Your Most Asked Questions

Six weeks through five years old. Our rooms are Infants (6 weeks to 14 months), Toddlers (15 to 23 months), Early Preschool (2 years old), Preschool (3 years old), Pre-Kindergarten (4 years old) and Kindergarten (5 years old). Summer Camp is for children 2 to 5.

Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. We are open year round and close for major holidays and two staff training days a year. The calendar is in your enrollment packet.

Tuition depends on your child's age and how many days a week they attend. Request information and we will email you the current tuition sheet. There is a sibling discount, and founding families receive a discount that we will explain when you ask.

We are enrolling founding families for our opening in Schaumburg. Request information or call and we will tell you exactly what is open for your child's age and start date.

Each classroom follows a weekly lesson plan written by the teacher and reviewed by the director, built around language and literacy, math and science, social and emotional skills, physical development, and art and music. Pre-K goals follow the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards.

Yes. We serve breakfast until 8:30, lunch and an afternoon snack, following USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines. For infants you bring breast milk or formula and we follow the feeding schedule you give us.

One locked entrance with keypad codes, an authorized pickup list with ID checks, fingerprinted and background-checked staff, cameras in every room, daily health checks and monthly drills. Our Safety and Care page goes through each of these.

Your child's teacher posts meals, naps, diaper changes, photos and notes to the parent app during the day. You can message the teacher in the app, and the director calls you directly if anything happens.

Every employee is fingerprinted and cleared through Illinois DCFS and holds Pediatric CPR and First Aid. Lead teachers meet or exceed DCFS qualifications for their age group, and many hold a CDA or a degree in early childhood education.

Request information, tour, pick a schedule, then sign the enrollment agreement and return the Illinois health and immunization forms with the registration fee. Most families finish in one to two weeks.

No. Ashford Academy is owned and operated by a Schaumburg family. There is one location, and the owners are in the building.

Yes. Two-day, three-day and five-day schedules are available in every room, subject to openings.