Child's Play

Programs

Four rooms, one very busy garden

Children move up when they're ready, not when the calendar says so — and always with a familiar teacher alongside them for the first two weeks.

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Acorn Room

6 weeks – 18 months

Rocking chairs, floor mirrors, and a rhythm built entirely around each baby's own sleeping and eating clock.

  • Individual nap schedules
  • Daily photo notes
  • Baby sign and songs

$1,690/ month

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Caterpillar Room

18 months – 2.5 years

The busiest room in the building. Climbing, pouring, dumping, and the beginnings of very big feelings.

  • Mud kitchen access
  • Daily sensory work
  • Gentle potty learning

$1,540/ month

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Sunflower Room

2.5 – 4 years

Project weeks that follow the children's obsessions — pulleys one month, worms the next, occasionally both.

  • Weekly studio projects
  • Garden club
  • Story circle and early literacy

$1,395/ month

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Fox Room · Pre-K

4 – 5 years

Kindergarten readiness that still looks like play: maps, measuring, invented spelling and plenty of debate.

  • Numeracy through building
  • Writing workshop
  • Field study twice monthly

$1,320/ month

Included with every room

Kitchen-cooked meals

Breakfast, lunch and two snacks made on site in an allergy-aware kitchen.

Music with Robin

Live guitar and drums every Wednesday, included in tuition.

Quiet bodies

Short breath-and-stretch sessions to close the afternoon.

Early and late care

Doors open at 7:00 and close at 18:00. No hurried mornings.

Good questions

What are your hours?

Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 18:00, year round. We close for nine holidays and one staff development week each August.

Is there a waitlist?

Usually for the Acorn Room. Most families join four to six months ahead; the waitlist deposit is $150 and applies to your first month.

Do you offer part-time schedules?

Yes — three-day (Mon/Wed/Fri) schedules are available in the Caterpillar, Sunflower and Fox rooms at 70% of full tuition.

How do you handle sickness?

Children stay home with a fever over 100.4°F or anything contagious, and we tell you the same day if something is going around.

Ask us anything