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Child Care + Preschool

Half-day care, full-day care, music-focused, nature-focused, and more! Scout out the best child care organizations and early education programs in the Boulder area.

Bixby School

Bixby School

Ages:

Preschool - 5th Grade

Hours & Days:

JOIN THE WAITLIST — Bixby School was founded in 1970. Our school is organized around the belief that children are unique individuals, each with their own abilities, interests, and needs. Bixby's preschool is designed to support and encourage children’s lively intellects with a flexible, and active learning curriculum shaped by student interests and individual personalities. Our shared core values are respect, responsibility, and empathy. 3-acre Campus, Student: Faculty ratio 6:1, Extended Day Available: 7:15 am - 5:45 pm daily, Hot Lunch prepared daily (included), Indoor pool, Weekly Swim Lessons. Play-Based Programming.

Blossom International Preschool, LLC — Boulder

Blossom International Preschool, LLC — Boulder

5001 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder, CO 80303, USA

Ages:

2.5 - 6 years

Hours & Days:

8am - 5pm. M-F. August 1st to May 30th - Closed in July

Blossom International Preschool, LLC is a member of WECAN, CAEYC, CAFCC and AATF. We are a FARM to ECE preschool. Blossom International Preschool is a Waldorf-inspired, play- and nature-based Licensed Child Care Center in operation since 2015. We follow a multicultural Waldorf inspired curriculum and French language is integrated into our daily rhythm and circle/songs. Multilingual Early Childhood Education. We create a safe, nurturing and supportive environment, empowering children to explore and expand during their early years. We have three beautiful Waldorf-inspired classrooms. We celebrate U.S. and International festivals and holidays. At Blossom, we celebrate diversity and we welcome families with children ages 2.5 to 6 years old.

Marie-Pierre Nicoletti

(303) 819-4084

Boulder Country Day School

Boulder Country Day School

Preschool

4820 Nautilus Ct N, Boulder, CO, USA

Ages:

2.5 years - PreKindergarten

Hours & Days:

M-F, 3-day and 5-day options for Preschool. 8am to 3pm, middle school until 3:15pm.

After-school care and enrichment classes available. Boulder Country Day School, where academic distinction meets education with character. BCD is a top-rated, accredited private school in Boulder, Colorado where every child has the opportunity to discover their own unique excellence. BCD Preschool is a unique learning environment where teachers can build meaningful relationships with each student, nurture their strengths, and help them meet goals through focused, individualized attention. Every child deserves to be known and loved, and our small class sizes and low student/teacher ratios empower us to live this value every day.

Susan Boyle

(303) 527-4931 x 248

Children's House Preschool

Children's House Preschool

3370 Iris Walk Ct, Boulder, CO 80304, USA

Ages:

2.75 - 5.5 years.

Hours & Days:

M-Th, 8:30 – 3pm following BVSD for major breaks.

Licensed. Come to our little red schoolhouse and aboard our little green school bus as we take trips to local creeks, ponds, pools, gardens, forest trails and explore different parks. Jump on a Strider bike, or learn to ride one, as we discover the bike trails that go from our school through local neighborhoods and along creeks. Our farm tubs at the school and our community garden plot give children the opportunity to plant, water, weed, and harvest food grown from seed. Local farmers provide fresh produce to us on a weekly basis for children to wash, prepare, and cook delicious snacks. Children will get to visit various local farms to meet the farmers and their animals. Sign up now as we have limited our enrollment to 13 children a day.

Fairy Ring Garden — Longmont

Fairy Ring Garden — Longmont

9147 Fleetwood Ave, Longmont, CO, USA

Ages:

1 - 5 years

Hours & Days:

Year-round. 8:30am to 3:30pm. Full-days and half-days. M-F.

Licensed. Lifeways (Waldorf) Certified. A small, play-based, outdoor-focused home school for children ages one to five in North Longmont. We see every child as unique and beautiful with unlimited potential. They are seeds to be nurtured with love, guidance, and grace so that they might blossom into the fullest expression of who they are meant to be. Outdoor learning with gardening and farm animals. Master’s degree teachers. Chemical free, eco-friendly environment. Based on Waldorf/Lifeways philosophy. Organic, all natural foods, many taken from our own garden. A non-profit school welcoming diverse families, regardless of race, socio-economic status, or gender orientation.

Ginger Johnson, M.Ed.

(303) 507-7331

Flagstaff Academy Preschool

Flagstaff Academy Preschool

2040 Miller Drive, Longmont 80501

Ages:

3 - 5 years

Hours & Days:

Full-Time for 4 & 5 year olds: M-F, 8:30am - 3:15pm. Part-Time for 3 - 5 year olds: M-Th; 8:30 - 11:30am or 12:20 - 3:15pm.

