Engage Your Blue Dolphin
With Before/After School Care & Summer Camps Filled With Fun, Exciting Activities

Before & After School Care (Blue Dolphins) | 5 - 12 Years | Serving Manhattan, IL

The Learning Never Stops With High-Quality Programs

Whether it’s the before and after-school program or an exhilarating all-day summer camp experience, your child continues learning with high-quality programs taught by loving, knowledgeable teachers. With non-stop games, puzzles, crafts, friendships, and homework help, the fun never stops!

Expert Teachers Enhance Skills & Help With Homework

Expert Teachers Enhance Skills & Help With Homework

Knowledgeable, experienced teachers focus on developing and reinforcing your child’s character skills while providing a fun balance of gross motor and homework/skills-building activities to lock in their learning and reduce the amount of school work at home.

A Calming Environment Invites Peaceful Learning

The blue dolphins are the big fish on campus, so their before and after-school program focuses on enhancing their academic day. Your child enjoys a calm, relaxing morning stretch to prepare them for a full day of learning at school.
A Calming Environment Invites Peaceful Learning

Teachers Combine Fun & Academics To Emphasize:

STEAM Activities Promote Age-Appropriate Learning

STEAM Activities Promote Age-Appropriate Learning

Your little blue dolphin engages in fun STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) activities designed for their particular age group to develop the necessary skills for success throughout their next school year.

An Honorary Illinois ExceleRate Silver Circle Of Quality Recipient

Expect nothing short of high-quality care and education and a deep commitment to excellence with a center recognized by the Illinois ExceleRate Silver Circle of Quality program not once but for 9 consecutive years.

An Honorary Illinois ExceleRate Silver Circle Of Quality Recipient
Family Support For A Solid Home-To-School Connection

Family Support For A Solid Home-To-School Connection

Your child prepares for success with a strong home-to-school connection between your family and teachers. Continuity of care, regular evaluations, and open communication help everyone stay on the same page while supporting your child’s skills, progress, and abilities.

Time With Friends Builds Strong Social Skills Daily

Interacting with group games and projects, your little one learns to develop essential social skills that include respect, confidence, communication, problem-solving, and more. Watch them carry these skills throughout their next stages to work with anyone and make friends easily.
Your Child Builds Their Social-Emotional Toolkit

FAQs

We are open Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., year-round.

We have professional cleaners come in every day to ensure sparkling, germ-free spaces. Staff also sanitizes throughout the day, and we have air purifiers and electrostatic sprayers to eliminate any pesky microbes in the air or on hard-to-clean surfaces.

All entrance doors require a coded fob for access, plus the yard is completely fenced. We also have internal-use security cameras throughout the center, and all staff members hold a current CPR certification.

Hear What Parents Have To Say...

"I couldn't imagine a better setting for learning and exploring than Kid Country!!"
"I couldn't imagine a better setting for learning and exploring than Kid Country!!"
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My twins have been at Kid Country for almost 2 years now. This is the 2nd daycare they've been to and Kid Country blows their previous daycare out of the water!! ALL teachers there are kind, attentive, helpful, and so nice. I couldn't imagine a better setting for learning and exploring than Kid Country. We love it!!

- Lexi Costa

"I would absolutely recommend this daycare to anyone who is looking!!!"
"I would absolutely recommend this daycare to anyone who is looking!!!"
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Kid Country Childcare has been a fantastic daycare. My oldest Daughter attended for 4 years and now my youngest has started. Both girls absolutely love it there. The teachers are absolutely amazing and do such a wonderful job with the kids! Everyone extremely friendly and make you feel very welcome! I would absolutely recommend this daycare to anyone who is looking!!!

- Shannon Rhein

"Kid Country was highly recommended to us and we fell in love as soon as we visited!!!"
"Kid Country was highly recommended to us and we fell in love as soon as we visited!!!"
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Kid Country was highly recommended to us and we fell in love as soon as we visited. Our boys were welcomed with open arms, the kids were so thrilled to have new friends in their class, the staff was immediately kind and welcoming. I was most impressed with the curriculum, though! The boys get excited to go to school each day and we are confident they are getting plenty of attention, love and good care!

- Stefani White

"I'd highly recommend this school for anyone looking for childcare in the Manhattan area!"
"I'd highly recommend this school for anyone looking for childcare in the Manhattan area!"
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I've had my two sons enrolled at Kid Country. He runs into his class in the mornings, and if we have a holiday break for a few days, he starts asking me when he can go "back to school." I don't know what more I could possibly ask/wish for for my boys. I would highly recommend this school for anyone looking for childcare in the Manhattan area, you will not be disappointed.

- Amelia Wozniak

"I highly recommend Kid Country! The teachers are amazing..."
"I highly recommend Kid Country! The teachers are amazing..."
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I highly recommend Kid Country! The teachers are amazing. They have gone above and beyond to help my girls overcome their social anxiety which is no easy feat especially during Covid. My daughters love going to Kid Country and now have the ability to build relationships and make friends. Seeing them thrive both academically and socially has brought me so much joy as a mother. I have Kid Country to thank for that!!

- Jill Deaville

"My kids were there for 3 years and they loved all of their teachers..."
"My kids were there for 3 years and they loved all of their teachers..."
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We had a great experience at Kid Country. My kids were there for 3 years and they loved all of their teachers and were always excited to go to school. The director was always so helpful if I ever had questions and was great with communication (especially during covid). We recently moved away and were so sad to leave Kid Country!

- Katie Rollins

"I would definitely recommend bringing your children here!!!"
"I would definitely recommend bringing your children here!!!"
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My 8 month old grandson has been going to Kid Country for a few months now and he gets so excited when we walk through the door in the morning. Everyone is so nice, helpful and professional. They do so much with them. They keep you very well informed. I would definitely recommend bringing your children here.

- Kim Bottema

"I love that they are play based and that the kids are constantly engaged in activities..."
"I love that they are play based and that the kids are constantly engaged in activities..."
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Our daughter has attended Kid Country since she was 6 weeks old. The staff all took her in as one of their own. I love that they are play based and that the kids are constantly engaged in activities, working together, and being outdoors! She has thrived outside the program because of what she has learned there.

- Becky Kemp

"If you are lucky enough to get a spot at this place you will not be disappointed!"
"If you are lucky enough to get a spot at this place you will not be disappointed!"
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Peace of Mind. I have dropped my three children off here for the past decade. I had peace of mind every time I dropped them off. This place is more than a "daycare" it truly is an early education center. The teachers here are some of the best I have seen, they work hard and are dedicated. If you are lucky enough to get a spot at this place you will not be disappointed.

- Jim Defrank

"I have never ever thought twice about leaving my babies there! They truly feel like family!"
"I have never ever thought twice about leaving my babies there! They truly feel like family!"
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Both of my sons attend kid country, they both started at newborns, the staff has made me and my family so comfortable leaving them in their care, they send pictures through out the day, just to let you know how their day is going good. I have never ever thought twice about leaving my babies there! They truly feel like family!

- With Love, Jessica

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