Avondale Loving Care Montessori is an early childhood program in Chicago offering Montessori and play-based care for children from about 15 months through 5 years. The center combines Montessori curriculum areas with enrichment classes and regular outdoor learning.
Avondale Loving Care Montessori operates as a Montessori and play-based early childhood program serving toddlers and primary (preschool) children. Classrooms are multi-age and designed to support independent, hands-on learning and social development.
The program follows Montessori principles alongside play-based activities. Teachers are presented as guides in prepared environments, offering individual and small-group lessons and uninterrupted work cycles. Curriculum areas include Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, Cultural Studies, Grace and Courtesy, and experiences in nature, science, music, movement and art.
The center offers full- and part-time enrollment options and supports toilet learning in partnership with families. Meals and snacks are provided on site. Communication with families includes daily updates through a childcare app and twice-yearly parent-teacher conferences. The program is licensed by the State of Illinois.
A toddler classroom focused on sensory and perception, self-help skills, language, physical and fine motor development, and social-emotional growth.
Primary program combining Practical Life, Sensorial, intellectual subjects (science, art, math, language, music, geography, zoology and botany) and time for free play to support independence and readiness for school.
Activities that build everyday skills, care of self and environment, independence, concentration and social skills such as grace and courtesy.
Materials and activities designed to develop the senses, support exploration from concrete to abstract concepts, and encourage focused, open-ended discovery.
Activities for oral language development, phonemic awareness, vocabulary enrichment and early literacy using multisensory materials.
Hands-on materials and manipulatives that introduce numeration, the decimal system and geometry, progressing from concrete to abstract math concepts.
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Study of history, geography, art, physical science, cosmology, music and movement to help children understand their place in the world and appreciate cultural similarities and differences.
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