Preschools and Daycare Centers in New York, NY Can't find a specific preschool? Preschool/Daycare Center Address Rating Your Review Acorn School 330 E. 26th Street 5.0 All Souls School 1157 Lexington Avenue 5.0 Bank Street Family Center 610 West 112th Street 5.0 Beansprouts Nursery School (454 6th Ave.) 453 Sixth Avenue 5.0 Broadway Presbyterian Church Nursery School 601 West 114th Street 5.0 Brooklyn Free Space 298 6th Avenue 5.0 Brotherhood Synagogue & Nursery 28 Gramercy Park South 5.0 Chelsea Day School 319 Fifth Avenue 5.0 Chickpeas Child Care 451 Seventh Avenue 5.0 City & Country 146 West 13th Street 5.0 Claremont Children's School 747 Amsterdam Avenue 5.0 Columbus Park West Nursery 100 West 94th Street, 2nd Floor 5.0 Emmanuel Day Care 279 Lafayette Avenue 5.0 First Impressions 782 Rogers Avenue 5.0 Garden House School of New York-40 Sutton Place 40 Sutton Place 5.0 Grace Church 254 Hicks Street 5.0 Graham Windham Finest Care Child Care Center One Police Plaza 5.0 Highway Nursery School 1387 East 37th Street 5.0 Hollingworth Preschool Center for Study and Education of the Gifted 525 West 120th Street, Box 170 5.0 Honeydew Drop Play House 1113 Church Ave 5.0 Jack & Jill School 209 East 16th Street 5.0 Jewish Community Project 146 Duane St 5.0 Kiddi City 414 16th Street 5.0 La Escuelita 302 West 91st Street 5.0 Little Mushrooms 433 1st St. 5.0 Little Stars 588 Brooklyn Ave 5.0 Lycee Francais de New York 505 East 75th Street 5.0 Mandell School 127 West 94th Street 5.0 Maple Street School 21 Lincoln Road 5.0 Medical Center Nursery School 60 Haven Avenue 5.0 Merricat's Castle School 316 East 88th Street 5.0 Merricats Castle Nursery School 316 E 88th St 5.0 Montessori Day 787 A Washington Ave 5.0 Montessori School of New York International, Inc. 347 East 55th Street 5.0 Morningside Montessori Nursery School 251 West 100th Street 5.0 Nursery School at Habonim 44 West 66th street 5.0 Our Lady of Grace 385 Avenue W 5.0 Park Slope Child Collective 186 Saint John's Place 5.0 Park West Montessori 435 Central Park West 5.0 Plymouth Church School 75 Hicks Street 5.0 Riverside Church Weekday School 480 Riverside Drive 5.0 Rocking Horse Nursery School 122 West 69th Street 5.0 Sleepy Hollow Preschool 40 Irving Pl 5.0 Small World 101 West 85th Street Apt 4-3 5.0 Smart Start Early Childhood 8411 Fort Hamilton Parkway 5.0 Smarter Toddler 100A West 89th Street 5.0 St. Ann's School 129 Pierrepont St 5.0 St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School 619 West 114th Street 5.0 St. John's Kidz 34 St. Johns Place 5.0 St. Mark's Day 1346 President Street 5.0 St. Saviour Elementary 701 8th Avenue 5.0 Sunflower Academy/Park Slope 238 5th Avenue 5.0 Temple Emanu-El Nursery School and Kindergarten 1 East 65th Street 5.0 Temple Shaaray Tefila Nursery 250 East 79th Street 5.0 Tender Care 5 West 63rd Street 5.0 The Brick Church School 62 East 92nd Street 5.0 The Brooklyn Heights Synagogue 131 Remsen Street 5.0 The Brownstone School 128 W 80th St 5.0 The Educational Alliance Preschool 197 East Broadway 5.0 The Elizabeth Seton Pre-School 1675 Third Avenue 5.0 The Episcopal School 35 East 69th Street 5.0 The Family Schools 323 East 47th Street 5.0 The First Reformed Episcopal Church 317 East 50th Street 5.0 The Geneva School of Manhattan Preschool 250 East 61st Street 5.0 The International Preschool Toddler and Cr裨e 120 West 76th Street 5.0 The International Preschools-330 E 45th 330 East 45th Street 5.0 The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School 921 Madison Avenue 5.0 Tiny Tot Playhouse 243 88th Street 5.0 Trevor Day School 11 East 89th Street 5.0 Trinity Parish Preschool 74 Trinity Place 5.0 University Plaza Nursery School 110 Bleecker/ Mercer Street 5.0 Village Preschool Center 136 West 10th St. 5.0 Washington Market School-Duane St. 134 Duane Street 5.0 West Side Montessori School 309 West 92nd Street 5.0 West Side YMCA Co-op Nursery School 5 West 63rd Street 5.0 Williamsburg Neighborhood Nursery 10 Withers St 5.0 Woodside Preschool 140 Riverside Boulevard 5.0 Brooklyn Child Care 800 Poly Place 4.9 Children's Aid Society, Greenwich Village Center 209 Sullivan Street 4.9 Open House 318 Warren Street 4.9 Rodeph Sholom School 7 West 83rd Street 4.9 43rd Street Kids Preschool Inc. 484 West 43rd Street 4.8 Beginnings A Toddler Program 130 East 16th Street 4.8 Berkeley Carroll School 712 Carroll Street 4.8 Bright Horizons at NY Presbyterian Hospital 435 East 70th Street 4.8 Brooklyn Friends 375 Pearl Street 4.8 Brooklyn Heights Montessori 185 Court Street 4.8 Chai-Tots Preschool 70 Prospect Park West 4.8 Epiphany Community Nursery School 510 East 74th Street 4.8 Garden House School of New York-593 Park 593 Park Avenue 4.8 Packer Collegiate Institute 170 Joralemon Street 4.8 Park Avenue Methodist Church Day School 106 East 86th Street 4.8 Rivendell School (Children's House) 415 7th Street 4.8 92nd Street YM-YWHA Nursery School 1395 Lexington Avenue 4.7 Horace Mann School for Nursery Years 55 East 90th Street 4.7 Imagine Learning Center 50 Monroe Place 4.7 Linden Tree Pre- School 326 Clinton St 4.7 Old First Nursery School 729 Carroll Street 4.7 Park Avenue Synagogue Early Childhood Center 50 East 87th Street 4.7 Resurrection Episcopal Day School (REDS) 119 East 74th Street 4.7 River School 75 West End Avenue 4.7 St. Stephen of Hungary School 408 E 82nd Street 4.7 St. Thomas More Playgroup 65 East 89th Street 4.7 Sunflower Daycare Union St./Carroll Gardens 298 Union St. 4.7 The Rhinelander Nursery School 350 East 88th Street 4.7 Treasure Island 405 81st Street 4.7 Bethel Elementary 225 Adelphi St 4.6 International School of Brooklyn 237 Park Place 4.6 JCC Early Childhood Center 334 Amsterdam Avenue 4.6 Noteworthy 2350 Broadway, Suite 417 4.6 Orach Chaim Nursery School 1459 Lexington Avenue 4.6 Your Kids, Our Kids 30 West 15 Street 4.6 Central Synagogue May Family Nursery School 123 East 55th Street 4.5 Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School 404 West 116th St. 4.5 Dillon Child Study Center 239 Vanderbilt Avenue 4.5 East Midwood Hebrew Day 1256 East 21st Street 4.5 First Friends Preschool 245 West 74th Street 4.5 