Chicago · Licensed center

Kiddieland Ed Center Of Excellence II

Medium Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 60 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 9 licensing inspections since October 2015.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 24% had rules cited at 8 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Aug 29, 20253 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

May 28, 20253 citations

Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)

Aug 1, 20242 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Jun 21, 20235 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

1 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)

Jul 12, 20223 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Sep 11, 2018No rules cited

Aug 30, 20161 citation

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

Nov 24, 20151 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

Oct 27, 20153 citations

Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(g)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 29, 2025
On file: 9 visits since October 2015 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 29, 2025. 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.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 29, 2025

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 28, 2025

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(1) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 1, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 21, 2023

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(f)

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2022

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1) · 407.120(e)(2)

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 30, 2016

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 24, 2015

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 27, 2015

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · 407.340(g)

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544195 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Reggio Emilia–inspired and Creative Curriculum

“KIDDIELAND ECE is inspired by Reggio Emilia Schools, an Italian revolutionary way of teaching.”

A day here

Hours: 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week

Details

7738530703

Website: kiddielandece.com
Address: 5142 W Belmont Ave
License: license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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How they teach

Approach — Checked August 2026 kiddielandece.com/our-programs
Approach — Checked August 2026 kiddielandece.com/our-curriculum

State record

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

A day here

Hours — Checked August 2026 kiddielandece.com

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIELAND ED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE II" under Provider Name and 60641 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 544195).
Website — Checked August 2026 kiddielandece.com

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.