The Young Scholars Child Care Center is convienently located off of East State Road (Route 176)
in Island Lake, Illinois.
The intersection close to our facility is Route 176 and Newport Court.
We reside in a five year-new building on the western portion of Island Lake. Our building
has a unique eye-catching shape with a total of 10,000 square feet. There are six classrooms, a Music and Activity room, a Conference
room, and a Front Office on the ground floor. A second floor consists of an Educational/Curriculum Office, a Financial
Office and storage.
The entire building offers a large amount of natural light and heated floors. With keeping our children
safe and healthy, the floors are a cutting-edge, stained concrete with warm educational rugs and comfort child-size areas
to play.
Each classroom is set up with the teachers in the classroom and an Educational Director. All of the classrooms
offer age-appropriate learning opportunities. Our center follows the National Association of Education for Young Children
(NAEYC) guidelines and the State of Illinois Department of Children Families Services standards (DCFS).
We currently have over a 12,000 square foot outdoor play area. This area is completely fenced in with a
life-guard style fence. Our goal for 2004 and 2005 was to create a $120,000 playground that included seperate large-motor
structures for Infant through Toddlers, Two through Five Year-Olds, and Six through Twelve Year-Olds. We accomplished
our goals! The playground also includes swings in all age groups, a bike path, large climbing structures as well as
teeter-totters.