First Presbyterian Nursery 12 West 12th Street 4.5 Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Coop 241 Taaffe Place, Suite 107 4.5 Kiddie Korner Preschool 117 Remsen Street 4.5 Preschool of America 600 Avenue of the Americas 4.5 School of the Blessed Sacrament 147 West 70th Street 4.5 Shostakovisch School 297 Avenue X 4.5 The Gani Early Childhood Center 344 East 14th Street 4.5 West End Collegiate Playschool 368 West End Avenue 4.5 Congregation Beth Elohim 274 Garfield Place 4.4 Prospect Kids Academy 341 Prospect Avenue 4.4 The Calhoun School 160 West 74th Street 4.4 Washington Market School-Hudson St. 55 Hudson Street 4.4 Bay Ridge Montessori 6301 12th Avenue 4.3 Beansprouts Nursery School 453 Sixth Avenue 4.3 Cobble Hill Playgroup 93 Rapelye Street 4.3 Kane Street Kids 236 Kane Street 4.3 Madison Playgroup 226 East 60th Street 4.3 Downtown Little School 15 Dutch Street 4.2 Park Avenue Christian Church Day School 1010 Park Avenue 4.2 The Caedmon School 416 East 80th Street 4.2 Corlears 324 West 15th Street 4.0 Downing Street Playgroup 32 Carmine Street 4.0 Hands on World 132 4th Place 4.0 Huggs Day School 763 President Street 4.0 Kids on Fifth 323 5th Avenue 4.0 Le Jardin A L'Ouest 164 West 83rd Street 4.0 Montessori School of Manhattan 55 Beach Street 4.0 Poly Prep Lower School 50 Prospect Park West 4.0 Raindrops 314 5th Street 4.0 Ramaz School 125 East 85th Street 4.0 River Park Nursery School 711 Amsterdam Avenue 4.0 Temple Israel Early Childhood Learning Center 112 East 75th Street 4.0 The International Preschools-1010 Park Avenue 1010 Park Avenue 4.0 Westside Cooperative Preschool 165 West 105th Street 4.0 York Avenue Preschool and Kindergarten 1520 York Avenue 4.0 Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Early Childhood Center 30 West 68th Street 3.9 The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School 1233 York Avenue 3.8 Union Temple 17 Eastern Parkway 3.8 Barrow Street Nursery School 27 Barrow Street, 3rd Floor 3.7 Bellevue South Nursery School 10 Waterside Plaza 3.7 Children's All Day School and Children's All Day Pre-Nursery 109 East 60th Street 3.7 Sunflower Daycare Degraw St./Carroll Gardens 350 DeGraw 3.7 Yaldaynu Preschool 251 West 100th Street 3.7 The Church of Epiphany Day School 1393 York Avenue 3.6 Avalon Academy 204 15th Street 3.5 Chabad Early Learning Center 101 West 92nd Street 3.3 Columbus Preschool and Gym 606 Columbus Avenue 3.3 Honey Dew Drop 277 14th Street 3.3 Love A Lot Preschool 99 Suffolk Street 3.3 Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School 164 East 68th Street 3.3 Williamsburg Northside Preschool 152 North 5th Street 3.3 Eisman Day Nursery Holmes 1794 1st Ave 3.0 Eladia's Kids 272 Flatbush Avenue 3.0 Kiddie Kollege Preschool 1237 Eastern Parkway 3.0 Philosophy Day School 12 East 79th Street 3.0 Riverside Montessori 202 Riverside Drive 3.0 Brooklyn Children's Academy 25 Washington St 2.8 Montessori of NY International 105 8th Avenue 2.8 The Stanley H Kaplan Nursery School of Sutton Place Synagogue 225 East 51st Street 2.7 Sunflower Daycare Bergen St./ Cobble Hill 2.3 Bay Ridge Family Day 424 76th Street 2.0 Sunflower Daycare Prospect Ave./Windsor Terrace Prospect Ave./Windsor terrace 2.0 Forever Young Day Care 4503 Avenue D 1.0 Purple Circle 251 West 100th Street 1.0 Abraham Joshua Heschel School 270 West 89th Street 0 Academy Janet 4213 Snyder Ave. 0 Academy of St. Joseph 111 Washington PL 0 Adapting To Adoption 479 Clinton Avenue 0 Alexandria-yale Home Inc 232 E 56th St 0 Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Daycare Center, Inc. 333 Second Street 0 American European Child Care 2150 Benson Ave 0 Annie G Newsome Headstart Center 129 West 138th St 0 Archdiocese Of New York Head 137 E 2nd St 0 Association For Metro Area Autistic Children, Inc., Amac Children's House 25 West 17th Street 0 Baby Paradise 825 E New York Ave 0 Bais Simcha Preschool 1253 East 18 Street 0 Baptist Temple School 360 Schermerhorn St 0 Baruch College Early Learning Center 104 East 19th Street 0 Basic Trust 225 West 99th Street 0 Battery Park City Day Nursery 215 South End Avenue 0 Bay Ridge Day Nursery 322 44th St 0 Bay Ridge Play Place the Inc 345 91st Street 0 Beachbrook Nursery School 2953 Avenue X 0 Bean Sprouts 506 6th Ave 0 Bellevue Educare Early Childhood Center 462 1st Ave #1 0 Big Apple Day School 2020 Avenue X 0 Birch Herbert Early Childhood Center Inc 554 Fort Washington Avenue 0 Bishop Sexton Head Start Progarm 933 Herkimer Street 0 Bmcc Early Childhood Center, Inc. 199 Chambers Street Rm N-310 0 Borough of Manhattan Community College Early Childhood Center 199 Chambers Street, N-310 0 Boulevard Nursery School 2150 Linden Blvd 0 Boys And Girls Harbor Preschool 1 East 104th Street 0 Bradley David Memorial Day Care Center 172 Franklin Avenue 0 Brath Daycare Services 1162 Brooklyn Avenue 0 Bridge Community Nursery 111 Wadsworth Avenue 0 Bright Horizons at 75 Rockefeller Center 75 Rockefeller Plaza 0 Bright Horizons Broad Street 125 Broad Street 0 Bright Horizons Family Solutions 888 Main Street 0 Bright Horizons Family Solutions (575 Lexington) 575 Lexington Avenue 0 Bright Horizons Park Avenue 200 Park Avenue 0 Brooklyn Community Day Care 202 Vernon Ave 0 Brooklyn Free Space Inc 298 6th Ave 0 Buckle My Shoe Nursery School--W. 13th St. 230 West 13th Street 0 Buckle My Shoe Nursery School-Worth St. 40 Worth Street 0 Bushwick United Headstart 77 Wilson Ave 0 Bushwick United Headstart 4 153 Johnson Ave 0 Bushwick United Headstart II 331 Central Ave 0 Central Synagogue May Family Nursery School (East 55th Street, 9th Fl) 123 East 55th Street, 9th Fl 0 Chabad Preschool 419 East 77th Street 0 Chabad Preschool at Beekman Place 336 East 53rd Street 0 Chama Child Development Center 218 West 147th Street 0 Child Care 275 Livonia Avenue 0 Child Development Center Of Kingsborough Community College 2001 Oriental Boulevard 0 Child Inc Head Start Program 2090 7th Ave # 100 0 Child Study Ctr Of Ny Inc 167 Clermont Ave 0 Children Arch Day Care Ctr 9130 Avenue L 0 Children First At 4 Times Square 4 Times Square 0 Children First At Rockefeller Center 600 Fifth Avenue 0 Children of