Kiddie Academy of Itasca

We couldn't be happier with Kiddie Academy of Itasca and the staff. The direction, Ms. Maria is the sweetest, and so up front about everything. Our daughter is in the infant room right now, and Miss Jessica, Miss Desirea, and Ms Patti are so wonderful. My daughter loves getting up and going to "school" to see her friends and teachers. She has learned so much in the last 7 months that she has been there. I could not be more happier with our choice to enroll her there.

We enjoy the caring nature of the staff. Ms. Kelsey, Ms. Ahtziri and Ms. Makayla make each day fun for the children in their classroom. The children are taught self regulation and the importance of learning to work with others. The teachers establish a good routine and follow it daily. We appreciate how the staff takes on such a caring role in the daily lives of the children.

Staff share pictures throughout the day of the children working on their learning goals.

Our daughter has attended Kiddie Academy of Itasca for the past 2 years and our experience overall has been very positive. We've been very pleased with the quality of the care and the facilities.
She is currently in the classroom with Ms. Kelsey and every morning she can't wait to get inside to see her friends and teacher.
Every teacher our daughter has had so far has been wonderful. Ms. Kelsey always seems so friendly and calm even when wrangling a half dozen two year olds. Ms. Yaritza and Ms. Makayla are also very good teachers in her classroom.
Previously she has been under the care of Ms. Patti, Ms. Priyanka, Ms. Jasmine, and Ms. Jessica who are all excellent.
The director Maria and owners seem to be very quick to respond to any concerns we have had.
We also like the activities that are planned for the children and the variety of foods served at meals. We give our compliments to Ms. Grace who prepares the meals and adds an extra fun touch at times (ex. "ghost" bagels for halloween).
Each picture we get on the app our daughter appears to be doing something interesting and having a great time. We are currently very satisfied and applaud the staff on their hard work.

I am so happy with the Kiddie Academy in Itasca! First time I've ever sent a child to a day care and I felt it was warm, welcoming, educationally driven and clean from day one until current. The Directors are kind, clear and down to earth. Our teacher is currently Ms. Kelsey and she is wonderful and so good with the kids. All teachers and aids in the class know the kids, are structured and fun all at the same time. I am confident my child is in good care at this location under this current staff. So very happy and would highly recommend them!

Our Two year old has been attending Kiddie Academy for two years and we have been very satisfied. The staff and teachers are all kind and we can feel they truly care for our daughter. Our daughter loves her teachers in the two year old class Ms. Kelsey, Ms. Ahtziri, & Ms. Makayla. The facility is always clean and has quality food, toys, etc.

I'm updating my review to one star. The owner's response to my initial review is actually really the problem here - there's no one in management at this establishment who is willing to be accountable for the daycare's shortcomings and work to fix them.

The daycare handed out a known choking hazard to infants/young toddlers. That's on the parents for saying it's okay. The daycare can give the kids poison as long as the parents don't object.

The daycare hired an unreliable covid testing company. That's apparently the testing company's fault. The daycare wouldn't take responsibility and say "we should've vetted the company with more care."

Having our reasons for leaving the daycare being misconstrued - that's on me (hey, look, this is how you take responsibility for something). As soon as the covid case was mismanaged in early January 2022, I began working to find us a new daycare. But good daycares don't tend to have immediate openings. I was stressed AF every single day my son was attending this daycare. Seeing babies sleeping in boppies and hearing teachers yelling at young children in just the 5 minutes I was in the building was stressful! I didn't want him in that environment. My mom was able to semi retire and take over some child care. Our plan was to have our son at KA just two days per week until we could get off the waitlist at a daycare we wanted him to attend. When we were switching to 2 days/week at KA, the director informed us that tuition had increased by 33% compared to the price sheet we were given in Spring 2021. I asked if there was some mistake because most daycares won't increase by that much (it's actually written in our current daycare policies that they cannot increase tuition by more than 4% annually). I was told there wasn't an error and that's the price. The same day I was told we were likely going to get off a wait-list at a daycare we wanted in at! So I disenrolled my son and was thrilled that I wouldn't need to ask so much of my elderly mom and that I could have my kid in a daycare I trusted for 5 days/week.

Kunjan - please feel free to share any and all email correspondence I've had with KA. I'm accountable only for my son's care and safety. He wasn't safe at KA. And the lack of responsibility and accountability makes it clear that management does not care and does not want to improve.