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Spanish Immersion Daycare and Preschool in Naperville, IL

Rayito de Sol Naperville is at Springbrook Square, near 83rd and Route 59. Naperville families tend to think hard about schools, and the question we get most often is whether immersion is worth it before kindergarten. It is: between birth and five is when a second language is absorbed rather than studied.

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SPANISH IMMERSION - 100% language and cultural immersion, all day.

Address

1932 Springbrook Square Dr
Naperville, IL 60564
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Hours

Monday to Friday
7:00am – 6:00pm

Ages

6 weeks to 6 years

Spanish Immersion

100% language and cultural immersion, all day

Curriculum

NAEYC Accredited

Why Families Choose Naperville

Preschool children celebrating graduation

Kindergarten readiness in two languages.

Our Kinder-Prep program builds early literacy in Spanish and English, so children enter kindergarten ready for an English-only, dual-language or immersion classroom.

Teacher helping a child with a classroom activity

Academic standards that hold up.

80% of Rayito de Sol lead teachers hold advanced degrees in early childhood education or psychology, and the curriculum is STEAM-based.

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Something the local alternatives do not offer.

Montessori and traditional preschools in the area do excellent work. None of them give a child a second language during the only years it comes for free.

Portrait of Naperville Center Director Maria Laura Salik

Meet Your Director

Maria Laura · Center Director

Maria Laura began her career in early childhood education in 2017, teaching in Costa Rica and the United States. She has worked in bilingual, Spanish immersion and traditional classrooms, and has held administrative roles alongside teaching ones. That combination is why she is good at the part most families find hardest: working out whether this is right for their child, and what enrollment actually involves.

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A day at Naperville

The day runs entirely in Spanish. Morning brings the focused work, a STEAM project, a thematic unit, early literacy for the older children. Afternoons are for outdoor time, art and music. Infants and toddlers follow their own rhythm. Every classroom is led by native Spanish speakers.

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Questions parents ask
Will immersion hold my child back in English?

No. English milestones arrive on time. Immersion children typically show stronger executive function, which is the set of skills kindergarten teachers notice first.

What if we move to an English-only elementary school?

That is what most of our families do, and children transition without difficulty. The Spanish stays; what it gave them stays too.

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Come hear what full immersion sounds like.

Meet Maria Laura, our Center Director, walk the rooms, and find out what is available for your child’s age.

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