Infant Care - 6 weeks - age 2
2 - 5 year olds - Full time, part time and extended day child care.
School-age care - Before, after, summer and holiday break camp programs for ages 6-12 
Drop-in and back-up care available.

Our programs are designed to provide an environment with varied experiences that will allow children to: become familiar with group settings, trust other adults and make friends, develop an interest and joy in learning, develop security and a feeling of success, develop creativity in art, play and thinking, develop self-expression, develop self-control, develop responsibility, explore and discover, experiment with music and movement, learn to solve problems, make choices and decisions, and prepare for Kindergarten.

Kiddie Karasel Academy is recently re-accredited until 2012 by NAEYC. http://www.naeyc.org/. There are very few centers that have achieved NAEYC accreditation and we are proud to be a among those few. "The primary gauge of quality has been accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, whose seal of approval is regarded as the gold standard by parents, educators and facilities." - The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2006

*Child Care Financial Assistance Available (call for details or click on links below.)

Iowa DHS (Iowa Residents)
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Child_Care/CCAssistance/CCAforConsumers.html

Friendly House Scholarships
http://www.friendlyhouseiowa.org/preschool_scholarship.htm
http://www.friendlyhouseiowa.org/childcare_scholarship.htm

Illinois DHS (Illinois Residents)
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30355