, nurturing environment, and child development outcomes. Parents report feeling secure leaving their children in the center's care and note high levels of communication and engagement. Many families have remained enrolled for multiple years and recommend the facility highly.
AGAPE Child Care Learning Center receives mixed reviews with significant safety and professionalism concerns. While some parents praise staff friendliness, individual attention, and educational advancement, others report serious issues including allergy mismanagement, lack of supervision, and unprofessional staff conduct.
NURTURING DEVELOPMENTAL & LEARN ACAD II receives mixed reviews. Six parents gave 5-star ratings praising the caring staff, safe learning environment, and long-term enrollment. However, four parents gave 1-2 star ratings citing poor administrative follow-up, inadequate supervision, high staff turnover, unprofessional conduct, and billing issues.
Capital City Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise caring staff, child development, and a welcoming environment. Negative reviews cite concerns about child supervision, COVID-19 safety protocols, long waitlists, and unclear enrollment policies.
Happy Days Child Care Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with all 10 reviews rating it 4-5 stars. Parents consistently praise the caring, educated staff, educational focus, clean facilities, and strong child development outcomes. A few parents noted excellent communication and responsiveness, though one parent wished for extended hours.
Parents consistently praise Chateau Elite for its caring teachers, clean facilities, and homemade meals prepared on-site. Children are reported to enjoy attending daily, with strong emphasis on individualized attention and multilingual support. The center offers enriching activities, holiday performances, and outdoor play.
SOUTHEAST ASIA CENTER PRESCHOOL receives mixed reviews ranging from 1-5 stars. Positive reviews highlight affectionate teachers, multilingual staff, diversity, reasonable pricing, and good organization, while negative reviews cite concerns about inadequate meals, insufficient supervision, staff conduct issues, poor facility conditions, and classroom management problems.
Shining Star Early Learning Academy receives mixed reviews. Multiple parents praise the warm, family-oriented atmosphere, caring staff, and enriching activities. However, several parents report serious concerns including inadequate supervision, failure to accommodate allergies with proper incident documentation, staff inattentiveness, and insufficient educational structure.
The Baby Academy receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the facility's cleanliness, educated staff, and caring environment. However, a few parents report concerns about sick child policies, staff favoritism, and responsiveness to issues. The center is NAEYC accredited and offers Early Head Start programming.
The Giving Tree Early Learning Center receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied long-term families but serious concerns from a small number of parents. Most positive reviewers highlight caring staff, developmental support, enrichment activities, and responsive leadership under Director Ms. Hazel, while negative reviewers report health issues, lack of outdoor time, poor communication, and difficulty reaching ownership.
Building Blocks Learning Academy receives mixed reviews with ratings ranging from 1-5 stars. Parents praise the owner Michelle Redd, educational quality, and caring staff, with many reporting long-term enrollment and strong child development outcomes. However, recent reviews cite inconsistent staff quality, communication issues, unprofessional behavior, and concerns about management and operational standards.
Diversey Day Care Center receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Positive reviews praise staff friendliness, professionalism, and children's happiness, while negative reviews cite serious concerns about communication, health/safety protocols, staff competence, and management accountability.
Building Blocks Learning Academy II receives mixed reviews with ratings ranging from 1-5 stars. While many parents praise the owner Michelle Redd, staff warmth, educational quality, and long-term care, others report serious concerns about staff inconsistency, unprofessional behavior, poor communication, and management issues.
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