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Find Trusted Pre-K Schools Near Me in Dorchester, MA

We have 60 pre-k schools in Dorchester, MA! Compare and find the best pre-k school to fit your needs.

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Creative Children Childcare

Julian Street Dorchester, MA

5.0(1)

1 mi

We are new licensed Home Daycare striving to provide a clean safe fun learning environment for children 2-3.5.We offer meals, hands on learning, art, music, theatre, field trips, lesson plans and reasonable rates . We follow a daily schedule working with each child individually to help prepare them for K1. We do accept Vochuers for low income families. Additional care can be provided based on the families needs, evening and overnight care

Retresha K. says "Very down to earth provider , cares for children, providing quality home care in a family setting. I'm happy we found her"

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BEVERLY BENITO

61 Linden St Dorchester, MA

2 mi

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Beverly Benito runs a registered family child care in Dorchester, Massachusetts and offers bilingual preschool and childcare for pre-K children. They provide a home environment where the children can grow socially, emotionally, cognitively, and physically. Children with asthma and allergies and with ADD/ADHD are welcome to their facility. They accommodate part-time care schedules and are open Mondays to Fridays, from seven AM to five PM.
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VALERIE FIELDS

8 Blackwell St Dorchester, MA

2 mi

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Valerie Fields runs a registered family child care which offers childcare for pre-K children and a before- and after-school care program for school-aged children in Dorchester, Massachusetts. They provide a secure environment where the children are given opportunities to grow socially, emotionally, cognitively, and physically. Valerie Fields' child care home is open Mondays to Fridays, from six AM to four PM.
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Vernice Johnson

95 Hutchings St Dorchester, MA

< 1 mi

Vernice Johnson runs a registered family child care which offers childcare for pre-K children and a before- and after-school care program for school-aged children in Dorchester, Massachusetts. They provide a secure environment where the children are nurtured to grow socially, emotionally, cognitively, and physically. Vernice Johnson's child care home is open Mondays to Fridays, from six thirty AM to six PM.
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Little Dolphins Family Childcare

32 Balfour St Dorchester, MA

1 mi

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The Little Dolphins Family Childcare provides childcare for pre-K children and a before- and after-school care program for school-aged children in Dorchester, Massachusetts. They provide a secure environment where the children's holistic growth is encouraged through play-based and child-centered activities. Their trained staff is experienced in caring for children with special needs. The Little Dolphins Family Childcare's doors are open Mondays to Fridays from seven AM to five PM.
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YMCA of Greater Boston at the Winthrop Elementary School

35 BROOKFORD ST DORCHESTER, MA

1 mi

Preschool
Child care
YMCA of Greater Boston at the Winthrop Elementary School is a state-licensed daycare center that offers early education and care services designed for infants to pre-kindergarten kids. The facility aims to provide children with a nurturing education experience that supports their growth and development. YMCA of Greater Boston at the Winthrop Elementary School can accommodate a total of 75 part-time and full-time students.
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Mrs. K's Mommy Share

9 Sumner Park Dorchester, MA

1 mi

I am a recent Berklee College of Music graduate, a wife of 1.5 years, and the owner of Mrs. K's Mommy Share Program. I am also the new mother of a wonderful 5-month-old, and I am looking to enroll a new student into my Mommy Share Program this winter-summer. What is a Mommy Share you ask? Well, a Mommy Share is child care option where a stay at home mother forms a licensed family daycare with the intent of watching 1 child in her home, in addition to her own child, in order to provide top quality care for almost half the price of a daycare center or nanny. If you have a child who is between 1-8 month old and you are interested in a 2:1 child to mommy ratio, an engaging environment for your infant to grow in, and having a loving experienced mommy to nurture your precious child, please shoot me an email.
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Cribs and Cradles Family Day Care

34 Bloomfield Street Dorchester, MA

2 mi

A place where young children come to learn, grow and develop. At Cribs & Cradles, we offer a range of programs for a variety of ages - infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Our extended care program offers parents with school age children the opportunity for after school care. At Cribs & Cradles we know that selecting a day care or a pre-school provider can be an overwhelming task. It will be one of the most important decisions you will ever make, because the early years of child care is critical to the long-term development of your child.
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Basics Tutorial - Mather School

1 PARISH ST DORCHESTER, MA

2 mi

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Basics Tutorial - Mather School offers after-school enrichment and summer programs designed for kindergarten and elementary students. The company is fully licensed to admit and handle a total of 130 children. Basics Tutorial - Mather School operates Mondays through Fridays and is open from 3:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
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Project Hope Children's Center

45 MAGNOLIA ST DORCHESTER, MA

1 mi

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Project Hope Children's Center in DORCHESTER, MA addresses the need for child care for kids from 0 to 5 years old. They foster strong relationships with families to help in the children's learning through kindergarten readiness, age-appropriate programs, healthy child development, and parenting. They provide low-income families with access to education, emergency, jobs, and housing services.
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Fairmount Hill Childcare

