THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT ELGIN

Hours

Hours change without the licence record changing. Call before you plan a drop-off around these times.

What Illinois licensed

Illinois licenses day care and overnight care separately, so THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT ELGIN is listed against each one it holds. Every figure is a ceiling the state set, not a count of places free.

Day care, ages

6 weeks to 12 years

Day care, licensed for

157 children

Languages reported

English

Amenities and accessibility

Reported on the provider's Google business listing, not verified by the state.

How the reviews split

The 4.8 average comes from 56 Google reviews. An average hides whether opinion is consistent or divided, so the spread is shown too.

• 5 star51
• 4 star1
• 3 star2
• 2 star2
• 1 star0

From Google

Recent parent reviews

• ★★★★★

  My daughter has been going to TLE for a while now. I love the communication between the staff with each and every child. We get pictures throughout the day to see how our little one is doing on top of being reassured she is getting changed throughout the day through their app. I recommend this place to anyone who likes to be reassured about the childcare their kids are receiving!

  Haley RoutheJan 16, 2026
• ★★★★★

  My two boys currently attend The Learning Experience, and it has been a wonderful experience for our family. We highly recommend it. The teachers truly go above and beyond—everyone knows my kids by name and understands their personalities, likes, and dislikes. You can tell they genuinely care and make a real effort to support each child, which means so much as a parent. As two working parents, the early drop-off and late pick-up options have been incredibly helpful. Even on busy days, the staff is always kind and accommodating and never makes us feel rushed. It’s reassuring to know our kids are in such a supportive, nurturing environment. We’re very grateful to be part of this community.

  Eunice Jacob-CharlyJan 13, 2026
• ★★★★★

  This is going to be a 2 star review based on how chaotic our experience has been and how much our son did not enjoy going in every day. We moved from our last daycare here due distance but care was amazing. The pros is the daycare offers a paid option to drop off really early if you need to but the cons are for those very young needing consistency, each day brings potentially different teachers. Breakfast is served cold as the school does not have on-site chefs prepping food. So food quality compared to the daycare we can from was another step down. The worst item by far has been our 2 year old coming home with a dirty butt. He was changed but because they do diaper changes standing, despite having changing tables, is their inability to clean him thoroughly. He came home 3-4 days in the 3 weeks we were there with dried stuck feces to his butt. Diaper change information in the app is inconsistent so you’re never really sure how many diapers your kid went through and when the last time he was changed. The schools mantra is also very much tied to their characters for which they have videos. On Halloween day, when I picked my son up, the kids were watching an iPad while eating their snack. No, I don’t think it’s appropriate for a two year old to get screen time in class. The last item that set us over the edge were related to incidents. We had 4-5 incidents where my kid came home with scratches from other children on his face. This is the only daycare I never got a copy of the incident report and was just asked to sign a copy. They also missed telling us about one incident until two days later telling us they talked to us on the day of. Neither myself nor my wife received a call about that incident and they could not tell us who they talked to. It was bad enough my son started saying “no daycare please no daycare” when we got to their facility. After being moved back to the old daycare he went back to being happy and incidents went to zero. They also practice relatively pour hygiene and in 3 weeks my kid came home with croup in the last week there involving in an ER visit. We also had an issue day one where they didn’t refill our son’s cup because they didn’t have our permission? Seriously? Give the kid as much water as he needs. So he was thirsty as hell on day one because they didn’t know they were allowed to refill his cup…

  George JurcanNov 21, 2025
• ★★★★★

  We absolutely love this place. The teachers are so carrying and attentive to the kids. Not to add, they actually teach them as well! We used to be at a different daycare before this and just under a few weeks we could see a change in our kid, they would speak more, they would be more outgoing and learned a lot.

  Lety TrujilloNov 11, 2025
• ★★★★★

  Both of my children attend TLE. The staff is absolutely amazing with them. My son looks forward to going to school every morning. They care for them just like they are their own. Pricing is great as well! They update me with photos of them and what they are doing throughout the day which eased my mind when they first started. My kids have started to grow a wonderful bond with all of the staff as well.

  Calista KleinOct 29, 2025
• ★★★★★

  We absolutely love The Learning Experience! Our 7-month-old son has been going here for a little while now, and we couldn’t be happier with the care he’s receiving. From day one, the teachers and staff made us feel so comfortable and welcomed. They’re kind, attentive, and genuinely love what they do — you can see it in how they interact with the kids every day. Highly recommend!

  NickJul 23, 2025

Reviews shown verbatim as published on Google Maps.