Now enrolling for the 23/24 school year. Flagstaff Academy offers both full-time for 4 & 5 year olds and part-time preschool options for children ages 3 - 5. Founded in 2009, our preschool incorporates the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence Curriculum and Early Learning Developmental Guidelines. Children in the preschool program develop both socially and academically, and discover that learning is fun through play-based activities. Unique learning opportunities include regular visits to our greenhouse/geo-conservatory classroom and teaching garden, and school library time.

Natalie Martin, Preschool Director

(303) 651-7900

Friends School — Boulder

Friends School — Boulder

5465 Pennsylvania Avenue, Boulder, CO, USA

Ages:

3 - 4 yrs. Preschool/Pre-K 4 - 5 year olds.

Hours & Days:

Full-day: 9am - 3pm M-Th; 9am - 1pm F; Half­-day: 9am - 12pm M-F. August - May/Summer Camp.

Licensed & Accredited. A supportive community, committed to educating the whole child--head, hand, and heart. Outdoor-oriented classrooms connected to nature encourage learning through play and exploration with a focus on relationships, communication, art, nature immersion, and a foundation for pre-academic skills. Small classes, low student teacher ratios, wide variety of high-quality materials and experiences. Specials including music, art and PE. Award-winning, master-level teachers with over 20 years of experience in each classroom. Personalized Affordable Tuition. ACIS accredited, NAIS member.

Taylor Replane

(303) 499-1999 x227

Jay and Rose Phillips Early Childhood Center at the Boulder JCC

Jay and Rose Phillips Early Childhood Center at the Boulder JCC

6007 Oreg Ave, Boulder, CO 80301

Ages:

6 weeks - Kindergarten

Hours & Days:

The Boulder JCC Early Childhood Center is designed to enhance each child's social, emotional, linguistic, cognitive, and physical development. Our school offers opportunities for exploration and discovery in a play-based, educational environment. We strive to nourish children's innate wonder, curiosity, imagination, and self-esteem. We welcome children ages 6 weeks through Kindergarten. As a play and constructivist-based Reggio Emilia-inspired school, we believe that education is a process, brought on by the child's interaction with their immediate world. It is through playing in this world that each child is encouraged and stimulated to wonder, explore, experiment, and discover, using their own unique learning style and interests. As a Jewish school, we approach our work with children through Jewish lenses.

Emma Lewallen

(720) 749-2504

Miss Joanie Drama

Miss Joanie Drama

Ages:

Hours & Days:

Miss Joanie Drama offers full-day camps for Summer, Winter Break, Spring Break, School Day Off Workshops, Holiday entertainment, and MORE!

Joanie Rubald

Off Broadway Preschool

Off Broadway Preschool

1235 Pine Street, Boulder, CO, USA

Ages:

3-5 years

Hours & Days:

M-F. Full- or half-days from 8:30 am to 12:30 or 3:30 pm. Extended care 8 am to 5:30 pm.

At Off Broadway Preschool, we aim to inspire curiosity, creativity, and compassion in children and families through our programing. Our daily schedule balances child-directed play experiences with structured group classes in music, yoga, visual art, and integrated arts. We employ professional educators to guide children through the school day, and keep low teacher to student ratios (1:5) to ensure that children and families are given personalized attention. Meals are prepared in-house using high quality organic ingredients. Our recently updated facility is conveniently located in downtown Boulder which allows us to take walking field trips to the Farmers Market, library and Museum of Boulder. As COVID-19 guidelines evolve, we continue to adhere to state, city and Early Childhood Council recommendations. We enthusiastically offer enrollment in Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado. Year round.

Bethany

(303) 800-0324

Sacred Heart of Jesus School

Sacred Heart of Jesus School

Early Learning Center

1317 Mapleton Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USA

Ages:

3-5 years

Hours & Days:

8am - 3pm. 3-, 4-, and 5-day schedule; full- and half-day options. After-Care from 3pm - 6pm

The transition from home life to school is an important milestone in a child's early development. At SHJ, love, and care for each student helps to ensure a smooth transition. Our Preschool program for 3-year-olds develops social-emotional and early learning skills through hands-on, play-based activities. Children practice independence, patience, sharing, and listening—the building blocks for a lifetime of success. Our Pre-K class for 4-year-olds is filled with the discovery and jots of learning through play. Children engage in creative lessons to develop early literacy and math proficiency and prepare them for Kindergarten.

Heather Elhardt

303-447-2362

Snow Lion Preschool

Snow Lion Preschool

2580 Iris Avenue, Boulder, CO, USA

Ages:

16 months - six years

Hours & Days:

M-F full and 1/2 day and partial week program. August - May school year, June - mid July Summer Program.