272 Fairmount Ave. 1 Hyde Park, MA

5.0(1)

4 mi

Fairmount Hill Child Care is a licensed home daycare and microschool. We offer quality infant and toddler care with excellent ratios - typically 3 adults for 10 children. We offer preschool starting at 18 months, a dynamic, hands-on pre-k program for 4-year-olds, and we follow a secular, literature-based curriculum for grades K-4, where we dive deep into world culture, history, and science, and offer a wealth of hands-on experiences. We make learning fun, with plenty of opportunities for free and guided play. Your child will be exposed to music, dance, imaginative play, cross-cultural learning, baby sign language, books, books, and more books! Toddlers enjoy daily sensory learning activities, and special, age-appropriate activities, working hands-on with art, science, cognitive learning, fine motor manipulatives, reading and math readiness.

Pauline P. says "ill be so happy to work with this family and baby"

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-Little Sprouts Dedham

280 BRIDGE ST DEDHAM, MA

5.0(2)

6 mi

Preschool
Child care
Day Care
Welcome to Little Sprouts Early Education and Child Care in Dedham, MA Our school offers the early learning experience you are looking for – whether it’s trusted a preschool program or nurturing infant and toddler classrooms that are more than just “daycare,” our full-time and part-time options offer families the ideal care solution that fits their needs. Surrounded by protected marshlands and convenient to surrounding towns such as Hyde Park, Needham, and Norwood, our Dedham school offers a serene environment for your child to learn and grow among the peaceful views of nature. Affectionately called a Little Sprouts’ “dream school,” our Dedham space was designed with parents and children in mind. Featuring several amenities, such as a private nursing room and an indoor play space with a bicycle track, both you and your child will be excited to come to school every day. Bright, sun-drenched classrooms will stimulate your child’s mind, as cheerful colors and sounds of laughter create excitement for the day ahead. Your child will explore and play in our spacious classrooms, designed to inspire learning and discovery in every corner. Nestled next to the school, our private infant, toddler and preschool/pre-kindergarten playgrounds provide safe and fun areas for children to enjoy the outdoors.

Alex L. says "We couldn't be happier with our experience at Little Sprouts! The staff is incredibly caring, patient, and attentive to the needs of our children. Our...

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DISCOVERY SCHOOLHOUSE INC

101 BLUE HILLS PKWY MILTON, MA

5.0(5)

3 mi

Outdoor/nature
Developmental (play-based)
Child care
Preschool
Day Care
Kindergarten
Discovery Schoolhouse provides a warm, nurturing, supportive, educational, and enjoyable experience for children from 15 months through kindergarten, all year round, all day long. Our toddler and preschool programs run 7:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening the entire calendar year, with a variety of scheduling options available. They do not follow a school year calendar, and can children enroll at any time, all year round. Our developmental kindergarten program runs 8:00-5:00 on a school-year calendar. with 7AM drop-off and 6PM pickup options available, and enrolls children five years old in the fall or early winter, without an strict age cutoff. We always have toddler and preschool children enrolled for a variety of the available schedules, with some children attending “full time,” five days a week, 7:00 to 6:00, and other children attending only 2 or 3 days 8:00 – 3:00. Many parents send their children to Discovery Schoolhouse so that their children will have a positive social experience with other children, learn how to be friends, and learn about the world. We want Discovery Schoolhouse to be just right for every child who enrolls! We are real, old fashioned preschool!…The program uses an interactive, child-centered, developmentally appropriate approach which assumes that children learn through active participation and discovery (which is just our way of saying that we are a very “play-based” program). The curriculum emphasizes child-initiated activities, fostering independence, social skills, respecting cultural diversity, creativity, and individuality.

Care Member says "A caring, warm, loving environment! Our son loved his three years at Discovery Schoolhouse and we loved it too. In the toddler room and upstairs with...

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Youbellor Child Academy

12 BRIGHTON ST BELMONT, MA

5.0(5)

7 mi

Developmental (play-based)
Academic
Outdoor/nature
Cooperative
Preschool
+2 more
Winter Holiday Back- Up care is available ( Restrictions apply) Youbellor Child Academy of Belmont is a multicultural STEAM, play/academic based school. We focus on the process not the product ensuring all children are met at their level of development. Our qualified staff speaks Chinese, Mandarin, Spanish and English. Both past and present families rate us at 5 stars. Set up a tour to see all of the quality learning that is taking place in all of our programs from Infants to Pre-K. See our enrichment programs in action and ask what else is included in our tuition or discount programs we have. Check out our new website: www.youbellorchildacademybelmont.com Email us at: maryellen@youbelloracademy.com Call us : 617-932-1013

Care Member says "When I was making the decision to bring my Daughter to Youbellor Child Academy in Belmont, MA, I was fraught with many reservations beforehand. It is...

