Ridgewood Preschools

At Happily Ever After we remain committed to bringing the highest quality Early Childhood Education and care to our children and their families. We regularly update our curriculum to align with State Accreditation Standards and continuously are developing new enrichment programs to meet the needs of our children and families. Our learning environments keep your child s hands busy and their minds engaged and happy. Our program offers a balance of nurturing, playtime, and learning throughout the day.

We are a Polish-American Group Family Day Care operating continuously for over a decade. We provide a safe and stimulating environment for children of ages 2-5, and full service for parents who entrust them to our care. The program is licensed by the State Department of Health meeting all the requirements in terms of staff qualifications and training. The curriculum is age appropriate based on American Education Publishing standard with books provided to every child individually. Our students are taught much needed social skills working in a group of their peers. By the time children leave our Day Care they are ready for school and easily transitioning to its new environment. Daily activities are carried out according to a predetermined schedule helping the little ones to develop sense of routine and organization. We look after the children and help their parents to fulfill their new roles.

KOPCIUSZEK Day Care located in Ridgewood, New York is licensed by the department of health. All teachers and staffs are First Aid and CPR Certified. They offer English classes that are especially designed for children preparing for kindergarten. After School Programs are also available and is open on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Free trusted Universal Pre-Kindergarten program at The Salvation Army! Your child will receive high-quality care from certified preschool teachers in an enriching and supportive environment. The full-day program runs from September to June at 8 centers in NYC.

Happy Bears Group Family Daycare is located at 1872 Linden Street, Ridgewood, New York. It is a child care center and early education program provider that serves children ages six weeks to twelve years old and has a capacity of 16 children. Happy Bears Group Family Daycare offers care services for school-age children.

Play and Learn is a beautiful, clean, and welcoming facility in Middle Village caring for children ages 2-5yrs. Building a strong foundation for your child to grow socially, emotionally, and cognitively. Our goal is to help children gain the social competencies, academic skills and the self-confidence necessary to succeed in our preschool and future school environments.

At Play and learn we don't just provide childcare. We provide an environment in where children can develop their first friendships and interact under teacher-supervision to develop important language skills as well as etiquette vital for continuing education.

These formative years are the most delicate. Trust Play and Learn Daycare to lead your child by the hand into a brighter future!

Flexible hours are available but hurry, space is limited. Early years are learning years. That is why we offer an interactive curriculum of structured learning. You'll find art & music appreciation, 2 healthy meals & snacks, an ON-SITE OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND, gardening, cooking and so much more. Yes, we potty train. Extended hours are available. You can rest easy as we have a qualified and nurturing staff with over 50 years combined experience. Your child will blossom and look forward to returning each day. We are also breast-feeding friendly and best of all, we offer reasonable rates.

Hello Parents of all Ages,

The Early childhood period is very important because these are the valuable stages in which children brain is developing. During the age Birth to Age five, children are learning important, exciting, creative and imaginary things for each stage in their lives. It is my belief that children learn best through communication, bonding, nurturing, being in a safe and healthy environment, exploring the outdoors and most importantly through love. I believe that the most educational aspect in an infant to school-age life is their Physical, Social, and Mental Learning Environment. A healthy environment allows children to explore, take the initiative to seeing how things work, problem solve and communicate with peers while learning and building on their vocabulary.

Deciding to work in the field of Early childhood became a goal. The goal of wanting to help each child develop while strengthening their weakness and challenging their strengths. It Is important to give children the tools to grow, be curious and take the initiative to learn how to think outside of the box. I have taken on the responsibility of creating a daily routine and lesson in which children are dedicated to and value their own interest and skills while I myself document the children progress in the early stages of education. Education doesn't start in a school; education start at home. The first stages of learning is bonding which allows children to form that connection with the teachers, educators and parents. Coming from a field of social work; my job was listening to the parents not the building and gaining the trust of the children. I felt if you had the trust of the parent, the child would adjust and connect with you. After being in the field for nearly twenty years, I was introduced to the Early Learning Guidelines handbook. This book showed me the stages of growth, what development stages a child should be at according to their age and how educators like myself can support the children. I've come to realize that a trusting relationship with adults is about listen carefully to what the child has to say. Expand on the conversation by asking question to things that interest them. Observe children in group and independently allowed me focus on what are their area of strengthen and areas of weakness were. Early Childhood wasn't my first career of chose; looking back over the years on how I've became knowledgeable, took trainings and educational course; showed me that this field was my calling and I'm happy I decide to pursue this path working with children of all ages.
My role as a caregiver, teacher, mother and a director are to help mothers', Fathers' and Guardians' learn what it takes to develop and grow the brains of our children. Children learn from what they see and hear, but they also learn better when it hands on. When the learning becomes a part of their daily routine learning becomes fun, engaging, movement and singing, building and pretending. If children were place in a room with nothing in it; how much learning would be done compared to a child placed in an environment filled with opportunities. Every day as a director I take the time out to listen to what the children and families want to see implemented in my program. I provide newsletters to keep them inform of what theme or activities are taking place in the classroom and most of all I document children progress and address areas of improvement if outside resource is need.
Beyond teaching and being a director, I see myself as a positive influence on the family in the community I serve. I believe that a relationship with children and family is not only form in a center or in-home daycare. Going into the homes of the family I serve allows me to learn their culture, traditions, routines and how they interact one on one with their children. My roles to the families I serve is to provide resource, information, guidance and support while being professional at all times. I believe by providing moral support for the parent and cheerleader for the child provides encouragement to keep trying, I'm here to guide and assist you because together we can make it happen.

Lisa's Little Sunshine has a creative curriculum in teaching fine motor skills social and development with academic preparation for school,the kid's will also have a beautiful big backyard to play and have fun,we will also be potty training the little ones, and as well serving 3 healthy meals a day.

At Little Hops Daycare Inc. We offer many activities for our children we are not just a child care center we are also a learning center we allow our children to explore and learn new things. We offer Spanish as a second language to our children we take our children on trips to explore the great big world we live in. At this young tender age our children absorbs information like sponges. We allow our children to be independent on their own by asking questions so that they can grow intellectually. Ever child is different and every child doesn't learn at the same pace so we offer time and patience with our children we also love for our parents to be involved with all that we have to offer. We are building leaders we want your child to excel above the rest by the time your little one is in school they will be far more advance then their classmate. We also offer potty training we have a new program called Hoppers Exploration Program where little ones explore the world they live in through math and science. Plus we offer the STEM program where your child will be learning Science,Technology, Engineering and mathematics.