Snow Lion is a contemplative school for young children. Contemplative education is experiential; it happens naturally rather than being imposed. We value self-discovery through play, interpersonal connection and connection to the natural world. We believe in the power of imagination and discovery that make childrens’ experiences in the world rich with joy and magic. At Snow Lion Preschool we cultivate a community and environment that values process over product, exploration, compassion and loving kindness. Our community holds deep respect for impermanence, flexibility, interdependence, cause and effect, and joy.
Snow Lion began in the autumn of 1995 as a small playgroup of three children. It quickly evolved, and after 27 years under the leadership and vision of Kristin Lhatso, Rachel Flax Kaplan took over to continue Kristin’s legacy in 2022. Snow Lion Preschool is a community of over fifty children with hundreds of alumni children and their families.

Rachel Kaplan

Sunflower Farm School Programs

Sunflower Farm School Programs

School Programs

Longmont, CO, USA

Ages:

3 - 8 years

Hours & Days:

Afternoons or full days. Summer Hours, 8:30-3. School Year Hours 8:30-4:00.

Summer & Fall School-Age, Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten Farm-Based Programs for children Age 3-8. Choose 2 or more mornings, afternoons or full days, Summer Hours, 8:30-3, School Year Hours 8:30-4:00. This mostly outdoor based program consists of hands on animal time, harvesting and gardening, outdoor nature play, project based learning and so much more!

(303) 774-8001

Sunflower Preschool — Boulder

Sunflower Preschool — Boulder

3340 Dartmouth Avenue, Boulder, CO, USA

Ages:

2.5 - 6 years

Hours & Days:

Year-round. Call for hours.

NOW ENROLLING. Licensed. Sunflower celebrates 40 years of connecting young children to nature and their inherent sense of wonder! Sunflower Preschool is a certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom, National Wildlife Federation certified wildlife habitat, as well as PACE certified since 2008. Sunflower Preschool, which opened its doors in 1981, offers a small, eco-friendly, play-based, hands-on, nurturing environment, where children learn through exploration and discovery. At Sunflower, our classrooms are Montessori-based with a science and nature emphasis. The teachers are well-paid professional ECE teachers who have been a part of the Sunflower staff for years. Please come and take a look at our unique children’s science museum as well as the multi-sensory outdoor environment.

Marisa Ellman

(303) 494-2012

TLC Learning Center

TLC Learning Center

611 Korte Pkwy, Longmont, CO 80501, USA

Ages:

Hours & Days:

M-F, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm (full- and half-day options available).

About TLC: We’ve been nurturing success in all kids for over 65 years! Our childcare, preschool and therapy center focuses on helping kids of all abilities develop the cognitive, physical and social-emotional skills they need to thrive in school and beyond.

Lisa Stratton, Educational Services Manager

(303) 776-7417

Thorne Nature Preschool — Boulder & Lafayette

Thorne Nature Preschool — Boulder & Lafayette

Ages:

3 - 6 years

Hours & Days:

Late August – May: School Year, June – early August: Summer Sessions. Days: M-F, 2/3/5-day options. Hours: Half Day 9:00 am - 1:30 pm, Full Day 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Optional early care from 8:30 - 9 am.

Thorne Nature Preschool is built on the simple belief that kids grow better in nature. Our preschool offers a unique early childhood education experience where young children go to learn, grow, and reach their full potential through daily immersion in nature with caring, attentive mentors. With dual goals of nature connection and fostering the development of the whole-child, Thorne Nature Preschool prepares young children to succeed in school and in life. Thorne Nature Preschool is a provider of Colorado’s Universal Preschool program.

Lorene Wapotich

(303) 499.3647 ext. 106

Treehouse Learning

Treehouse Learning

175 N 96th St, Louisville, CO 80027, USA

Ages:

2 months - Kindergarten

Hours & Days:

Full-Time: M-F, 7:30am - 5:30pm.

Treehouse Learning provides quality early childcare and educational experiences for children ages birth-Kindergarten. Now in its 26th year as an independent, family-owned school, Treehouse Learning provides education for a Whole Brain, Whole Person, and Whole Planet through a framework of belonging, inclusion, diversity, equity, and sustainability. Our holistic approach supports optimal and balanced development across children’s cognitive, physical, and social-emotional domains in the context of relationships to self, community, and larger ecosystems on our planet. Our days begin with singing at Big Circle community gatherings, plus mixed-aged learning cohorts, Brain Gym, RULER social-emotional curriculum, music, movement, arts, nature-based learning, community engagement, and more! Gardening program + chef-prepared lunches & snacks daily.

Amy Carr, Program Director

(303) 666-1950

Wee Folk Forest Kindergarten

Wee Folk Forest Kindergarten

Boulder, CO, USA

Ages:

2.5 - 6 years

Hours & Days:

Flexible Scheduling: Mornings, Afternoons, or Full Days. 8:30am - 3:30pm. Mon-Fri.

Wee Folk Forest Kindergarten is a "rain or shine" outdoor preschool/kindergarten in the greater Boulder area for children ages 2 1/2 to 6, and children 0 to 2 1/2 in our Parent/Tot program.

Elizabeth

(720) 383-4406

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