Today West 72nd Street 0 Children's Aid Society Drew Hamilton 3703 10th Avenue 0 Children's Center Of John Jay College Of Criminal Justice, Inc. 445 West 59th Street Room 1500 0 Children's Garden and Preschool at General Theological Seminary 175 9th Avenue 0 Children's Workshop 17 East 16th Street, #12 0 Childrenfirst At Lehman Brothers 745 Seventh Avenue, Lobby 0 Childrens Aid Society 465 West 167th Street 0 Childrens Day Treatment Cntr & School Inc 255 West 71st Street 0 Childrens Energy Center 196 Prince St 0 Childrens Kingdom Inc 1673 Flatbush Ave 0 Chinese Methodist Center 69 Madison Street 0 Christ Church Day School 520 Park Avenue 0 Christ United Methodist 4419 7th Ave 0 Chung Pak Daycare Center 125 Walker Street 0 Community Life Ctr Inc 23 W 124th St 0 Community Parents Inc 90 Chauncey St 0 Convent of the Sacred Heart 1 East 91st Street 0 Cooper Park Child Care Center 292 Frost St 0 Corcoran Group Brooklyn Lndmrk 124 Montague St 0 CP Kids Preschool Chelsea Piers, Pier 62, Suite 300 0 Creative Classrooms 233 Mott Street 0 Cycle Educational 2412 Church Ave 0 Daly Day Academy 160 West 146th St 0 David Foster Preschool Academy - Excel Education Program 580 Rogers Avenue 0 Day Care Center Inc 196 Albany Ave #2 0 De Baun 161 West 61st 0 Dewitt Church-Headstart 123 Ridge Street 0 Dyker Heights Family Day Care 8019 10th Avenue 0 Early Intervention Center Of Brooklyn 70 Havemeyer Street 0 Early Intervention Preschool 15 W 65th St 0 Early Learning Centers Llc 60 East 97th Street 0 East Calvary Nursery School 1 West 112th Street 0 Educare Child Center 720 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor 0 Eis Laasois 22 Middleton St 0 Elizabeth Seton Pre-School 1675 Third Avenue 0 Epiphany Lutheran Church 721 Lincoln Pl 0 Family Headstart 293 Neptune Ave 0 Family Pre-k 8885 26th Ave 0 Fedkids Child Care Center Imagine Early Learning Center 26 Federal Plaza 0 Fiesta De Los Ninos Day Care 80 Lorraine St 0 First Step Training School 1360 Fulton Street #400-4 0 Five Block Day Care Ctr 995 Carroll St 0 Flatbush Haitian Ctr 1886 Nostrand Ave 0 Forest Park Nursery & Kindergarten 102-35 63rd Street 0 Fort Hamilton Child Development Center 218 Marshall Drive 0 Francis Of Paola Pre School Early Learning Center 201 Conselyea Street 0 Gan Eden 131 West 86th Street 0 Garment Industry Day Care Center (gidcc) 115 Chrystie Street, 2nd Floor 0 Genesis Child Care Ctr 3102 Newkirk Ave # 1c 0 Georgia L. Mcmurray Day Care Center 675 Lincoln Avenue 0 Get Set Kindergarten School 623 Linden Blvd 0 Good Samaritan Day Care Ctr 992 Gates Ave 0 Grace Nursery School 7604 4th Ave 0 Graham Windham Day Care Center 1 Police Plaza 0 Graham Windham Harlem Child Care Center 669 Lenox Avenue 0 Graham-windham Williamsburg Child Care Center 110 Taylor Street 0 Grant Day Care Center 1299 Amsterdam Avenue 0 Greenwich House Preschool 27 Barrow Street, 5th Floor 0 Haitian American Day Care Ctr 1491 Bedford Ave 0 Hamilton-Madison House Child Care Centers 50 Madison St 0 Hanover Place Child Care 15 Hanover Pl 0 Happenstance Personalized Books 286 Macon Street 0 Happy Times Daycare 433 Lafayette Avenue 0 Happy Towers Day Care 13 W End Ave 0 Happyland Manhattan Beach Day 190 Exeter St 0 Harbor Family Horizons Day Care 1330 Fifth Avenue 0 Harbor Morningside Children's Center 311 West 120th Street 0 Harbor Oasis Day Care Center 2211 First Avenue 0 Harlem Children's Zone-154 250 West 127th Street 0 Harriet Tubman Family Living Center 138-142 West 143rd Street 0 Hchc Ace Integration Head Start (Broadway) 1419-23 Broadway 0 Hchc Ace Integration Head Start (Woodbine Street) 19 Woodbine Street 0 Hchc Ace Integration Head Start (Woodbine Street) 17 Woodbine Street 0 Head Start 301 W 140th St 0 Heartshare 7002 4th Ave 0 Highbridge Advisory Council Early Childhood Center #3 1399 Ogden Avenue 0 Hippy USA 525 West 120th St 0 Imagine Learning Centers Vets Kids 423 East 23rd Street 0 Imani Day School 4022 Farragut Rd 0 Immaculate Heart Of Mary 3002 Fort Hamilton Pkwy 0 International Christian School 312 Coney Island Ave 0 International Preschools- 35th 28 East 35th Street 0 Island Kids 536 Main Street 0 J.p. Morgan Chase Back-up Child Care Ctr Metrotech Bright Horizons 3 Chase Metrotech Center 0 Jackie Robinson Youth Center 181 W 135th St 0 John Edward Bruce Day Care Center Ii 1173 Bergen St. 0 Jonathan Williams Day Care Center 321 Roebling Street 0 Jp Morgan Chase Back-up Child Care Center/bright Horizons 18 East 48th Street 0 Juegamos A Cantar 47 Sterling Place 0 Kay's Day Care 1254 E 104th 0 Keshet Learning Center 1612 Quentin Rd 0 Kinder Care 1407 46th Street 0 Kingos Daycare Inc 1097 Clarkson Ave 0 Kings Bay YM-YWHA 3495 Nostrand Ave 0 Kingsley School for Child Development 440 Atlantic Avenue 0 Le Petit Paradis Preschool 1656 Third Ave 0 Learning Is Fun Day Care Ctr 936 Clarkson Ave 0 Lefferts Gardens Montessori 527/559 Rogers Avenue 0 Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Early Childhood Center 331 East 70th Street 0 Lexington Children's Center 115 East 98th Street 0 Lighthouse Preschool Inc 82 Bowery St 0 Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center Inc 250 West 65th Street 0 Little Missionary Day Nursery 93 St. Marks Place 0 Little People's Place 501 W 145th St 0 Little Star Of Broome Street Day Care Center 151 Broome Street 0 Little World Of Learning 7211 13th Ave 0 Louis Green&Evelyn Green Davis Imagine Early Learning Center 60-62 East 97th Street 0 Lucy's Playgroup 250 West 75th Street 0 Lyceum Kennedy French School 225 E 43rd St #4 0 Lyceum Kennedy French Schools 225 E 43rd St #4 0 Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School 921 Madison Avenue 0 Magic Kingdom Nursery 275 Kingston Ave 0 Manhattan Center For Early Learning 328 East 62nd Street 0 Manhattan Day School 310 West 75th Street 0 Manhattan Nursery School 38 West 32nd Street Suite 306 0 Marie Durdin Child Care 2700 Linden Blvd 0 Marine Park Day School 1972 E 34th St 0 Mary Help of Christians School 435 East 11th Street 0 Mary Mc Leod Bethune Ctr 360 Pulaski St 0 Mary Walton Childrens Center 224 West 152nd Street 0 Maryknoll Kindergarten 10 Confucius Plaza Basement 0 Metropolitan