Your Little Yellow Duck
Learns To Wiggle & Waddle In Their Home-Away-From-Home Environment

Infants (Yellow Ducks) | 6 Weeks - 15 Months | Serving Manhattan, IL

Personalized Care With An Extra Teacher In The Room

Your baby receives personalized, attentive care with an extra teacher in their classroom. Teachers use a schedule unique to your child’s progress, needs, nutritional guidelines and personality to offer high-quality, individualized care.
Personalized Care With An Extra Teacher In The Room
Highly Responsive Care Builds Strong Bonds With Your Baby

Highly Responsive Care Builds Strong Bonds With Your Baby

Responsive care gives your infant a sense of safety and security. When teachers respond quickly to your baby, it instills trust, encourages them to form secure attachments with their caregivers, and provides the foundation for future social-emotional development.

Daily Sensory Play Is The Best Way To Learn & Grow

Sensory play encourages your baby to learn through exploration, creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving. Loving teachers encourage your little one to use their senses to investigate their indoor and outdoor environment while singing, dancing, and storytime develop language and motor skills.
Matching Home Routines On Your Daily Schedule

Matching Home Routines On Your Daily Schedule

Whether it’s time to play, nap, or feed, your baby relies on knowing what happens next to build security and emotional stability. Matching their routine at school to what they receive from you means you don’t have to start fresh at home.

A Strong Parent Partnership For Successful Early Learning

Success in the classroom begins with strong parent communication and involvement. Since you are your child’s first and most influential teacher, the more involved you are in their care and education, the less stress and anxiety your little yellow duck feels.

Teachers partner with you by offering:

A Proud Illinois ExceleRate Silver Circle of Quality Center

A Proud Illinois ExceleRate Silver Circle of Quality Center

You can trust in quality care and education and a deep commitment to excellence when it’s backed by the prestigious Illinois ExceleRate Silver Circle Of Quality Center award, not once, but for 9 years running!

Daily Explorations With Over An Acre Of Fun

Your little duck spends time familiarizing themselves with their outdoor surroundings every day with over an acre of fun exploration. Tummy time and crawling on the grass in a safe, fenced-in yard help them feel more comfortable in their natural environment.
Daily Explorations With Over An Acre Of Fun
Expect Daily Updates Straight From Your Baby’s Caregiver

Expect Daily Updates Straight From Your Baby’s Caregiver

Always know what your baby is up to with your handy free parent app! Continuous updates on naps, diaper changes, and feedings, and cute pictures, videos, activity updates, and classroom announcements ensure unmatched communication for long-lasting early learning success.

Jumpstart Language Skills With Daily Baby Signing

Your little one starts communicating right from infancy with daily baby signing. When they can share their wants and needs effectively, they quickly catch on to self-expression and build a strong foundation for learning.
Jumpstart Language Skills With Daily Baby Signing

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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