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-Little Sprouts Watertown

150 COOLIDGE AVE WATERTOWN, MA

5.0(6)

5 mi

Day Care
Child care
Our school offers the early learning experience you are looking for – whether it’s trusted a preschool program or nurturing infant and toddler classrooms that are more than just “daycare,” our full-time and part-time options offer families the ideal care solution that fits their needs. Located on a quiet side street near the Arsenal Mall and Soldiers Field Road, Little Sprouts Watertown is modern gem designed specifically to inspire a love of learning. Our spacious, brightly-colored classrooms provide plenty of room for your child to discover new adventures and meet new friends. Intentionally crafted with your child in mind, our Watertown school embraces playful learning in a child-centered environment surrounded by love. Attached to the school, two private playgrounds provide a means for your child to expend some of that seemingly limitless energy. Our toddler and preschool play spaces provide safe, developmentally-appropriate areas for your child to enjoy spending time outside. As a bonus, our Watertown school also boasts an indoor play area for your child to play and run during rainy days or cold winter months. Warm and inviting from the moment you walk in, Little Sprouts Watertown is a community gathering place where your child’s imagination will soar with our happy, dedicated teachers and extraordinary Budding Scholars™ curriculum. Providing award-winning early education and child care to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and pre-kindergarten children, Little Sprouts Watertown creates the ideal environment for your child to learn, grow, and make new friends.

Care Member says "I trust this message finds you well the admin. Together with staff of little sprouts Watertown. We are delighted to have you as our kid’s day...

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Let's Learn Together Childcare

11 Water St. Arlington, MA

5.0(2)

9 mi

Developmental (play-based)
Preschool
Child care
We're a brand new childcare center in Arlington Center offering childcare for infants, toddlers, preschool, and pre-k. We offer flexible childcare ranging from 1 day to 5 days of care. We believe learning begins through play! Our experienced team of educators has over 20 years of experience with childcare development. We're passionate about providing your child an environment they can thrive within. Each of our specific rooms is designed to engage, teach, and foster growth. Whether you have a 4-month old infant or a 4-yr old, we cannot wait to meet your little one and be a part of their education.

Kasia M says "Mary is a great director and all the teachers are great. I feel so lucky that I was able to get a spot for both of my kids."

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Top Tots Learning Center

1560 BEACON ST BROOKLINE, MA

5.0(6)

3 mi

Montessori
Academic
Reggio emilia
International
Developmental (play-based)
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You can call us a preschool. You can call us a daycare, or a childcare center. Just don’t call us average. TOP TOTS is Brookline’s newest hybrid Learning Center. We offer a continuum of education and childcare for Toddlers, Pre-school and Pre-Kindergarten age students. TOP TOTS Learning Center may be new, but our team is not. We are lifelong, experienced educators and scientists. Our commitment to help your child realize the lifelong benefits of education and community underlies our motto that “Great Starts Never End”. TOP TOTS believes every child should be treated and developed as a special, unique individual. Our hybrid approach to childcare and early education combines the self-directed and collaborative elements of Montessori-style learning, the active nature of play-based learning, and close parent-teacher partnerships espoused by Reggio Emilia. Our educational and developmental activities will allow your son or daughter to express who they are, and to learn and grow in a relaxed, safe, secure, supportive, and open multi-cultural community. Our mission at TOP TOTS Learning Center is 1) to ensure that our students feel like they are on TOP while within our care, 2) to maximize our students’ academic, physical, social, and emotional development, 3) to provide our students with essential tools during their most formative years, so they reach their TOP potential in life When caring for your child, we take security very seriously. Some of the enhanced security features at TOP TOTS include 1) controlled access to our Center, 2) digital check-in and check-out, 3) video security cameras throughout our Center, and 4) all of our team members undergo extensive background checks. TOP TOTS Learning Center is located in the Washington Square neighborhood of Brookline. Our new facility located at 1560 Beacon Street is set back from traffic and has a convenient loading area out front for easy drop-off and pick-up.

KRYSTAL A. says "I love Top Tots so much. The owners are so generous. The teachers are so caring and knowledgeable. My son has really come out of his shell. He has...

