Chicago · Licensed center
Bennett Day School
- Small Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 15 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
How they teach
Reggio Emilia–inspired and play-based
“Inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, students and teachers at Bennett are part of a collaborative approach to learning.”In their words, August 2026.bennettday.org
“While our program is play-based, there is structure and intentionality in the unfolding school days and weeks.”In their words, August 2026.bennettday.org
One of 11 Chicago-area providers that describe a Reggio Emilia approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Four staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
Deposit $2,000, refundable.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost.
What the state has found
State record — Illinois DCFS
Illinois DCFS has published no inspection report for this provider as of September 2026. That is not the same as a clean record — there is nothing on file either way.
A day here
- Meals
- Scratch-made lunches from local/sustainable ingredients, ordered through a catering portal
- Outdoors
- Outdoor play daily unless temperature or wind chill is below 20 degrees
- Sleep
- PreK Stay and Play and JK students assigned a cot, spaced ~3 feet apart; families provide blanket, small pillow, comfort item
- Diapers
- Diapers/pull-ups not allowed during the school day
- Hours
- 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
- Schedule
- full-day, half-day
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Fever-free without medication 24 hours before return; 24 hours after vomiting; 24 hours after starting antibiotics
Details
- Website
- bennettday.org
- Address
- 955 W Grand Ave
- License
- permit issued (ip)
- Ages they serve
- ages 3-5
- Established
- 2014
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff bennettday.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff bennettday.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff bennettday.org
What it costs
- Deposit — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
A day here
- Meals — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
- Outdoors, Sleep, Diapers, Hours — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
- Schedule — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BENNETT DAY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60642 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 650171).
- Website — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org
- Established — Checked August 2026 bennettday.org