Pat-A-Cake is a Christian preschool and child care center that offers an all-year program for children from 3 months to 5 years old.
The school was founded in January 2006. The school teaches "hands-on" play and offers activities to develop social, emotional, cognitive and verbal skills.
Round Hill Nursery School was founded in 1946 and enrolls children ages two to five in Greenwich. The school currently has about 80 children from Greenwich and neighboring towns. Round Hill teaches classes in reading, writing, math and fine motor skills.
The Upper School division of Round Hill Nursery School (ages three to five) is housed in the education wing of the historic First Church of Round Hill. The First Step division of RHNS (for two-year-olds) is located in the modern Round Hill Community Church.
Greenwich Catholic School is located on North Street, just outside of downtown Greenwich. They have a large campus next to a Catholic parish on the west side of the street. They are a co-ed school offering education for kindergarten through eighth grade. There is also a pre-K program. Many state-of-the-art facilities are available, including computer labs, athletic fields, and classrooms. Various extracurricular programs are available as well.
Mencius Mandarin Preschool is an English–Mandarin Chinese bilingual preschool located in the heart of Greenwich. It serves children ages 2 to 5 years old, and does not require that its students have prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. The school admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin—as long as they are willing to learn Mandarin Chinese. Founded in 2009, the school is non-sectarian and is licensed by the state of Connecticut.
The First Presbyterian Church Nursery is an outreach of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich. The program includes art and media, math, science and handwriting. There are opportunities for two, two-and-a-half, three and four-year old children. All children's families, regardless of race, ethnicity or socio-economic background are welcome. Care 4 Kids and scholarships are available.
Little Friends, a daycare and preschool located in the first floor of a quiet office building, offers part time and full time care for children aged six weeks to kindergarten age. The facility features a private outdoor play area. Little Friends also offers an after-school program and daycare services during school holidays for children up to eight years old.
Children's Day School began in 1947 as the Christian Day School and was renamed upon expansion in 2002. The school now includes a second campus at 8 Riverside Avenue in Riverside. CDS provides affordable early childcare for Greenwich families. There are educational play-based programs for six-week to six-year olds.
First Steps is a Head Start early childhood education program for children two to five years old, with an outdoor playground and a small garden. It is affiliated with two other Greenwich programs: the Gateway Preschool and the Arch Street Preschool. All are part of the Family Centers organization.
The Stanwich School, founded in 1998, is a private coed day school located in Greenwich. It serves 425 students in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade, with plans to expand to include grades 10 through 12. The school is accredited by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.
The Selma Maisel Nursery School is located on the campus of Temple Sholom in Greenwich.
The Nursery School program provides individual and group activities, such as storytelling, painting, music and movement, book publishing, sensory tables, block building, enrichment programs and a new Discovery Room.
Through Israeli dance, holidays and festivals, and the weekly Shabbat celebration, children gain an appreciation for their Jewish identity, according to the school's website.
Specialized staff visits the school on a weekly rotating basis, including a storyteller, a gym coordinator, an Israeli dancer and a wildlife educator. Rabbi Hurvitz and Cantor Fradkin are also frequent visitors to the classrooms.
As children progress from two to four years old, their classrooms increase in size and number of students.
For more information about The Selma Maisel Nursery School or to arrange a tour, contact Director Phyllis Lyons at [email protected].
Little Friends Child Care and Preschool in Greenwich accepts children from six weeks old. The facility has a capacity for 135 children.
Hours are from 6:30am to 6:30pm and the building is located in the heart of Greenwich.
The facility also keeps parents up to date with an active Facebook page.
The Learning Garden Preschool is located on the campus of the Harvest Time Church, which sits at the border of Greenwich and Westchester County.
Harvest Time Church International began in December 1983, when Rev. Ray and Patti Tate moved to Greenwich to start the church. The Tates left a Youth Pastorate in Wyckoff, N.J., to found Harvest Time in cooperation with the Southern New England District of the Assemblies of God. The first service was held at the Greenwich YMCA on Christmas Eve 1983, with six people attending.
Late in 1984 the church moved to rented space at the Western Greenwich Civic Center where it continued to experience rapid growth. By the end of the first year, Sunday worship attendance exceeded 100 people.
Now the church sits in its new location at the borders of Greenwich and Westchester County and it can seat 1,000 people. The preschool is part of its ministry.