Kids’ Work Chicago Riverview is Chicago’s premier childcare and early education center offering a safe and homelike space for young children to explore, interact and express themselves during the most crucial years of their development. Our mission is to provide enlightened early learning for mind, body, and soul.

The new Kids’ Work Chicago Riverview facility is easily accessible from several different Chicago neighborhoods and offers many state-of-the-art amenities in their 30,000 square foot place in addition to urban nature learning opportunities in a 4,000-square-foot playground and beautiful riverfront setting.

Kids’ Work Chicago Riverview offers a variety of programs, including:

• EXPLORE – Child Care / 6 weeks-2 years
• CREATE – Preschool / 3-4 years
• INVESTIGATE – Kindergarten / 5-7 years
• DISCOVER – Summer Camp / 3-8 years
• DEVELOP – Therapeutic / 2-7 years
• SHARE – Parent & Child / 6 weeks-2 years
• MOVE, GROOVE, CREATE, & EXPLORE – Movement, Music, Art, STEM, & Exploration / All Ages
• CELEBRATE – Parties / All Ages

We look forward to serving your family with positivity, support, and balance! Come join the Kids’ Work family now!

Kids' Work Chicago Riverview
3429 N California Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
Email: info@kidsworkchicago.com
Phone: 773-747-3200
Online: https://kidsworkchicago.com/

Ignite Wonder with an emergent and arts-integrated curriculum that places your child’s curiosity and social emotional development at the forefront!

Bubbles Academy preschool’s educational philosophy of arts-integration combines content and skills taken from arts practices including dance, music, theatre and visual arts, with developmentally appropriate, early childhood learning standards and socio-emotional skills. We foster a vibrant learning environment that respects and values the needs of the individual learner in order to create a sense of collaboration and community.

We invite children ages 2 – 5 to join our joyful full and half day preschool programs and we also offer caregiver & child arts and preschool preparation classes for ages 0-6!

Bubbles Academy
2184 N Elston Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
Email: preschool@bubblesacademy.com
Phone: 312-944-7677
Online: http://www.bubblesacademy.com/

Broadway-loving singers, dancers, actors and writers — join Porchlight Music Theatre and learn from the musical experts!  Weekly classes for actors ages 4-17 build self confidence and collaboration as well as acting, singing and dancing skills all building towards an original final performance for family and friends on the last day of class.

Whether you’re joining us for the first time or you’re returning for a new term, Teaching Artists customize goals for each actor from Mini Musicals (ages 4-6) to Broadway Basics (ages 7-10) and up to Music Theatre Bootcamp (ages 11-13) and Advanced Music Theatre Performance (ages 14-17), actors grow with us as they build their skills and confidence.

Come make friends with other theatre kids and spend time singing, dancing, and having a great time! Class meets at the DePaul School of Music Holtschneider Performance Center (2330 N. Halsted). Scholarships, financial aid and payment plans are available. Use code REDTRI at checkout for $100 off your class purchase!

Porchlight Music Theatre
2330 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60614
Email: rebeccah@porchlightmusictheatre.org
Phone: 773-777-9884
Online: https://porchlightmusictheatre.org/events/youth-classes/

At Smart Love Preschool, we emphasize every child’s inherent eagerness to explore and discover their world. Our project-based play curriculum focuses on social and emotional development and is designed to meet children where they are at. Our highly-trained teachers nurture relationships with every child, aiming to understand what they find fascinating, how they like to learn, and what makes them happy – all the while engaging children in play and encouraing them to explore. This combination of knowledge and connectoin create a learning environment like none other.

At Smart Love, we understand that when children feel happy, confident, and curious in a classroom, learning becomes a joy-shaping how they feel about school in the future.

We offer Playschool for 2s & 3s and Preschool for children ages 3 through 6 years. Click here to learn about our Garden & Nature Program; here to learn more about our Philosophy & Approach, and here to learn about our project-based play curriculum.

Smart Love Preschool is accepting applications for the 2022/2023 school and offers a virtual open house monthly. Learn more here!

Smart Love Preschool
2222 N Kedzie Blvd
Chicago, IL 60647
Email: preschooladmissions@smartlovefamily.org
Phone: 773-665-8052 ext.1
Online: http://www.smartlovepreschool.org

Our program is structured around developmentally appropriate learning experiences in the context of play.  Play is the natural work of the young child.  Through play, a child can become self-reliant, develop a positive self-image, acquire fine and gross motor skills, and engage in language, science, and math experiences. 

Children benefit from being able to share their first school experiences with parents and caregivers. Our cooperative model lends itself to families forming a genuine, collaborative community within the school. Staff values relationships, understanding that they create the space for children to better develop security and trust in their classrooms and teachers. In turn, they are available for real learning to take place.  Each day, parents are in the classrooms and we are collaborating together. 

Our professional team of educators works alongside parents in the classroom; the school director works closely with the Board of Directors; and families serve on committees. Together, we ensure that each school year is a successful one for children and families, and that the legacy of the school continues to be an opportunity for future generations of Co-op children.

Join us Saturday, October 22 from 10AM – 12PM for our open house!

Lincoln Park Cooperative Nursery School
1753 N Fern Ct
Chicago, IL 60614
Email: membership@lincolnparkcoop.org
Phone: 312-944-5469
Online: https://www.lincolnparkcoop.org/