Montessori School 325 West 85th Street 0 Metropolitan Preschool Inc 309 East 45th Street 0 Midwood Montessori School 2825 Bedford Ave 0 Minisink Head Start 646 Lenox Ave 0 Morningside Day Care Ctr 2967 8th Ave 0 Morris L. Eisenstein Learning Center 613 New Lots Avenue 0 Mother Hale Learning Center 152 West 122nd Street 0 Mt Hermon Academy Nursery School 10 Waterside Plaza Level A 0 Mt Lebanon Baptist Church Ctr 230 Decatur St 0 Mt Morris Children's Center 2322 3rd Avenue 0 Munchkin Land Ltd 4712 Avenue N 0 My Little Village 33 Avenue A 0 Nat Azaro Day Care Center 232 Powell Street 0 Nayema Universal Learning Ctr 1107 Newkirk Ave 0 Nazareth Day Nursery 214 W 15th Street 0 New Generation Learning Center Inc. 2597 Bedford Av 0 New Generation Pre-school 1811 Schenectady Ave 0 New Hope Day Care Inc 1481 Nostrand Avenue 0 New Life Child Development Ctr 295 Woodbine St 0 New Lots Day Care Ctr 653 Schenck Ave 0 New York League-Early Learning 460 W 34th St # 2 0 Nkechobi's Day Care Ctr 1708 Flatbush Ave 0 Ny Kids Club 265 West 87th Street 0 Our Lady Of Lourdes School 212 Aberdeen St 0 Our Saviour's Lutheran Preschool 414 80th Street 0 Paerdegat Day School 1510 Paerdegat Avenue N. 0 Park East Day School 164 E 68th St 0 Parkside Children Workshop 329 Stratford Rd 0 Parkway Preschool 888 E 56th St 0 Patricia Carbine Children's Center 51 Madison Avenue 0 PattyS Day Care Center 279Ocean Avenue Apt 1D 0 Pb Childrens Academy 3504 Church Avenue 0 Phebeana Pre-School 160 Parkside Avenue 0 Preschool At General Theological Seminary 422 W 20th St 0 Preschool of the Arts 121 West 19th Street 0 Professional Childrens School 132 West 60th Street 0 Prospect Park Early Childhood 1784 E 17th St 0 ps 60 merrill ave 0 Push My Swing 148 E 28th St #2E 0 Putnam Child Development Ctr 706 Quincy St 0 Queen Of Mardyrs 71 Arden St 0 Quo Jadis Montessori Day Care Center 4111 Broadway 0 Rainbow Campus Inc 1110 Bergen St 0 Rainbow Room Daycare 20 Colonel Robert Magaw Pl # 2 0 Red Balloon Day Care Center 560 Riverside Drive 0 Renanim Preschool & Summer Camp At Murray Hill 133 East 29th Street 0 Riverdale Neighborhood House 5521 Mosholu Avenue 0 Riverside Early Learning Center 202 Riverside Drive W 92nd Street 0 Roots & Wings 97 Lincoln Place 0 Royal Adventures 1529 Bath Ave 0 Sackler Lefcourt Center For Child Development 17 East 62nd Street 0 Saint Ann's School 124 Henry Street 0 Saint Malachys Child Development Center 220 Hendrix Street 0 San Jose Day Nursery 432 W 20th Street 0 Sand Castle Child Care Center Inc 2929 W 31st Street 0 Secret Garden Preschool 422 West 20th Street 0 Sephardic Pre-school 1454 Ocean Pkwy 0 Seventh Avenue Center For Family Services 711 Lenox Avenue 0 Sheltering Arms Childrens Service 2311 5th Avenue W 141st Street 0 Shirley Chisholm Day Care Ctr 333 14th St 0 Skazka Iv 1196 Gravesend Neck Rd 0 Small Wonders 3012 Avenue M 0 Smiling Faces 381 Myrtle Ave 0 Soterios Ellenas Parochial 224 18th Street 0 Special Sprouts Inc 339 8th St 0 St Andrews Community Day Care 4917 4th Ave 0 St Ignatius Day Nursery 240 E 84th St 0 St Joseph's College 245 Clinton Ave 0 St Mark The Evangelist Pre School 67 West 138th Street 0 St Martins Nursery & Kndrgrtn 657 Van Siclen Ave 0 St Mary Mother-jesus Preschool 8401 23rd Ave 0 St. Bartholomew Community Preschool 109 East 50th Street 0 St. Finbars Catholic 1825 Bath Avenue 0 St. Mary Mother of Jesus 8401 23rd Avenue 0 St. Matthew's & St. Timothy's Day Care Center 26 West 84th Street 0 Starway Inc 137 Grattan Street 0 Stepping Stones Nursery School 245 86th St 0 Stillwell Avenue Prep & Nursery 132 Highlawn Ave 0 Stillwell Avenue Prep School 6420 Bay Pkwy 0 Studio School 117 West 95th St 0 SubParaProfessional 2060 3rd Avenue Apt. 8C 0 Sunflower Daycare Warren St./Cobble Hill 0 Sunset Park Children's School 4616 4th Ave 0 Superkid Inc 115 Bay Ridge Avenue 0 Taft Day Care Center 1726 Madison Avenue 0 Talmud Torah Off Kasho 324 Penn St 0 Teachers Center 1580 Dean St 0 Tender Loving Care Family Day 1151 68th St 0 Tenth Street Tots 297 East 10th Street 0 The Bank Street Head Start 113 East 13th Street 0 The Carleton Washburne Early Childhood Center Programs 2900 Bedford Ave 1604 James Hall 0 The Center For Preschool & Family Learning Headstart 1854 Amsterdam Avenue 0 The Children's Center At Goldman Sachs 85 Broad Street 0 The Childrens Center At Time Warner Back Up Center 1271 Avenue Of Americas 0 The Childrens Learning Center At Hunter College 695 Park Avenue 0 The Citigroup At Children's Center 388 Greenwich Street 0 The Creative Playschool 5 East 62nd Street 0 The Family Annex 560 West 113th Street 0 The Haag-Vris Infant & Toddler Enrichment Program 184 East 76th 0 The House Of Little People 122 East 91st Street Ofc 0 The International Preschools 9 West 82nd Street 0 The International Preschools-351 E 74th 351 East 74th Street 0 The Kids Korner 247 West 24th Street 0 The Language Workshop For Children 888 Lexington Avenue 0 The Language Workshop for Children 888 Lexington Avenue 0 The Manhattan Kid's Club 21 East 13th Street 0 The Milestone School 155 East 31st Street 0 The Nursery Infant Toddler Day Care Center Inc 130 Fort Washington Avenue 0 The Park Pre-School 275 Greenwich Street 0 The Pinafore Nursery School 808 Lexington Ave #2 0 The Poppyseed Pre-Nursery 219 West 81st Street 0 The Rockefeller University Child and Family Center 1230 York Avenue 0 The Rudolf Steiner School 15 East 79th Street 0 The Sunshine Kids Club 230 East 83rd Street 0 The Town School 540 East 76th Street 0 Theory 1114 Avenue Of The Americ 0 Third Street Music Settlement 235 E 11th St 0 Tiny Tots Express Preschool 3321 Avenue N 0 Tiny Town Preschool 487 Dean Street 0 Tiny Tykes Day Care 219 E. 97th St. 0 Tlc Early Childhood Program 1723 8th Ave 0 Tomer Dvorah Dskwere Pre School 4622 14th Avenue 0 Tompkins Children's Center 730 Park Avenue 0 Tribeca Community School 22 Ericsson Place 0 Tutor For Hire 30 Street Marks Place 0 Tutor Time Child Care Learning Centers 225 East 38th Street 0 Tutor Time Learning Center 7817 3rd Avenue 0 United Community-williamsburg 152 Manhattan Ave 0 University Settlement Early Childhood Center 184 Eldridge Street 0 