Full-day preschool at Fantasy Island Schools for Kids covers your whole workday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with real learning and three home-cooked meals, for working families across Chicago’s Northwest Side and nearby suburbs.
When both parents have demanding jobs, a preschool that sends children home at noon simply does not work. Fantasy Island is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, so a full-day schedule covers a real workday with time to get there and back.
If you commute on the Metra Union Pacific Northwest line, which stops in Edison Park and in Park Ridge, our school on Milwaukee Avenue at Elston in the Norwood Park area sits a short drive from your station. A morning drop-off before the train and an evening pickup after it can fit around a full working day.
Some parents come to us after a daycare where their child mostly ate and played alone because teachers were too busy to teach anything. A long day should be a full day of learning, too.
Full-day preschoolers here follow our gifted curriculum in literacy, math, science, social studies and art, through hands-on, multi-sensory activities. The week includes Brain Gym twice a week with our founder, music with a qualified music teacher, plus dance, art and STEM, and time in our indoor and outdoor learning areas. Small class sizes and teachers with Early Childhood Education certifications keep every child engaged, not just supervised.
Packing food for an eleven-hour day, then unpacking a lunchbox to find one strawberry gone, is its own kind of stress. With full-day preschool here, you skip it. We cook three nutritious, locally sourced meals on-site every day, and they are included in tuition.
One parent described the food as all natural and cooked on-site three times a day, and another family wrote after graduating that they miss our lunches a lot. Your child eats with classmates at regular times, which also gives a long day a steady rhythm.
Leaving your child from morning until evening is easier when the place feels like a second home. Since 2009, families have described Fantasy Island as home-like as well as school-like, with teachers who care for children as if they were their own.
Behind that warmth is training. All teachers hold Early Childhood Education certifications, all staff are First Aid and CPR certified, and staff complete training in child development, health and safety, trauma-informed care and asthma management. We are an Illinois state-licensed day care center, License #483511.
Full-time care can cost as much as a mortgage payment, and many families wonder how anyone manages it. Fantasy Island accepts families participating in the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program, including families receiving assistance through Illinois Action for Children, which handles applications in Cook County and decides eligibility.
Our tuition is approximately $300 to $400 per week depending on program and schedule, and it includes three meals, music, Brain Gym and the Gifted Enrichment Program. You can see the details on our tuition page.
Leave your phone number and your child’s age. We will call you to pick a time to visit our classrooms at 6100 N Milwaukee Ave. Prefer to talk now? Call 773-206-4627.
We are open Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and closed on Saturday and Sunday. Full-day families can use the whole span, which covers most standard workdays plus a commute. If your work schedule changes during the year, ask about your options, since we offer both full-time and part-time enrollment.
No. We cook three nutritious, locally sourced meals on-site every day, and they are included in tuition at no extra cost. You do not need to pack lunches or snacks. If your child has a food allergy or dietary need, share it with us during enrollment so teachers and the kitchen know.
Yes, we accept families participating in the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program, including families receiving assistance through Illinois Action for Children. Eligibility and the amount of assistance are decided by the program, not by us, so Illinois Action for Children at actforchildren.org is the place to check. Our tuition page explains how CCAP works with our tuition.
A long day is easier when it has variety and rhythm. Our full day mixes focused learning with movement, music, art, meals and play indoors and outdoors, and Brain Gym sessions are short, playful movement breaks. Teachers trained in child development guide the day, and three meals at regular times give it a steady shape your child quickly learns to expect.
Your child spends the day with teachers who all hold Early Childhood Education certifications, in small classes. All staff are First Aid and CPR certified and complete training in child development, health and safety, trauma-informed care and asthma management. Our founder, Beata Bielic, leads Brain Gym sessions in the classroom twice a week, and a qualified music teacher leads weekly music class.
See all preschool options on our Preschool page, compare costs on Tuition & CCAP, or read parent FAQs.
