A Child’s Place Daycare

My daughter attended this daycare for a little over a year (May 2013 to June 2014) and I miss it so much! We moved out of state.
We came to Damaris and family from a large box daycare. I was starting to get uncomfortable with the care takers at the other daycare and found Damaris through Unilocal.I was surprised that she lived only a few blocks from me in Logan Square. At first I didn’t know if I was going to be comfortable with a home daycare, but after doing a tour I was sold.
All of the children Damaris cares for are like her own children. My daughter blossomed while in her care. She would have so much fun and never cried when I dropped her off there.
Damaris and the kids have so much fun together! They do arts and crafts, learning activities for numbers, letters, geography and play outside a ton when the weather is nice. Some parents might not be ok that there is a television in the daycare, but I had no problem with it. She uses it strictly for learning activities.
She also cooks the meals for the kids! I miss this as the daycare my daughter goes to now does not serve food except for snacks so I always have to pack a meal.
So, if you are looking for a new daycare, look no further than this place!

The day I went to tour A Child’s Place Daycare, I cried. For the first time since I had returned to work, I knew that, without a doubt, my sweetheart was going to get the best possible care in the world. I was so relieved, that I burst into tears during the interview process. Over the last year, my daughter has grown in ways I could not have imagined. She is potty trained, knows her numbers and letters, and is loved unconditionally every single day that she goes to school. Damaris, Eddie, and Vesna have given my family a priceless gift, the security that I know my child will be loved and educated. Words simply cannot describe what an incredible experience we have had with this daycare. Damaris, Eddie, and Vesna go above and beyond daily. I love them for what they have done for my entire family.

As a mother who leans less on the neurotic overbearing, and more on the practical side of things, finding a daycare provider for my child was not a difficult decision. My daughter was a year and half old, and I needed to find a new provider. I walked into A Child’s Place based on a recommendation from another mother and there she stood; the woman I would soon identify as my god send — Damaris.
My daughter, Amelia recently left, A Child’s Place to attend Pre-​K, and there isn’t a week that goes by that she doesn’t mention the differences between her teacher and Damaris. She made an impact on my child that I continue to appreciate. Amelia is a very intelligent, witty ball of sass, and Damaris kept her in check. When you have the passion that Damaris does for caring for children, you can recognize the happiness that transcends through her to the children. There were occasions when I would pick Amelia up, and she would tell me all the things she learned: China, space, or the President. Things that I would have thought were over my child’s learning curve, and were not. I would walk in the door and the children of all ages would be lined up on the rug, silent because a universal time out was underway. Damaris believes in structure and the rules are enforced. I can’t forget to mention the dance parties to get the kids up and moving, or all the holiday/​birthday parties the kids loved.
I won’t bore you with the details of cleanliness, nutrition, education, ethics, safety, rules, or financial practicality, etc. because they were all on point. At the end of the day, Amelia was loved, educated, and cared for as if she was one of Damaris’ own children. And on our last day, we all cried, because it was so hard to say goodbye. If you are lucky enough to find a spot in A Child’s Place, your child will be one of the fortunate ones, and you can go on with your day knowing you made the right decision.

We absolutely love Damaris and her staff. Our daughter loves it there. Damaris is loving, honest and caring with all the children. We couldn’t be happier! A plus is that she makes all the meals for the children herself. She gets my daughter to eat vegetables and drink milk. Our daughter sometimes holds out eating breakfast some mornings because she knows that Damaris will have something better waiting for her at daycare. We couldn’t be happier and are so lucky to have found Damaris!

We have been taking our daughter to Damaris for 4 years and I couldn’t be happier with the care she provides. She has become like a member of our family and treats our little girl as such. She is very organized and her daycare is extremely clean. She provides age appropriate activites and healthy meals. She encourages parents to «drop-​in» at anytime and this make me feel very comfortable that the care is always exceptional. Her rates are very reasonable. I honestly can’t say enough good things about her and the service she provides.

Damaris is a WONDERFUL daycare provider. We consider ourselves so lucky to have found someone so good to take care of our son. We did not want to use home daycare when we put our son in a daycare setting so we chose to go the daycare center route. While that is fine, I have to say that there is alot of turnover in centers so I don’t know how attached our son ever became to any of his care providers. Since we have been with Damaris she is like family to us. Our son talks about her all the time and loves to go to daycare. She runs her daycare like a preschool center. Our son knew his alphabet and numbers by 18 months… and that is pretty much true for all the kids at the daycare. The kids ages range from 3 months to 5 years old. She speaks in both Spanish and English to the kids. We don’t speak Spanish at home but our son understands Spanish and says some words in Spanish to her at daycare. Her rates are also very reasonable. We are very happy with our son attending her daycare.