SCHOOLS   &   EDUCATION

Area Preschools


- Academy of Movement and Music Pre-school
605 Lake St., Oak Park 60302
848-2329
Age 20 months-6 years.
- Ascension School
601 W. Van Buren St., Oak Park 60304
386-7282
Age 3-4 years.
- Alcuin Montessori School
324 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park 60302
366-1882
Age 2-5 years; parent/child groups for children 10-22 months.
Affiliation: AMS; State of Illinois recognized
- Beatrice Glasser Pre-school, Oak Park Temple
1235 N. Harlem Ave., Oak Park 60302
386-3937
Half-day programs for age 2 1/2 - 5 years
Parent and Tot classes available for children age 9-24 months.
- Concordia Pre-school Program and Developmental Kindergarten
Concordia University
7400 Augusta St., River Forest 60305
209-3099
E-mail: crfecec@crf.curf.edu
Age 3-6 years.
- Children's Garden Montessori
165 N. Lombard Ave., Oak Park 60302
383-6570
E-mail: rmawami@aol.com
Age 2-6 years.
- Christ Lutheran Learning Center
607 Harvard St., Oak Park 60304
386-3306
Age 2 3/4 - 4 years; classes for 3 and 4 year olds.
- First Baptist Church Child Development Center
820 Ontario St., Oak Park 60302
383-1190
Age 2-6 years.
- First United Nursery School
848 Lake St., Oak Park 60301
848-4910
Age 3-5 years.
- Forest Park Montessori Child Development Center
16 Lathrop Ave., Forest Park 60130
771-8337
Age 2 1/2 - 6 years.
- Head Start, CEDA
7 Superior St., Oak Park 60302
848-6476
Age 3-5 years; federally funded program; free to income eligible.
- InterCultura Foreign Language Immersion Montessori
301 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park 60302
848-6626
E-mail: kidlingo@intercultura.org
Age 3 to 7 years.
- Keystone Montessori School
7415 W. North Ave., River Forest 60305
366-1080
Age 4 months-6 years.
- District 97 Pre-kindergarten Partnership (PKP)
Longfellow School
715 S. Highland Ave., Oak Park 60304
848-2112
Age 3-5 years. Funded by the Illinois State Board of Education; screening required for children who experience significant factors. Oak Park residents.
- Park District of Oak Park
218 Madison St., Oak Park 60304
383-0002
Age 3-5 years. Four sites throughout Oak Park.
- Pilgrim Community Nursery School
460 Lake Street, Oak Park 60302
848-5869
E-mail: dtkindler@pilgrimschool.net
Age 3-5 years.
- Richter/Brown Junior Citizens' Center
Dominican University
7900 Division St., River Forest 60305
524-6895
Age 2-6 years.
- River Forest Community Center Preschool
8020 Madison St., River Forest 60305
771-6159
Age 3-4 years. Pre-K for children 4-5 years. Parent/child programs for children under 2.
- St. Bernardine School
815 Elgin Ave., Forest Park 60130
366-6890
E-mail: stbern@earthlink.net
Age 3-5 years.
- St. Catherine-St. Lucy School
27 Washington Blvd., Oak Park 60302
386-5286
Age 3-4 years.
- St. Edmund School
200 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park 60302
386-5131
Age 3-4 years.
- St. Giles School
1030 N. Linden Ave., Oak Park 60302
383-6279
Age 3-4 years.
- St. John Lutheran School
305 Circle Ave., Forest Park 60130
366-2764
Age 3-4 years.
- St. Luke School
519 Ashland Ave., River Forest 60305
366-8587
Age 4-5 years.
- Singing Winds School
(in St. John's United Methodist Church)
1100 W. Ontario St.
386-1600
E-mail: info@singingwinds.org
Educating Children in the Waldorf Tradition. Early childhood program for ages 3 1/2 through 6.
Also features a parent-child program for parents and children from birth through 3 1/2 years
- West Suburban Temple Har Zion Nursery School
1040 N. Harlem Ave., River Forest 60305
366-9000
E-mail: wsthz@msn.com
Age 2-5 years. Parent/toddler groups for children age 18 months-3 years; new mothers group.
- YMCA Playschool/Preschool Programs
255 S. Marion St., Oak Park 60302
383-5200
Age 27 months-5 years.
- West Suburban Montessori School
1039 S. East Ave., Oak Park 60304
848-2662
Age 3-6 years.

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