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Panda Bilingual Daycare

30 Cambridgepark Drive Cambridge, MA

5.0(1)

6 mi

Outdoor/nature
Montessori
Preschool
Child care
Panda Bilingual Daycare is a bilingual Mandarin- English early educational childcare center combining the Montessori educational philosophy with Chinese and American language and culture. Our center's mission is to offer the highest quality care and education for children from three months to kindergarten entry. The Panda Bilingual Daycare curriculum is inspired by many of the tenets of Maria Montessori's educational theory and practice, along with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and our own unique features. The core of the Montessori curriculum is divided into four main areas: sensory, practical life, language, and mathematics. Many of the materials and methods we use are derived from her work. The children will also explore cultural, scientific and historical subjects such as geography, geology, zoology and botany at levels appropriate to their development. At Panda Bilingual Daycare, we encourage children to learn Chinese not only through art and music and literature, but also through listening and reading the Chinese children's classics such as The Analects, Tang and Song Poetry, which have been a part of children's education for thousands of years. These works of literature and philosophy and history remain relevant in our current society. The authoritative research tells us that exposure to literature from the earliest ages has significant and measurable results on brain development. Children thrive on being read to and interacting with books from the time they are born. The outdoor classroom is an important part of our curriculum. Our outdoor classroom is surely a playground, in which the children can run and jump and play together. But it is also a natural extension of their classrooms, in which the children will have the daily experience of learning surrounded by a bit of nature. They can spend time noticing the animal and plant life, finding a bird's nest, watching the life cycle of a butterfly, growing and caring for plants, as well as playing in the sand, balancing on tree stumps, lounging in the child sized hammocks. Children can paint and draw what they see on the outdoor easels and experiment with sound and music on the thunder drum and musical fence.

Mingshu H says "We have a 2.5yrs daughter in Panda Bilingual Daycare since this summer. We have been very satisfied so far. The site is brand new and the facilities are...

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Allie's Tots

6 Dothan Street Arlington, MA

5.0(1)

9 mi

I provide family child care on a full-time basis for infants, toddlers and pre-school age children. Spots are now available for full-time care, 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday-Friday in Arlington Heights (convenient to Route 2 off the Park Avenue Exit). When I was a working mom, I felt such fear and stress leaving my children in another person's care. The goal of my family child care program is to provide a place where parents can feel confident that they are leaving their children in a safe, loving and fun environment where they can learn and enjoy the company of other children. I am licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Sarah P. says "It wasn't easy searching for someone to care for my infant girl. Even the second time around, I worried that I wouldn't be able to find someone that I...

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Theophany Orthodox Christian School

754 GREENDALE AVE Needham, MA

5.0(1)

9 mi

Academic
Faith based
Developmental (play-based)
Child care
Theophany School offers a multi-age learning experience with small class sizes, an engaging curriculum and a loving Christian environment for children in the Greater Boston area. Our current programs include: 3-day and 5-day Preschool class options, and a full-day Kindergarten. The School and its staff are fully licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Early Education and Care (EEC) and the requisite local licensing Boards.

Marybeth H. says "My nephew and my two daughters all attended Theophany. It's a true hidden gem with teachers who are not only creative and warm but also educated and...

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Recent pre-k school reviews from local parents in Dorchester, MA

Pre-K Schools in Dorchester, MA are rated 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews of the 60 listed pre-k schools

Creative Children Childcare

Very down to earth provider , cares for children, providing quality home care in a family setting. I'm happy we found her

- Retresha K.

Fairmount Hill Childcare

ill be so happy to work with this family and baby

- Pauline P.

-Little Sprouts Dedham

We couldn't be happier with our experience at Little Sprouts! The staff is incredibly caring, patient, and attentive to the needs of our...

- Alex L.

FAQs for finding a pre-k near you in Dorchester, MA

Pre-k programs in Dorchester, MA offer an opportunity to introduce your child to school activities, develop social skills, and foster an enthusiasm for learning. Early exposure to education, including math, science, and language arts provides pre-k students with important foundations for the rest of their academic career. Pre-k also teaches kids important life skills such as sharing and caring for others and independence from home. Many parents find pre-k essential to developing the necessary skills to succeed in a classroom setting!

We recommend checking whether pre-k is mandatory or voluntary in Dorchester, MA, as well as reviewing pre-k curriculum at your top choices to make sure it meets your child's needs. You should be prepared to ask questions around the staff's qualifications, safety standards, extracurricular activities and hours of operation, and of course, tuition costs.

Many parents believe pre-k is an important step for young learners, teaching them essential education and social skills. The pre-k curriculum near you in Dorchester, MA typically includes activities such as creative expression, physical development, emergent reading and pre-math/counting lessons. Socially, students are encouraged to practice problem solving and to develop positive relationships with their peers. All pre-k classes provide developmentally appropriate learning experiences tailored to each age level of young children, and each center will have their own approach. Be sure to ask for any specific subjects or fundamentals you have in mind!

Pre-k is designed to give children get a jump start on their education journey, and most pre-k programs near you in Dorchester, MA programs begin teaching basic math, writing and language arts skills. On top of this, pre-k teachers also use social and emotional experiences to ensure the students are well-prepared to enter school and develop their interpersonal skills. How a pre-k approaches these areas will vary, but you can count on a well-rounded approach to learning and development with these tenents in mind.

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