Vanderbilt YMCA 224 E 47th St 0 Village Kids Nursery 244 W14th Street 2nd floor 0 Virginia Day Nursery 464 East 10th Street 0 Viznitzer Chaider Tiferes Ysrl 1424 43rd St # 1a 0 Warbasse Nursery School 2785 W 5th St 0 Washington Market Preschool 55 Hudson St #A 0 Wee Care Preschool 451 East 83rd Street Apt BA 0 West Eighty Third Street Pre-School Of St Matthew & St Timothy 128 West 83rd Street 0 West Side Family Preschool 63 West 92nd Street 0 West Side Ymca Co-op Nursery 5 West 63rd St 0 West Village Nursery School 73 Horatio Street 0 William O'connor School 420 95th St 0 Williamsburg Y Head Start 64 Division Avenue 0 Yeled Vyalada Early Childhood 420 Lefferts Ave 0 Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood 1257 38th Street 0 Yeshiva Ch-San Soffler 1705 E 49th Street 0 Yeshiva Sharei Hayosher 1334 Ocean Pkwy 0 YMCA 99 Meserole Avenue 0 Youth Access Group 989 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor 0 Ywca Brownsville Early Learning Center 1592 East New York Avenue 0 Ywca Polly Dodge Early Learning Center 538 West 55th Street 0 Ywca Roberta Bright Early Learning Center 3001 West 37th Street 0 Zion Daycare Center 5000 14th Avenue 0 Keywords: equal opportunity employer, NYC NY New York City Manhattan, Careers Certification NYS Certificate Jobs schools teaching early childhood school programs, school, childhood, education, early education, infant care, child care, day care provider, child care provider, day care, children, preschool, childcare, daycare, nursery school programs, child care, education, child care, daycare, childcare, child care center locations, child care programs, child care provider, child day care, child day care center, childcare, children's education, day care provider, daycare, early care,early child care, early childhood education,early education, early learning,early learning center, nurseries, nursery school, preschool education,preschool teacher,preschoolers,programs,quality child care, preschool, smarter toddler nursery, smarter toddler, nyc, uws, upper west side, children, child, babysitter,nanny, gifted and talented programs, private schools, nannies, nanny, home-based daycares, jobs, job, job search, employment, career, careers, career change, work, job listing, job listings, job bank, employment opportunity, job description, job descriptions, job opportunity, job opportunities, job online, jobs online, online jobs, usa job, usa jobs, jobs for teens, job opening, job openings, work, employment application, employment applications, part time job, part time jobs, state job, state jobs, help wanted, careerbuilder.com, career builder, careerbuilder, head hunter, head hunters, headhunter, job, jobs, job sites, job vacancies, find a job, search jobs, resume tips, monster, job search engines, internet jobs, it jobs, computer jobs, retail jobs, healthcare jobs, sales jobs, finance jobs, engineering jobs, legal jobs, human resources jobs, HR jobs, admin jobs, customer support jobs, customer care jobs, career advice, careers, technology jobs, managerial jobs, diversity, equal opportunity, career search, job descriptions, temp jobs, part-time jobs, contractor jobs Multi-arts Dance | Art | Language | Computers | Sports | Theater | Comedy | Miscellaneous Arts and Music at Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St at Pitt St (212-598-0400, ext 224 or ext 209, henrystreet.org). Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey St–Essex St. $160-$800. Wesley Snipes got his start at Henry Street, where professional teaching artists lead structured but fun workshops for kids in drama, dance, art and music. Private music instruction is also available. Ages 6 to 9. Musical Theatre Production Wingspan Arts Conservatory, 630 Ninth Ĺve between 44th and 45th Sts (212-586-2330; wingspanarts.org). Subway: to N, Q, R, W, 42nd St S, 1, 2, 3, 7 42nd St-–Times Square. $900. Here, kids put on a full musical performance with twice weekly practices at professional theatre spaces. Ages 6 to 12. Lucy Moses Community Arts School Programs Kaufman Center, 129 W 67th St. between Amsterdam and Broadway Aves (212-501-3384, kaufman-center.org). Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Center. $450–$780 for 30 weeks. Located right next to the Merkin Concert Hall and P. S. 859, a school for musically gifted children, Lucy Moses has been inundated with the sounds and spirits of so many talented musicians that your child can't help but absorb some of their passion. Lessons are given in piano, keyboard, recorder, voice and guitar. If, despite all the good vibes, your kid proves to be tone-deaf, check out the drama, musical-theater, creative dance, ballet and Broadway dance classes. Ages 18 months and up. Creative Arts Studio Creative Arts Studio, 310 Atlantic Ave between Hoyt and Smith Sts, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn (718-797-5600, creativeartsstudio.com). Subway: F to Bergen St. $245. The focus is on kids at Creative Arts Studio, which offers only a handful of classes for adults. This multidisciplinary arts center has a range of after-school and weekend classes in dance, drama, music, science, writing, knitting and art for toddler-age children and up. Among the more unique classes are singing and songwriting (for tweens), comic creation (tweens), and the Creative Arts and Crafts program, in which kindergartners make their own books, jewelry, puppets and instruments. Ages 18 months and up. Kidville, NY Kidville, NY, 163 E 84th St between Third and Lexington Aves (212-772-8435, kidvilleny.com). Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St. 466 Columbus Ave between 82nd and 83rd Sts (212-362-7792, kidvilleny.com). Subway: B, C to 86th St. $395–$1,295 (Kidville University $2,995) per semester plus $60 annual registration fee. Kidville is the ultimate location for your tyke, with offerings six days a week in music, dance, gym, art, cooking and enrichment. Kidville University, a pre-school alternative program, offers toddlers a play-based curriculum with a small teacher-child ratio. The two-hour day includes songs and music, storytelling, group work, science and math and 30 minutes of gym time. Ages newborn to 5. HiArt! HiArt!, 601 West 26th St, Studio 1425I, at Eleventh Ave (212-362-8190, hiartkids.com). Subway: C, E to 23rd St. $600-$675. The always ambitious, always high-energy classes at Hi Art! introduce kids to the art world in ways that most programs assume little ones aren’t ready for. On offer in the Chelsea studio are sections in claymation, painting, sketching, robotics and more. Ages 18 months 13 years. Precollege Division of Manhattan School of Music Manhattan School of Music, 601 W 122nd St and Broadway (212-749-2802, msmnyc.edu). Subway: 1 to 125th St. Application fee $60 (late application fee $30); registration fee $60 (late registration fee under 30 days $50, late registration fee over 30 days $100), tuition fee $2,625-$3,100 per semester (secondary instrument $900-$1,100), electives $200-$600. Children audition for this all-day Saturday music intensive program. A typical class schedule includes a private forty or sixty minute lesson, theory and ear training classes, performance in a large or small ensemble, and performance and elective classes. Students can learn about music composition, conducting, jazz and even opera. Cheer on your child at annual recitals and the concerto competition, where winners perform with one of four orchestras at a public concert. Ages 5 to 18. Lotus: Dancing Across Borders Lotus Music & Dance, 109 W 27th St, 8th floor, between Sixth and Seventh Aves (212-627-1076, lotusmusicanddance.org). Subway: F, V to 23rd St; 1 to 28th St. $12-$13 per session plus $10 registration fee. Kids can learn the moves and hand-gesture language of South Indian Bharata Natyam, North Indian vocals or flamenco. Ages 5 to 12. Saturday Live Programs for Teens Fashion Institute of Technology, Center for Pre-College Programs, Seventh Ave at 27th St, Room B128 (212-217-7882, fitnyc.edu/saturdaylive). Subway: 1 to 28th St. Students from NY $245; students from outside NY $320. Teen artists will likely consider the prospect of taking a class at FIT totally cool; and you might appreciate the fact that the fashion school has a surprisingly long list of non-style related classes: graphics, marketing, photography, computer design and drawing. And of course, there's plenty for the budding fashionista, including accessory and fashion design, sewing and embroidery. Ages 14 and up. Taking Stages Dance Group Arts Center, 305 W 38th St and Eighth Ave (212-719-2733, ndg.org). Subway: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 to 34th St–Penn Station. $240–$1,248 plus $50 annual registration fee. The Dance Group Arts Center offers three semesters a year of training in ballet, jazz, tap, musical theater, hip hop, acting and voice. The progressive tutorials focus on technical, physical and artistic growth, individuality, and overall enjoyment. Ages 4 to 18. City Lights Performance Workshops City Center, 630 Ninth Ave, Suite 1411, between 44th and 45th Sts (212-262-0200, clyouththeatre.org). Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St–Port Authority; N, Q, R, W, 42nd St S, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St–Times Square. $295-$600. Your Broadway-bound child can shine in the spotlight at City Lights Performance workshops. Choose from comedy, basic acting, musical theater and audition techniques. Ages 3 to 18. Dance Multi-arts | Art | Language | Computers | Sports | Theater | Comedy | Miscellaneous The Ailey School Junior Division Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, 405 W 55th St and Ninth Ave (212-405-9000, alvinailey.org). Subway: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th St–Columbus Circle. $1,100-$3,000 for annual tuition plus $50 registration fee. Getting into this pre-professional program requires an audition and dedication to the art form: kids take no fewer than two classes a week, and 14-year-olds take up to eight or ten. When watching those auditioning for the program, Dawn Tricarico, coordinator of the Junior Division, says she looks for students who are focused and can follow directions, and have natural ability and flexibility. These aren't necessarily kids who want to have a career or lifelong involvement in dance, but given the program's fairly intense structure, they should have some passion for dance. Ages 7 to 17. First Step and Bounding Boys Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, 405 W 55th St at Ninth Ave (212-405-9000, alvinailey.org). Subway: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th St–Columbus Circle (B weekdays only). $690 for annual tuition plus $50 registration fee. These audition-free Ailey classes introduce young kids to technique by exploring the connection between dance, rhythm and music. Weekly sessions develop body awareness and control and encourage creativity. Bounding Boys is for the athletic young male and is a music, movement, and tumbling experience. Ages 3-6 for First Step, Boys. Ages 4-6 for Bounding Boys. Ballet Hispanico School Ballet Hispanico, 167 W 89th St between Columbus and Amsterdam Aves (212-362-6710, ballethispanico.org). Subway: 1 to 86th St. $500-$580 for the year plus $25 registration fee. The focus here is on ballet (duh!), but classes in Spanish, modern and contemporary dance are also available. A new tuition-free boys program emphasizes creative movement. The school counts Jennifer Lopez and Leelee Sobieski among its alumni. Your child can take up to eight classes a week in the hopes of turning out like them (or not). Ages 2 and up. BAX Performing Arts and Dance Classes Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Ave at 8th St, Park Slope, Brooklyn (718-832-0018, bax.org) Subway: F, M, R to Fourth Ave–9th St (M weekdays only). Afterschool programs $174-$208 and baby/toddler programs $72.50-$101.50, plus $35 annual registration fee for the whole family. At this popular community space, classes includes kids' yoga, storytelling and art for toddlers, and acting technique and modern and hip hop dance for teens. Boys Movement and Creative Movement are also available. Ages 5 months to 18 years. Dancewave Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn (718-522-4696, dancewave.org). Subway: Q to Seventh Ave; 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza. Dancewave has been developing young dancers for several years and produces the annual Kids Cafe Festival. This fall's schedule of beginning and intermediate classes in ballet, hip-hop, creative modern and choreography also includes a harder-to-find beginning ballet class for 8- to 12-year-olds, which means it's not too late to get your kids into tights or a tutu. An open house offered prior to the semester lets you try before you buy. Ages 5 to 18. Introductory Step Dance Irish Arts Center, 553 W 51st St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves (212-757-3318, ext 204, irishartscenter.org). Subway: C, E to 50th St. $40 per month, plus $10 registration fee. Girls and boys alike can lace up their shoes and practice their reels, jigs and other traditional Irish-dance moves at these weekly classes. Offerings include Gaelic Kids, an Irish language tutorial, and Keltic Kids, a pre-school Irish music and movement program. Ages 5 and up. Mark Morris Dance School 3 Lafayette Ave between Flatbush Ave and Fulton St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn (718-624-8400, markmorrisdancegroup.org). Subway: B, D, Q, R to DeKalb Ave (B, M weekdays only); C to Lafayette; G to Fulton St; 2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St. $185–$200. Call or go online for class schedule and registration. Beginning and intermediate dancers head to Brooklyn to study modern, creative, jazz. ballet, tap, West African and hip-hop dance in the school's spacious new digs. Ages 4 to 17. The New American Youth Ballet 98 Battery Place off of W Thames St. (212-945-2926, newamericanyouthballet.org). Subway: 1 to Rector St. $50 registration fee; classes offered by donation. Call for a registration form. This egalitarian, non-profit organization offers ballet lessons at a rate everyone can afford: the program is run on monthly donations, so its administrators just request that you pay what you can. While you're working out what's a fair price, your twinkle toes will be practicing movement, classic ballet story lines and vocabulary, proper positioning, and everything else you'd expect from a ballet program. Ages 2 and up. Pop Action S.L.A.M., 51 North 1st St between Kent and Wythe Aves, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (718-384-6491, strebusa.org). Subway: L to Bedford Ave. $260; siblings receive ten percent off. Little kids get an intro to circus arts a la STREB—choreographer Elizabeth Streb's high-impact dance company—while their older sibs are learning the philosophy and technique behind Streb's Pop Action technique. Be prepared to watch your child suddenly fly through the air. Ages 3 to 5; 8 to 10. Lava After School Lava Dance Studio, 524 Bergen St between Carlton and Sixth Aves, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn (718-399-3161, lavalove.org). Subway: Q to Seventh Ave; 2, 3, to Bergen St. $180. Aerodynamic kids can take over LAVA's new studio to work on their front flips, back bends and other acrobatics under 12-foot ceilings and in natural light. Kids and teens can also drop by on Thursday afternoons for a $5 open workout hour. Ages 5 and up. Spoke the Hub Spoke the Hub Re-Creation Center, 748 Union St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, Park Slope, Brooklyn (718-408-3234, spokethehub.org). Subway: M, R to Union St (M weekdays only). $275–$450. Every type of dance seems to be on offer at this community center which was created back in 1995 by the "cultural pioneers" who started the Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Kids and teens can take classes in ballet, creative dance, tap, folk and other forms of dance; Spoke the Hub also offers kids yoga, aerobic workouts, meditation, drama, sketching, tai chi, Brazilian percussion and a Make Believe class for toddlers. Ages 2 and up. Art Multi-arts | Dance | Language | Computers | Sports | Theater | Comedy | Miscellaneous ArchiKids For information, call 718-768-6123 or archikids.org. · Village Community School, 272 W 10th St between Greenwich and Washington Sts. Subway: 1 to Christopher St–Sheridan Sq. · Packer Collegiate Institute, 170 Joralemon Street between Court and Clinton Sts, Brooklyn Heights. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall; M, R to Court Street; A, C, F to Jay Street–Borough Hall Budding builders who sign up for the ArchiKids Young Architects program will develop their 2- and 3-D visualization skills by building models of everything from columns and domes to bridges and skyscrapers. Ages 8 to 13. ArtKids Meets every week at a different museum (646-201-9168, artmuseny.com). $675-$700 for a fifteen sessions; $475 for ten sessions. Encourage your miniature Monet to explore New York City’s wonderful art offerings. Each week, ArtKids takes students to a different art museum for a 45-minute interactive discovery experience and a 15-minute exhibit-related art project. Ages 3 to 12 (children under 6 must be accompanied by a parent). Art for Kids School of Visual Arts, 209 E 23rd St at Third Ave (212-592-2445, schoolofvisualarts.edu). Subway: 6 to 23rd St. $220. In a competitive field in a competitive city, it helps to have a prep course from a school with a name like the School of Visual Arts behind you. For kids just looking to have fun and make some art, there are three Saturday programs divided up by grade. Grades K through 9. Pottery Classes La Mano Pottery, 237 W 18th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves (212-627-9450, lamanopottery.com). Subway: A, C, E to 14th St; 1 to 18th St. $240–$450. Small groups of teens learn how to make mugs, coil pots, pinch pots, simple dishes and glass beads. Ages 12 and up. Gallery/Studio Program Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (718-501-6230, brooklynmuseum.org). Subway: 2, 3 to Eastern Pkwy–Brooklyn Museum. $195. These classes are for fairly serious young artists. After checking out the museum collection, developing their art vocabulary and doing some sketching, kids head into the studio to make