Spanish Immersion Daycare and Preschool in Uptown, Chicago
Rayito de Sol Uptown is on West Montrose, between Montrose and Clarendon. Uptown has been one of Chicagoʼs most linguistically mixed neighborhoods for a century, which makes it an obvious home for a school where every class is taught in Spanish by native speakers.
SPANISH IMMERSION - 100% language and cultural immersion, all day.
Why Families Choose Uptown
Accents from everywhere.
Our Maestras come from Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and beyond. Children here grow up hearing Spanish the way it is actually spoken across 21 countries, not one textbook version of it.
Continuity of staff.
Teachers stay. Our director started in the classroom at Rayito de Sol and worked her way up to running this school, and she is not unusual here.
NAEYC accredited.
Fewer than 8% of child care programs in the country hold this accreditation. It covers teacher qualifications, curriculum, environment, health and management, and it is reassessed, not granted once.
Meet Your Director
Andreina · Center Director
Andreina is originally from Venezuela and has led this school since 2019, with more than 15 years working with children behind her, in summer camps, preschools and as an au pair. She holds an international Child Development Associate credential and an associate degree in Child Development, earned with High Honors. She started in the classroom at Rayito de Sol and has developed into the Center Director here, helping build the programs now running across the network.
A day at Uptown
Spanish from drop-off to pickup. Structured learning in the morning, when attention is sharpest, then outdoor time, art, music and free play. Infants keep their own rhythm, held and sung to in Spanish. Older children work through thematic units that change across the year and travel through a different Spanish-speaking country each time.
Come hear what full immersion sounds like.
Meet Andreina, our Center Director, walk the rooms, and find out what is available for your child’s age.
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