Preschool / Child Care Center in Chicago, IL

Smart Love Preschool:
Smart Love Preschool offers a play-based curriculum within an eco-friendly environment as five day or half day (morning and afternoon) care programs for toddlers and children of 3- 5 years. Located in North Side Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, near Irving Park and the Lake, Smart Love Preschool serves families from Lakeview, Ravenswood, Irving Park, Avondale and surrounding Northside communities. The Smart Love philosophy has been successfully applied by trained professionals in a broad range of settings for over three decades.

In our preschool section, theme-based, age appropriate content is taught in an engaging way that stimulates children's natural curiosity about the world around them and incorporates early math and literacy skills. The Smart Love Preschool provides a setting that promotes young children's long-term academic success by strengthening their social-emotional health and inspiring their intellectual creativity through play-based learning.

The Smart Love Preschool is based on the Smart Love philosophy which was developed by two highly respected experts, Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D. and William J. Pieper, M.D. Located in a beautiful historic mansion on the North Side of Chicago, the preschool will provide a setting that promotes children’s long-term academic success by strengthening children’s social and emotional health and inspiring their intellectual creativity through play-based learning.

Supported by the latest child development research, Smart Love has been successfully applied by trained professionals in a broad range of settings for over three decades.

- Five day and half day (morning, afternoon) care programs for toddlers and preschool children
- Toddlers Exploration program for children 15-36 mths
- Preschool program for children from 3-5 years
- We follow a theme-based curriculum that stimulates the children's natural curiosity about the world around them and incorporates early math and literacy skills

As Smart Love preschoolers mature, they will have:
• A stable desire to learn that doesn't depend solely on the appeal of the subject matter;
• The ability to enjoy the process of learning and not just the grade;
• The capacity to stick to the learning goal in the face of difficult subject matter, setbacks,
and times of not understanding the material;
• The ability to study in the face of feeling tired or having attractive social options;
• The willingness to ask for help when necessary yet not constantly seeking help because
of general feelings of incompetence.