Schaumburg · Licensed center

Little Sunshines's Playhouse & Preschool

Large center, licensed for 146 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since August 2021.

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Apr 1, 202614 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

10 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(10)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Apr 9, 202512 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

8 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jan 14, 2025No rules cited

Apr 29, 20248 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

4 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Apr 7, 20232 citations

Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

Feb 3, 2023No rules cited

Mar 1, 20222 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

Aug 12, 2021No rules cited

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 1, 2026
On file: 8 visits since August 2021 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 1, 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 14 findings

Monitoring visit · April 1, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (10) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(10)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598878 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 598878 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2024

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 598878 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 7, 2023

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598878 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598878 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

Details

6309175572

Address: 370 N Barrington Rd
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE SUNSHINES'S PLAYHOUSE & PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60194 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 598878).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.