Your time is precious. A child care center that you trust as well as one that is convenient to your home, school or work is important. 

Happi Time Daycare, is located in Southwest Champaign, across from Kenwood School. We are located near Jefferson Middle School and Centennial High School, are a quick 1-minute walk to the Green MTD Bus Line

Enrollment Options

• Enrollment for 15 months through 8 years

• School Age care for K-3rd grades, up to age 8yrs
• After school care
• Full day school out care
• Full day summer camp

• Schedules for 3, 4, and 5-day full-day care

• Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack Provided
• Substitutions available upon request:
• Vegetarian meals
• Lactaid instead of milk
• Allergen needs 
• Cultural needs

• Child Care Resource Accepted

Yearly Closed Dates

Good Friday

Memorial Day

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday

Two weeks in Summer--typically last week of June and first week of July

Winter Break, typically Dec 24th-Jan 1st

What Type of Staffing Can You Expect From our Program

• We have Director and Teacher credentials awarded through Illinois Gateways Program

• Level 1 Illinois Director Credentials
• 4 Directors
• 2 Classroom Teachers

• Levels 2-4 Early Childhood Credential
• 4 Directors
• 5 Classroom Teachers

• Levels 2 & 3 Infant Toddler Credentials
• 4 Directors
• 3 Classroom Teachers

• Level 1 School Age Credential
• 1 Director

• 7 additional teaching staff have a Child Development Associate Certificate or a Certified Child Professional Certificate.

• 14 of our 15 full time classroom teachers are all Lead qualified !

• Long Term Staffing
• We are 3rd generation family owned and operated.

• We have 15 full time teachers on our staff:  4 have been with us over 5 years, an additional 2 have been with us over 10 years, and an additional 4 have been with us over 15 years

• Staffing beyond required ratios
• ALL classrooms are provided with an additional teacher, over what is required of us to meet child-staff ratios. This allows:
• Increased personal attention
• Better classroom Management
• Enhanced Student Engagement

Additional Program Offerings 

• Outdoor space
• We are located across the street from Kenwood Elementary School in a quiet, enclosed neighborhood. This provides us with an ability to safely take children on walks and to the park, away from busy streets and unfamiliar people.

• We also have our own large playground on-site, and an additional smaller toddler playground.

• Brightwheel App for messaging, billing, and daily uploads to your child's individual news feed.

• Bilingual English-Spanish program

• Monthly and bi-monthly family activities available, such as
• Summer Carnival
• Mother and Father's day snacks
• Holiday Christmas Cookie Decorating
• Open House Pickup days
• Science and Sensory fairs