Located in Hudson, Illinois
Smiley's Daycare:
Your Child's Home Away from Home
Reliable, Affordable, and Quality Daycare Services That Bring Sunshine to Your Day With Just a Simple Smile.
Providing the best care for the ones you love.
We are open Monday - Friday 7 am - 5:00 pm 
After School Program
We will also have 17 after-school spots as well!
1:17 ratio
Our Curriculum
We know the importance of the proper education and care for your children thats why we are dedicated to find the best curriculum.
For our Infant, Toddler, & 2/3 class, we use the Mother Goose Early Learning
For our Preschool class we use The Learning Box Preschool
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Why Smiley's Daycare
Our environment provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere.
We prioritize smaller class sizes to reduce the transmission of communicable diseases.
Our staff members are trustworthy, compassionate, and reliable, and believe in open communication.
We offer educational and developmental enrichment programs that are age-appropriate for your child.
See what our parents have to say
Tara has been our daycare provider since 2020. We are extremely pleased with her daily care and education she provides. Not to mention our son gets the opportunity to go on field trips which is a huge plus! He is learning so much and we feel he is receiving high quality education and care, and will set him up for his future success in kindergarten. We highly recommend Tara! She has become a trusted member of our extended family!
Kristin and Brian Peterson
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We feel so fortunate to have found Tara when looking for child care for our son. She has been our child care provider since 2021. We have peace of mind every day that our son is receiving beneficial social interaction with other children and enriching educational activities. We trust Tara as well as any of our closest family and friends. We would recommend her to anyone looking for a caring, compassionate, and experienced child care provider.
Miranda & Will
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My daughter absolutely loves going to Smiley’s Daycare. Every day when I drop her off, she’s excited to see her friends and learn new things. It’s been exciting each day to see how much she’s grown in both her social development and learning. I would definitely recommend Smiley’s to friends and family!
Hannah Craig
Smiley’s daycare is a wonderful daycare provider to our daughter. She receives an awesome preschool curriculum and has learned so much for her age, in addition to the social and emotional skills she learns. She is loved, well cared for, and truly is in the best hands! Our daughter loves it here, and so do we!
Laura & Andy Streid
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Our son started at Smiley’s when he was 2 and Tara quickly won his heart. As a parent, it’s important to have peace of mind when you are away from your children, and we couldn’t be happier with the care and compassion that he received while at Smiley’s. In addition, Tara does a wonderful job focusing on age appropriate learning for the children while still making it fun. We love Smiley’s Daycare and would recommend it to anyone looking for childcare!
Suzy K.
We switched our son from another daycare facility about 6 months ago to Tara. The amount of growth and learning our son has shown in the last few months is astounding! The help she gives to our sons development is tremendous. We can’t imagine taking him anywhere else!
Brandi and Tim Powell
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Our son Waylon was one of Tara's first daycare kids. She is over the top awesome, whether it be activities outside of the daycare or teaching inside the daycare. Waylon loves his TT and his little sister Scarlett will be joining Smiley's later this year. We are so happy we found Smiley's Daycare and wouldn't want our kids going to anyone else!!!
Robyn & Danny Reinmann
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Our family is so happy to be at Smiley’s Daycare! Our youngest has been there since they opened in February. She is currently in the toddler class, but will be moving up to the 2s class next month after her birthday. Since starting there, she has become so good at expressing her feelings and even (sometimes) use full sentences. She is always so happy to be there!
What really stands them apart is their cozy, homey feel while still maintaining the structure, curriculum, and age separation of a daycare facility. Our oldest daughter went to a home daycare and, while the care and playtime was really great, it didn’t have the growth opportunities through the lesson plans and age differences between the kids there like they do at Smiley’s. These are all so beneficial for our youngest and have obviously made a huge difference already with her development!
Another thing we love so much about Smiley’s are the updates on the Brightwheel app!! We SO very much love and appreciate those notifications on our phones! It’s such a treat when we randomly receive a photo of our little one having such a great time playing or learning each day she’s there!
We highly recommend Smiley’s to anyone in the area or who passes Hudson on their way to work.
The Bitner Family
My daughter is genuinely excited to go to daycare every day
Greg & Amy Gall
Check Out Our New Space
Catered Meals Delievered Daily
2,000 sq ft fenced play area
27 full-time kids
Small home-like Environment
