Childrens Lighthouse Learning Center – North Center Chicago

Love this place more and more every week. So blessed to have such a caring a fun place for my son to be during the week. Great program and great staff.

My 3 year old has been attending Children’s Lighthouse twice a week since September, and we couldn’t be happier. Her teacher (Miss Kaylen) is loving, patient, and nurturing, and the staff is very responsive and helpful. Awesome use of technology that I wish I’d had access to when my older daughter was in daycare: I get several pics of my little one in action throughout the day, and full recap of her activities (including play, meals, naps) after she comes home.
Children’s Lighthouse is a safe and supportive environment that supports your child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. I know that my little one is in good hands and off to a great start. Highly recommend!

My 3YO son is in the preschool program and absolutely loves it. He loves the friends he’s made and the teachers. This was our first experience with a daycare/​preschool environment and we couldn’t be happier. I researched a lot of different places — being a stay at home mom I was anxious about my son not being home with me however with a new baby girl at home, I knew he needed some time to be with kids his own age. The facilty is immaculate, secure and the video monitoring eases anxious moms like myself as I am able to view him throughout the day. However after the first week — I only check the video from time to time as I know he’s learning and having fun. Their location between 2 parks ensure that kids get plenty of outdoor time weather permitting and if not they have an indoor gym. I can’t attest first hand to how the infant and younger classrooms are however when speaking to other parents with infants and younger kids they have only positive things to say.
The staff are pretty great and they know all the kids by name, the administrative staff are friendly and very responsive to emails should you have any questions or concerns.
A true testament of how fantastic this place is the fact that my son never wants to leave.
If you are on the fence about where to have you kids attend — I highly recommend Lighthouse. We are moving to the suburbs and are really sad to leave this place (I actually cried when I told them).

My wife and I (and our son) love Children’s Lighthouse! Highly recommended.
Highlights:
1. Friendly, caring staff providing a safe and enriching environment for my son.
2. Great use of technology to provide email updates to parents throughout the day and web-​cams that allow us to check in on our lil’ guy at any time.
3. Clean, pleasant, well laid-​out facility.
4. 15-​minute standing zone in front of the entrance for easy pick-​up and drop-​off.
5. Located right across the street from a big local park.
6. Awesome large playroom in the middle of the building with big skylights for «indoor recess» with natural light.
Room for improvement:
1. We had some difficulty with our keypad access early on, but the receptionist could see the door and buzzed us in so not a big deal.
2. The parking lot is great, but perhaps a gap in the middle of the fence for easier access and a more clearly defined crosswalk to the front entrance would be nice. Again, not a big deal.
Our 18-​month old started at Children’s Lighthouse this year. He goes three days each week and so far, I’ve been very impressed with our experience. The staff is very friendly and professional. Our son is in the toddler room with Ms. Angie and Ms. Kara, and we really like them both. I feel that the building is very secure, with a keypad that we punch a code (that we choose) in for access, and the building feels very clean and well-​maintained. The toddlers seem to have days full of interesting activities and time to play and the organic meals (while not a big deal for us) are a nice plus. Children’s Lighthouse does all of the basics very well!
What I like the most is how they use technology to send updates to us throughout the day. My wife says she starts craving the email updates (with pictures of our son) during the day, comparing it to when you start dating a new person and can’t wait for another text from him (I’m trying not to read too far between the lines on that one: P). Then at the end of the day, they send a an email to you with a daily report including nap times, meal times, potty times, and a recap of the snapshots of the activities from throughout the day (see photo attached). I actually like that the photos «expire» after a few days for privacy’s sake.
I also like the location — it’s across from Horner Park so they take the kids out for walks over there — and the drop-​off and pick-​up is easy. Also, the big «indoor recess» playroom in the middle is awesome (see attached picture)! The picture on the Unilocal page shows the skylights and my picture shows some of the other toys in there, but both don’t do it justice. It’s really cool. I’d like to play in there sometime: P
Overall, I’m very happy with Children’s Lighthouse! Our son stayed at home for his first 18 months, so it was hard for us when he started going to daycare. He cried pretty hard when we dropped him off the first few days. But he likes going now and the entire staff does a great job, so we feel very comfortable and confident dropping him off each day. The email updates keep us informed and we’re able to check in on the web cams to see that he’s doing well throughout the day. I definitely recommend Children’s Lighthouse to any parent looking for a safe, enriching place for their child to learn and grow!

I send my 9^th month old daughter to the center and she loves it. It took her few days to get to know staff and they were very patient, accommodating and professional during her «transition» period. Christina and Liz made enrollment easy and seamless. I’ve made a suggestion when my daughter was just enrolled and on our first day there Christina made accommodation without us actually requesting it. Ashley and Tanya have been primary teachers in my daughter’s room and have been exceptional! I appreciate great customer service all staff offer.