Kiddie Academy of Crystal Lake

We have a young family and started to feel the stress of having to look for daycare because of our work schedules. We were not having any luck with finding a nanny that we thought would be reliable and trustworthy. We started looking at the surrounding providers and we kind of just fell into kiddie academy.
We ended up setting up a meeting with them and from beginning to end of that meeting we felt that we had found the right place. We had been to at least 3 or 4 other places and did not feel the confidence that we did here.
The staff is accommodating and trustworthy, it does help that they have cameras and I can check on my kid whenever I want.
Luckily our child was already pretty socialized (thanks ballet and gymnastics!) so we didn’t get the idea that she was picking up on any bad habits like a lot of our friends children do when they have gone to other care centers or even preschool in the city. We were also concerned about her academic development and found that KA provides academic support so that our kids are NOT sitting in day care watching TV or running around with no direction.
Leadership at the school was great and understanding when either I or my wife had any issues that we did have to deal with in terms of our daughter. I met one of the owners who seemed very passionate about the work they do, even though it was meeting the staff that really sold us more than anything.
The facility is pretty immaculate as far as toddlers go, I have never seen chaos or teachers yelling at kids (again… The whole parent camera idea is pretty awesome).
We have been there a few months and so far they have exceeded our expectations, once we hit our 6 month mark we will be hopefully upgrading our review from 4 to 5 stars, we like to err on the side of caution, but definitely recommend kiddie academy to any young parents looking for a solid option with pretty cool lesson plans for their toddler. Again… The camera thing is really cool too.

Kiddie Academy is easily one of the première daycare centers in all of Illinois! My children absolutely love it here and have learned so much in their short time there! The instructors are caring and compassionate, and have made Kiddie Academy a home away from home for my daughters. I would highly recommend employing their service!