Welcome to the Rainbow Academy Child Care Center Carol Stream Illinois

	Serving the community since 1983
	Full-day child care available 2 to 5 days per week
	Certified Degreed Teachers
	Open 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM
	Security coded entry system
	Infant Care starting at 6 weeks
	Preschool held in separate facility
	School-age Programs (Transportation included)
	Developmental Curriculum

Dear Parents,

            Thank you for giving Rainbow Academy the opportunity to provide you with information regarding our Center. When you visit Rainbow you will see that our Center has been designed to provide a warm and loving atmosphere for your child, giving each child an environment rich in experience, play and learning.

            Our program focuses on your childs individual needs and on his/her social, emotional and intellectual development. Since 1983, our unique curriculum continues to change and adapt to the developmental needs of the individual children we are presently caring for. To attain this goal, our teachers attend curriculum meetings on a monthly basis. During these meetings they network in order to share information to help them set goals and objectives for the coming months. From this information each teacher writes detailed weekly lesson plans to help them reach their main objective: To teach your child new concepts and skills in a way that your child can actually EXPERIENCE and participate in a pleasurable learning experience. 

            Our job does not stop here. It is also our responsibly to shift focus of curriculum and programming to a very important basic. It is imperative that we play a role in improving your childrens quality of childhood. We must respect the fact that childhood is a special and powerful time. Our childhood experiences form the foundation of who we become, how we form relationships and how we view ourselves as individuals. Our children should be able to one day look back on their childhood and feel a sense of warmth and security based on their childhood experiences. This special part of the curriculum is one that we cannot put down in black and white, rather it is a general feeling of the environment your child is in. It is a culmination of special qualities in staff attitude about the importance of our jobs and the dedication to making your childs childhood a happy and secure experience.

            Since we are a privately owned, local Center, our policies and child care decisions are not made in a corporate office, but by a trained, qualified staff who are constantly experiencing and responding to the childrens and parents daily needs. Rather than spend thousands of dollars on gimmicks and hard sell advertising, we put our money where it is most effective, into our Center and into maintaining a quality staff. Our major source of advertising are the happy, well-adjusted children we are helping raise and the many recommendations of our satisfied parents that come to join our Rainbow family.

            You are welcome to visit our Center at any time to see and feel for yourself the love that makes Rainbow Academy so different from other child care centers.

            We, at Rainbow Academy, work as a team. We care about each other and the children entrusted to us. We have a job to do that carries a great responsibility and were good at it!

                        Sincerely,

                        Karen A. Daniel

                        Executive Director