Happy Time Day Care Center

Happy Time is a wonderful childcare program. The curriculum fosters creativity, problem solving, and emotional intelligence all through play. I love that the children get to play outside all year long with access to Lincoln Park and Miller Creek. Another perk is the food program. They serve a wide variety of fresh fruits and veggies, some of which the children grow themselves in their outdoor play space. My four children are regularly praised for their manners, behavior, and intelligence. Happy Time was and is a great partner in raising our children and preparing them for the future.

We originally chose Happy Time because it was close to work, they had a great location with lots of opportunities for the kids to be outside and they used sign language with the infants and toddlers. We've stayed with Happy Time because it was all that and so much more! The Director and all the staff are caring, nurturing and have incredible patience. They all want to see the every child succeed and develop each skill from infant to pre-school. I will sincerely miss them when my youngest goes to kindergarten. The day care provider you choose is a huge part of your child’s life and I wouldn’t choose anyone else.

Happy Time is a unique program for child development with so many excellent and exciting components. From the vegetables the children plant and eat themselves to the daily social, emotional and educational aspects, this program is second to none. My niece in Minneapolis wants to move to Duluth so her toddler son can attend Happy Time! I've known the director for all of her years at Happy Time, and I've witnessed her commitment every day. I recently did a staff training on speech and language development there. Nancy is always looking for ways to improve the program and it shows in every child there. They are so happy to be there!

Our daughter (2 years, 3 months old) has been at Happy Time since she was 5 months old! We LOVE it there! We don’t have to worry about her (anxious mama here!) all day because the teachers are incredible and have years of experience. They also use a really neat app so you can see your child’s diaper/potty activity, photos of what they’re doing during the day, and other things! Our daughter has so much fun learning and playing with her friends and playing outside as much as possible. Her teachers do a fantastic job of keeping us in the loop and coordinating beginning solid foods (when she was an infant) and potty training efforts (recently) and other fun milestones! We are so happy to have our child here!

My family was in MN for almost 1 year and I enrolled my son at Happy Times. I do not miss the cold but I sure miss Happy Times. My son learned a lot and he enjoyed going to school!!! I love the app and how they keep parents informed of everything, the staff is sweet, and I really like how organized they are with everything. I have tried to find a daycare close to Happy Times at our new location but our daycares fall extremely short of even coming halfway close to them.