Lyndon Play and Learn Center

The Lyndon Play and Learn Center offers quality professional care for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. We are licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and offer programs designed to provide direction for children's growth in the following areas: Cognitive, language, fine and gross motor, self-help and socialization.

We offer before and after school care for children in the area school district. During the summer and on school holidays, we offer a unique program for school-aged children.

We also offer a preschool program for four and five-year-olds.

The facility's gymnasium is utilized for indoor play. A secure outdoor playground is located adjacent to the Center, and is fully equipped with a sandbox, swings, multiple climbers and a sheltered picnic area.

Our facility is air-conditioned and is open Monday through Friday for the working parent's convenience.

The Lyndon Play and Learn Center serves the employees of Winning Wheels, as well as members of the surrounding communities by providing comprehensive quality child care services with opportunities for physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.

Our caring staff assist children to:

• Learn to work and play happily and cooperatively with others
• Acquire desireable habits and wholesome attitudes
• Think constructively, use imagination and develop resourcefulness and originality
• Broaden his or her interest and understanding of the world around them through discovery
• Gain coordination and control of his or her body movements
• Encourage self-expression through music, art, drama and literature
• Develop self worth and feel secure by utilizing positive reinforcement
• Learn through stories, songs, nature and other appropriate activities

The Lyndon Play and Learn Center serves a balanced breakfast, hot lunch and afternoon snacks.

Good Daycare News

In July of 2023 Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health announced the state would be offering more than 20,000 HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) purifiers at no cost to Day Care Centers in Illinois. To qualify, the Lyndon Play -n- Learn Center (LPLC) had to fill out a request form with detailed information about the size of the daycare and how many children were being accommodated within the center. This enrollment process allowed Day Care centers to submit an order for the HEPA air purifiers. Grantees would generally be eligible for one small unit for each classroom.

LPLC applied for this grant and received 4 HEPA purifiers yesterday for the center. We realize that air quality is critically important to the health of the children, especially in close proximity of one another in a daycare setting. The health and well-being of the children is the key to a successful and healthy year. The purifiers will help reduce the transmission of viruses and sicknesses. Studies show that cleaner air can reduce absentee rates, and improve students' abilities to think, learn, read and play with their peers.

We are looking forward to getting these running and for an awesome rest of 2023. Happy Fall!!!