Chicago · Licensed center
Sunny Kids Land Early Learning Center
At a glance
- Medium Montessori–inspired center, licensed for 51 children.
Program news
The state’s license allowed 57 children in July. Since October it allows 51.
From the state’s licensing record. Shortlist last read it on November 8, 2026.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since December 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 22, 20261 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jul 21, 20261 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Feb 18, 20261 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)
Dec 4, 20254 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 22, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2025 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 24, 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.
Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 22, 2026
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 645106 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 21, 2026
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 645106 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 18, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 645106 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2025
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 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 645106 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Schedule
- Full-Time or Part-Time
How they teach
Montessori–inspired, play-based, STEAM and bilingual
“Your child makes their daily discoveries in Serbian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and English for a tremendous advantage.”
Who cares for your child
Sonja Stamenkovic (Program Coordinator/Lead Teacher), 10 years in early childhood and Zoran Milic (Lead / Substitute Teacher), 12 years in early childhood.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 354-0077
- Address
- 4535 N Clark St, Chicago, 60640
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 sunnykidsland.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff sunnykidsland.com
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Schedule — Checked August 2026 sunnykidsland.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 "SUNNY KIDS LAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60640 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 645106).
- Website — Checked August 2026 sunnykidsland.com
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SUNNY KIDS LAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60640 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 645106).
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 sunnykidsland.com
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.