Reba Early Learning Center
740 Custer Ave. (at Madison) Evanston, IL 60202
(847) 475-6480 -- e-mail: RebaELC@gmail.com
Marsha Ettema, Director

What Parents Say About Reba Early Learning Center

My son’s imagination has blossomed since he started at RELC. It has been a joy to see how happy and engaged he is when I come pick him up.

--Amanda SubbaRao

I appreciate the Directors and staff at Reba Early Learning Center for creating a curriculum-based environment filled with love and care that is conducive to my daughter’s growth in supporting others, socializing, and problem solving. I feel safe in saying that I as well as my daughter continue to be part of an enriching learning experience.

--Rhonda Barnes

A wonderfully diverse environment for self-awareness, acceptance, and learning.

--Gabrielle Darvassy

Ranee and I are pleased with our son’s growth during the time he has been at Reba. We believe Dylan’s development linguistically and socially are directly related to the care he is receiving at Reba. The staff of teachers in our son’s classroom never seems to run out of patience, are always gentle, and are constantly challenging their pre-schoolers in ways that I think are rare in daycare providers.

--Alan Berliant

I’ve been a part of the Reba family for four years and I plan to continue at Reba until my youngest is ready for kindergarten, four years from now. Nowhere else can you find such supportive, warm, loving care for your children in such a diverse setting. There is something very special about RELC that stays with families long after their children have graduated. I feel very lucky to have found it.

--Gwen Macsai

Both of my children attended RELC from age 3 through 5, and it was a wonderful experience for them. RELC has a cozy family-like atmosphere, not at all institutional. Lots of smiles, stories, space to play. They had excellent teachers: intelligent, warm, kind, and clearly making good use of their training in early-childhood education.

--Michael Peshkin

We have found Reba a place where Evan has grown and developed faster than we could have imagined or hoped for. He has made friends, found ways to lead while learning, been challenged by outstanding teachers, experienced wonderful new adventures, all in a multicultural and fun environment. We are delighted by the ways in which Evan is growing and changing each day, and we are grateful for teachers who have walked alongside us in his journey, informing us of new developments, celebrating with us his achievements, working with us on plans for addressing growing edges.

--Erica & Doug Robinson-Johnson