art inspired by what they saw. Classes are small (about 15 students) and are led by teaching artists. Ages 6 and up. The Education Alliance Art School's Young Artist Program 197 East Broadway between Clinton and Jefferson Sts (212-780-2300, ext 463 or ext 378, edalliance.org/artschool/). Subway: F to East Broadway. $75-$120 (scholarships available). This Lower East Side institution, a fixture in the community since 1889, offers after-school classes in painting, ceramics, drawing, photography, cartooning and portfolio creation for tweens and teens. Ages 11 to 19. Language Multi-arts | Dance | Art | Computers | Sports | Theater | Comedy | Miscellaneous Lingua Learning: Language Immersion Program The Actor’s Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd floor, between Sixth and Seventh Aves (212-947-1386, lingualearning.com). Subway: F, V to 23rd St; 1 to 28th St. $180 per six class session. Lingua Learning’s mission is to teach students “a new first language” with special emphasis on conversational ability. Sixty- and ninety- minute classes are designed to immerse children in Mandarin, French or Spanish through activities, games, songs, stories and snack. Classes of four to eight students allow for individualized attention. Ages 3 to 10. Language Workshop For Children 888 Lexington Ave at 66th Street (212-396-0830, thibauttechnique.com/). Subway: 6 to 68th St–Hunter College. Other locations: 129 W 67th St between Amsterdam and Broadway Aves; Eighth Ave at Lincoln Pl, Park Slope, Brooklyn. $395–$675. Prime your kids for a life in the foreign service or international community with these classes, which take advantage of your little one's ability to learn languages fairly easily. Native speakers teach toddlers and children Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese by immersing them in the language through the use of award-winning visual aids, games and music. The Language Workshop, which started 35 years ago, is one of the country's original language schools for children. Ages 6 months to 9 years. French classes French Institute Alliance Francaise, 22 E 60th St between Madison and Park Aves (212-355-6100, ext 214, fiaf.org) Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 59th St. Kids and teens $330 plus materials (textbook, workbook and CD); toddler classes $260-$640. Native speakers help your child develop just the right accent to properly pronounce steak frites and the skill to conjugate all those irregular verbs. Older kids can take French for native speakers, French for foreign language speakers, theater workshops and an AP French tutorial. Ages 12 months to 16 years. Computers Multi-arts | Dance | Art | Language | Sports | Theater | Comedy | Miscellaneous FutureKids NYC 1628 First Ave between 84th and 85th Sts (212-717-0110, futurekidsnyc.com). Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St. $460-$795 plus $35 registration fee. When FutureKids was formed, back in 1983, its goal of equipping kids with the basic computer skills necessary for success was pretty forward-thinking. For that the company was rewarded: It now has more than 2,000 locations worldwide. Lest your child be left behind, classes for kids as young as three teach the fundamentals (and not-so fundamentals) of the tech world, including word processing, graphics, programming and video editing. Don't worry: The center also offers adult classes, so you can keep up. Ages 3 to 15. Lego RoboFun Workshop Vision Education, 38 E 23rd St between Madison and Park Aves (212-245-0444, robofun.org). Subway: R, W, 6 to 23rd St (W weekdays only). $325. If your kid has mastered his Lego castle-building kit and is starting to take apart your laptop, sign her up for these week-long workshops in which she’ll soup up those Swedish-brick constructions with motors, sensors and minicomputers, thus creating robots. Vision Education runs two workshops in robotic and computer animation/game design. Ages 6 to 13. Robot Workshops for Kids Robot Village, 252 W 81st St at Broadway (212-799-7626, robotvillage.com). Subway: 1 to 79th St. $30 and up. If your kid dreams of inventing a robot that rivals those of Star Wars maybe its time to visit the Robot Village and enroll in one of the Robot Workshops. Kids can create their own bots, learn all the mechanics and then battle their creations in an ultimate fighting match. Ages 4 and up. The Techno Team Reebok Sports Club NY, 160 Columbus Ave at 67th St (212-501-1425, thetechnoteam.com). Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Center. Starting at $55 per class. For the technologically challenged, there's free e-mail at the Apple store. For technologically smart grade-schoolers, there are classes at the Techno Team. Rather than simply IM-ing their friends and playing SIMS, these kids are manipulating digital photographs, toying with pixels, editing movies and programming their own games. It's worth signing your kid up: The two of you won't have a conversation that you can follow ever again, but Junior will be able to make all the Christmas cards, stoop-sale flyers and quarterly reports you need until he's out of the house. Ages 3 to 15. Sports Multi-arts | Dance | Art | Language | Computers | Theater | Comedy | Miscellaneous Chelsea Piers Sports Programs Chelsea Piers Field House, 23rd St at West Side Hwy (212-336-6500, chelseapiers.com). Subway: C, E to 23rd St. Check website for prices. There's not a sports aficionado that Chelsea Piers, that behemoth on the Hudson, can't please: The Piers offers instruction in every sport imaginable, from standards such as baseball and soccer to specialized martial arts, gymnastics and rock climbing. In most sports, kids can sign up for one to three classes a week; weekend clinics and holiday camps are also available. Ages 2 and up. Future Slugger Program The Baseball Center NYC, 202 W 74th St between Amsterdam Ave and Broadway (212-362-0344, thebaseballcenter.com). Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 72nd St. $549. Back in the old days, kids made it to the big leagues by honing their talent in the sandlot (or so those nostalgic movies would have us believe). