Our son has attended ChooChoo Chicago since September, 2019. He has loved going to ChooChoo and has had the most consistent care-taking experience with Mrs. Mia and Ms. Ana that he's had since birth. Mrs. Mia creates a family environment where everyone feels welcome and it is truly like an extension of being at home. Our son has made wonderful friends and has thrived in the ChooChoo environment. When our second son was born and our first son started having some behavior issues, ChooChoo kept us informed, had patience with his adjustment to being a brother and served as another reassuring and stable caretaker in the time of transition for him. I love that they take the kids outside on a regular basis (even during the cold weather months). They also engage the kids in many arts and crafts projects, learning experiences and exposure to different languages. There are kids of various ages so my son enjoys teaching younger kids and learning from older kids. Our son is allergic to peanuts and the entire community adjusted their diet so that our son wasn't exposed to peanuts. We've made great family friends through ChooChoo. Our son loves going to ChooChoo and runs into the house every morning - doesn't get better than that!

My husband and I moved to Chicago about a year and a half ago.. We have a 3 year old daughter whom we were trying to get into daycare for a while so that I could get back into work and have time to myself to do the things mums have to do (having no family here was proving difficult). It was so hard to find somewhere that was suitable and somewhere our daughter would love.. We were at ‘bright horizons’ in lakeshore east for a couple of months at the beginning of 2020 (before the lockdown pandemic hit hard).. Our daughter just wasn’t settling there and she hated it to be quite frank.. I dunno why, but I think it just seemed a little too formal - we wanted something a bit more family oriented and somewhere with a loving vibe.. Bright horizons didn’t seem to offer that or at least it showed that it didn’t through our daughter.. So during/after lockdown my husband and I decided to move our little girl else where.. We searched high and low, visited places but nothing appealed to us, then one evening my husband came across Choo Choo - he was particularly drawn to the fact it is ran by a Serbian lady - Mia (I am of Serbian heritage myself) so it was at the top of my agenda to phone up and get an appt with Mia ASAP.. And I am so glad I did - our daughter was instantly comfortable when we met Mia and her family - she got stuck in - playing with Luna (Mias’ 3 year old daughter) there was an instant connection and I loved it! The moment I met Mia I loved her, I love the daycare - it’s home from home and I felt the truth warmth that ran through it - that family oriented vibe that every parent should want for their child.. Olivija loves it there and it literally took no time for her to settle! :) She learns so much and has opened a lot since we moved here, she has made so many friends and has become a great lil girl :) - all thanks to Mia, Ana and Milica! :) And to add, we recently moved out of the city to a suburb and I stayed with Choo Choo despite the commute being a lil longer :) don’t want my lil girl to go anywhere else! Choo Choo is just perfect :D

We love ChooChoo and even more importantly both our kids (1 and 3) love going to ChooCoo. ChooChoo is a family home daycare that is very well-organized, both from an educational/development perspective as well as from a administrative / practical perspective. The group of kids is great and ages range from 1 - 5 years old which is great because they can learn from, and take care of, each other. It really is a group of little friends. The teachers love the kids and it shows; the kids feel the love and give it back. ChooChoo organizes a lot of activities, varying from going to the playground, art and crafts, dance classes, swim classes, and so on. We are very happy to have chosen for ChooChoo as family home daycare for our kids as we can see our kids learning and developing on a daily basis