Chicago · Licensed center

Fantasy Island Schools For Kids

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since July 2013.

Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 59% had rules cited at all 4, as this center did. 2% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Apr 27, 20261 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Apr 5, 20231 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Mar 19, 20182 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Jul 1, 20131 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 27, 2026
On file
4 visits since July 2013 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 27, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 27, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483511 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 5, 2023

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483511 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 19, 2018

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483511 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2013

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483511 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Play-based, nature and outdoor and bilingual

“Time spent in our nature-based play areas is not recess—it is research.”

A day here

Meals
Three freshly cooked meals provided daily at no additional cost
Outdoors
Daily outdoor time with guided exploration, weather observation, and sensory play

Details

7737753125

Website
fantasyislandschoolsforkids.com
Address
6100 N Milwaukee Ave
License
license issued (il)
Ages they serve
18 months through age 5, including kindergarten-readiness

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How they teach

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

A day here

Details

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.