A Child's View Enrichment House

A Child's View Enrichment House offers activities such as pouring, water activities, puzzles, beading, building materials, cleaning, folding, games, and fine motor and drawing exercises. Children take part in explorative STEM activities, hands-on practical science activities and science experiments that include topics like weather, planets and astronomy, animals and plants, ice and water, dinosaurs, and backyard science, along with geography and cultural works. The program also includes sand paper letters, object identification, beginning reading, phonics, sight word recognition, blends, word families, mathematical concepts such as money, time, addition, subtraction, measurement and place order, as well as language lessons, stories, music, large motor activities, rhythm, dance, musical instruments including voice and piano, and an introduction to reading and understanding music, plus art materials such as crayons, markers, colored pencils, drawing paper, paints, scissors, collage materials, stencils, and easel work.

• Ages: 2–6 years old
• Schedule: Morning Program 9:00 am–1:00 pm; Afternoon Enrichment Program 1:00 pm–3:00 pm

A Child's View Enrichment House includes monthly cultural themes, geography works, cultural works, an introduction to the Spanish language, an introduction to the French language, and greetings and phrases from around the world. Daily structure includes line time, indoor and outdoor recess, group snack, hands-on lessons in small groups, language lessons, stories, music, a short rest before lunch, a nutritious lunch, a nutritious snack, and story time, along with a car drop off service. The program is described as a loving and nurturing home-based Montessori preschool with a teacher to student ratio of 3 to 15 and a small and supportive community of children, parents, and teachers.

A Child's View Enrichment House opened as a home preschool in 2005, when the owners opened their home to provide their community with a loving and nurturing home-based Montessori preschool. The mission states that the program follows Maria Montessori's philosophy of recognizing that children learn best in an environment that fosters their freedom to learn and grow, with teachers dedicated to providing an atmosphere that inspires a child's natural curiosity and independence, recognizing different learning styles and supporting diversity, and aiming to teach each child to care for themselves, each other, and the environment in a peaceful way. A Child's View Enrichment House is a state licensed preschool and daycare facility.

The leadership team includes Laurie DiMonte as Owner and Lead Teacher, Lisa Rizzi as Teaching Assistant, Heather Brodrueck as Lead Teacher and Speech Therapist, Garima Syngol as Teaching Assistant, Katie Hrad as Lead Teacher, and Nicole Tucci as Teacher. Laurie DiMonte finished Montessori teacher training. Heather Brodrueck is a graduate of Elmhurst College with a Speech-Language Pathology degree, taught the after school program at Dupage Montessori School in Naperville, was a substitute teacher in the 3–6 year old Montessori classroom, and was hired as an assistant teacher in the elementary program at Dupage Montessori School. Katie Hrad has an elementary education degree from Northern Illinois University and a Masters in Reading from Benedictine University, and Nicole Tucci has a Bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University and a Master’s degree from Keller Graduate School of Management. Staff also have educational background in early childhood development, including Lisa Rizzi.

Last updated May 28, 2026.