Wheaton Montessori School is the only Association Montessori International–approved school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. It offers curriculum for children from 3 to 12 years of age. The school is non-denominational and non-profit and employs only teachers who have both a masters degrees and teaching certificates.
The school offers a hands-on curriculum that teaches the children responsibility through everyday activities such as washing their own lunch dishes and feeding the fish in the classroom. Basic elementary education is also taught using hands-on techniques.
Lutheran Day Nursery was established in 1911, and is National Association for the Education of Young Children accredited. It offers child care and curriculum to children ages 2-5. Children are separated into different educational groups based on age. For details on tuition, fees and the enrollment process, visit the school's website.
Situated on 9 acres of donated fields and meadows, Trinity Lutheran is a small private school. Aaron Landgrave is the current principal, and students come from Burr Ridge, Lemont, Darien, Willow Springs, and many other surrounding communities. The school's Christ-centered education focuses on nurturting the whole child. It incorporates religious study, conflict resolution, community service, strong academics, fine arts and athletics into their curriculum. The school offers a tightly knit community and plenty of year-round events open to all. You can visit the Web site for admissions and tuition information.
The Compass School provides a Reggio-inspired approach to early childhood education, which utilizes an image of each child as strong, capable, independent, curious and imaginative. The curriculum is project-based and relies on children's emergent interests. It empowers students to think, question, investigate and explore. Teachers are viewed as partners in learning who help children make their own discoveries.
The Hinsdale Community Preschool provides a variety of programs to children ages two-and-a-half to five years. Located in the Hinsdale Community House, the preschool boasts a staff of highly qualified teachers who together teach with their students' parents in a parent cooperative. This allows parents to remain active in the classroom and get to know their children's curriculum firsthand. Hinsdale Community Preschool offers Parent and Me classes for younger students, as well as 3 and 4-year-old preschool.
The Learning Experience is a day care center and early childhood education facility that offers a wide variety of programs and curriculums for children ages six weeks to five years. It offers a five day lunch program that includes morning and afternoon snacks. In addition, there is security monitoring in the classrooms and on the playground, a year-round indoor activity room and computers in classrooms for children ages two to five years. Summer camp and enrichment programs in science, math, art and music are also available.
Crystal Lake Montessori School is an educational institution that offers accredited Montessori instruction to students from 6 weeks through to age 14. In addition to the academic curriculum, it offers students in grades 9 through 12 access to its band program, wherein students receive lessons for a fee and can choose to either rent instruments or bring their own. Students can also attend field trips to such destinations as Washington D.C., North Carolina and Nature's Classroom.
Pathway Connections is a childcare center that is open year-round during the weekdays. This center puts an emphasis on the natural environment, having children connect with nature through hands-on experience, among other sensory-integrated activities. In addition, it strives to be environmentally-friendly and involve parents. Pathway Connections has programs for infants to 12-year-olds. Tours of the facility are available with an appointment.
Rosehill Montessori School was named after Sister Rosalie, a teacher beloved by the parents who founded this educational institution. The parents desired a profound involvement in their children's education and the policies within the institution and this motto still stands today.
Rosehill Montessori School has been operating out of its current Lisle location since 1990. The Montessori philosophy, which the founding parents believed fondly in, promotes the uniqueness and creativity of each individual child through a self-directed learning program. Children age 3 to 6 are welcome to join the year-long programs.
The Learning Tree is a pre-school and childcare center located near the Village Square Shopping Center. Working with toddlers ages one to five, The Learning Tree offers programs like birthday parties, pre-school, kindergarten, summer camp, discovery club and more.
Concordia Place is a non-profit organization in Chicago's North Center, formed in partnership with Concordia Lutheran Church. Its services include early child care, after-school enrichment programs, summer camps and other recreational activities for children, teenagers and adults. Programs include an early learning program and preschool program. Teenagers can participate in a number of after-school programs, including Emerging Leaders, Sprouting Initiative and Recycling and Composting.
