Happy Home Christian Leadership Academy For Early Learners INC is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 5001 Seminary Road, Suite 109, Alexandria, Virginia VA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Parents consistently praise Happy Home Christian Leadership Academy as an excellent, caring facility with a warm, nurturing environment led by Dr. Deborah Tillman. Children show strong academic progress in reading, writing, and math while developing social-emotional skills in a diverse, faith-based setting. Multiple parents report feeling confident and supported as part of a family-like community.
Happy Home is the Best childcare center in Virginia. Happy Home provides a warm nurturing, healthy and supportive learning environment for not just children but for the parents as well . At happy home your child is guaranteed to grow , excel and will meet their fullest potential .At Happy Home children are continuously learning Alphabet , Numbers, colors and shapes . At Happy Home your child will build character, learn about the Bible /Bible scriptures , and Financial Literacy . Happy Home ensures children have the opportunity to have fun and build their social emotional skills . Happy Home encourages learning through play . I love how they incorporate fun age appropriate activities for the children such as baking, tie dye shirts, slime etc. Happy Home also ensures families are involved as they have events such as (Thanksgiving luncheons , Christmas party , and poetry night, to name a few).Happy home is diverse and celebrates all cultures . Each year Happy Home has a multicultural night where families bring a dish from their home country and get to share with the school about their culture. Happy home has a professional staff who welcomes every family with open arms and loves each and every parent and child . At happy home they truly are the definition of a village and they operate in Excellence .Dr.Deborah Tillman and the Happy home staff always goes the extra mile for each and every family . If you are looking for childcare for ages 1year - 5year old I highly recommend scheduling a tour and joining the Happy Home Family !!!!!
Happy Home is an all-around excellent private pre-school experience in a warm and nurturing environment with people who truly care. We were fortunate that there was a spot available mid-year for our daughter after a terrible first school experience at a local home-based Montessori pre-school. We weren’t specifically looking for a Christian school, but it was such a blessing that Happy Home popped up in our search. After an exhaustive search, we were at the point of resigning ourselves to having our daughter be back at home vs. getting to be with other kids her age in pre-school. Our daughter attended Happy Home for 1.5 years and graduated in June 2024, two months before she turned 5. By the time she graduated, she knew how to write her name, say and write words, do beginner math, and start to read. Upon entering kindergarten, she is already well ahead of the public school kindergarten curriculum. Aside from the academic excellence, Happy Home offered her an opportunity to learn about different cultures and build even better communication and social skills in a diverse community of people. I commend Dr. Tillman and all of the teachers on continuously doing such a wonderful job!
Before sending my son to Happy Home I had so much worry to make sure I choose the right school. This school was God send for my son and my family!! The teachers are amazing … they love all the children equally and they teach them how to be a decent, kind, caring and confident young adults! You can see and tell Dr.Deborah Tillman runs this school out love and care - thank you for all do Happy Home staffs !! You will NOT regret sending your child to Happy Home !!
Amazing place to send your children to without worries! My daughter has been going to Happy Home for a year and a half now and she loves her teachers more than me lol (just kidding but it feels like that sometimes) The teachers and the director, Dr. Tillman, make me feel like we're part of a big family. They're always so friendly and helpful. They have a app called BrightWheel in which we can view our daughter's daily activities and pictures. Loving it!! They provide organic milk and food that my daughter eat everyday for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks so I only need to worry about dinner. Hours are 7am-5:30pm Mon-Fri with extended hours available for parents to choose with a small fee (I think it's like 20 or $25 a week til 6:30pm but please call and check for accuracy) They are so clean. Every time I come inside to pick up my daughter, I never seen any trash or crumb of food or strange animals in their kitchen. The teachers are always cleaning up and keeping the place so neat. They have their own playground and is also next to a big community playground so I usually take my daughter to the community playground there after I picked her up from school, so convenient!! I have tons of good thing to say about this place but you'll have to come a check it out to believe it:))
Absolutely great loving staff, great curriculum and welcoming environment. I love the monthly calendars, you are kept up to date on everything. The staff and Dr Tillman truly CARE about your child. It’s like family. I dread the day my daughter has to move on to Elementary school. Words cannot even express how grateful I am for her time here. There haven’t been a day where I’ve worried about her well being. Keep up the good work, I have no doubt this is the best daycare in the state of Virginia.
VQB5
Level 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.
Level 5: Highest quality — excels in all areas of assessment.