We absolutely LOVE La Petite and recommend it to anyone who asks! My children started just after their first birthday and are now two, and all the teachers they’ve had are absolutely amazing. They are kind, caring, communicative and above all, take incredible care of my girls. The director and co-Director are also great. They are always willing to answer any questions and great each child by name when they see them. Heidi (the Director) will always stop to chat and always makes you feel welcome.

So kids literally just started here after a month it took to sign them up, plus all of their paperwork. We gp on family vacation for a week and informed them. They said it was fine just to quarantine for two weeks. So we quarantine the kids and try to take them back. They un-enrolled them and filled their spots because they dont communicate properly and forgot they wanted them to quarantine. I do not recommend this place at all!!!!

We have been using LaPetite in Champaign for almost a year now and have been beyond impressed. We have a child in the infant room and an elementary aged son who has been here for occasional after school activities (pre-COVID). The faculty and staff are all professional, knowledgable, warm, and friendly and have done a great job caring for our kids. Everyone there is communicative, and willing to answer any questions. They have worked with us to help focus on developmental areas for our infant.The protocols put in place since COVID have really allowed us to feel as safe as anyone could expect.We highly recommend LaPetite Academy in Champaign!

Our boys have been going here for a few years and they have had a great experience. I haven’t witnessed much turnover in the teachers at all. The facility is clean and the staff takes good care of the kids. I feel like they really try to get to know each child.Our boys love going to school here, and they have definitely grown in their time at LPA. My son always comments about his conversations with his teacher, Ms. Robin. Very good experience for us.

The director is outstanding, and the staff are knowledgeable about potty training, they teach sign language to infants (so cool), and they go above and beyond to protect, love, teach and support these children. Worth every penny.

I dont personally use this daycare and wouldnt consider it. I live nearby and we see the bus driving around and its very unsafe. We have seen the bus pull out into traffic cutting vehicles off and had the other drivers not braked there would have been an accident. I dont know if there are children on the bus at the time but in general it looks really bad.. and i at least wouldnt trust the drivers with my child. I dont know anything about the center itself though.

This daycare was recommended to me by several people. I am so glad I listened to them. Heidi is a great director, she is personable and professional. There are so many good things about this place I will try to summarize but just know if you are considering a daycare in Champaign, this one should be very high on your list. The teachers are friendly, they are great with the kids. My daughter has been there for over a year (she is 21mo old at the time of this review), and she has been with mostly the same children the entire time. Somehow these teachers are magic, I have done several random drop ins, during nap time, they get all the toddlers to lay on their cots, during meal times, they get them to sit at their tables, getting one toddler to do that is a feat all its own, I have no idea how they do it with an entire group of them. All babies/children have their moments, and these teachers are well versed in how to calm them down.My daughter was in a in-home daycare from 7weeks to 4 months, when I switched her to La Petite she wasnt taking her bottle. Heidi and the teachers went above and beyond to help her get to eat and they called me to let me know if she ate or if she didnt eat. It took a couple weeks, but after that my daughter did just fine, she started sleeping better, she was happier, I am so glad I made the switch.When it was time to sleep train my baby so that she could get on a good schedule, again the teachers went above and beyond the call of duty, sleep training didnt take very much time at all and for me getting more than 6 hours of sleep was a godsend.They were very good with the fact that I was exclusively breastfeeding, they were careful with the milk, making sure not to have it sit out or use too much in one bottle so that very little was wasted. Even when it was time to stop using the pacifier they were up for the challenge and it took no-time to get her napping with no pacifier.There arent many negatives, if any, one of them should be taken with a grain of salt. This is a college town, a lot of the people who are working are also working on their degrees, this means when they graduate they are going to leave or go to a different job, so yes there is turnover here, but that is the same as any business in a college town. I love the fact that the teachers that are hired are well educated and have credits or degrees in early childhood education. It isnt just some random person who needs a job, it is someone who has a passion for working with and educating children.Above all this is a great place, they work with each parent to make sure their child is cared for in the way they would like them to (be it formula or nursing, cloth or disposable diapers, paci or no paci). I know my daughter is in great hands, if there is a problem I know they will call me if it is something serious. I cant say enough good things about this place. Take a tour, do a random drop in, you wont be disappointed.

When my daughter first came, to the acadamy, her previous daycare had complained about her behavior labeling her a challenge as she has settled into La Petite, we find she no longer fits that category and she is thriving in this environment. The teachers are great and the director, heidi is awesome!

Kudos to La Petite Academy for being techy and going paperless! I love getting my childs daily report as it builds up - via email and app. I can now go and pick up my children and know about how they ate, slept, et cetera before I walk in the door. It lets me plan the evening a bit better and is a great way to stay assured of the level of care all day long while Im at work. Now if I have a question about the report, I can ask it while the teacher in question is still there, instead of at the end of the day when staffing is reduced (as they leave in proportion to when children leave).Ive also had to travel out of town recently for work, and the director, Heidi Parker, set everything up for childcare at a different La Petite in the city of destination. It was seamless, and I really appreciate that.I always get timely feedback from Heidi if I have any question or concern.I had children in both infant rooms as well as preschool and pre-K there. I was happy with the pre-school and pre-K rooms because of the consistency and rare turnover. There was a good quality education going on and communication was very good. I was happy with the infant rooms because of the way my input was taken into consideration. I had a lot of input at the teacher and management level (which is normal when you have a baby who cannot yet express their own needs by themselves) and those questions and suggestions were always met with responses and/or results. Both of my children have been very happy at La Petite.I am one of the more harder to please parents, and Ive seen other childcare situations either first or second hand. After going through baby, toddler, and young child stages with La Petite, I have decided to give them five stars.

Do NOT send your child to La Petite. This is probably the worst school/daycare in Champaign. One of my biggest regrets is sending my child to this school. Below are SOME of my complaints..which I even discussed with the program director; but they fell upon deaf ears.-the teacher turnover rate is extremely high. My child had 8 different teachers in a period of 8 months. And we only liked 1 of the teachers. Most of the teachers are rude, unprofessional, not interested in the children, or hate their jobs.-the teachers do not work with the children. They rather put them in a bouncy chair, exersaucer, vibrating chair or boppy. In addition, Heidi Parker (the director) loves to rattle on and on about all the activities they do with the children. False advertising. La Petite is glorified babysitting at an extremely high cost.-toys are very limited. They have lots of $1 or garage sale toys. No educational or challenging toys.-dirty. Everything is dirty- the exersaucers, boppys, swings, toys, floor, .... They even let the children have boogies dripping off their faces instead of wiping them away.STAY AWAY. Better options are available in Champaign/Urbana.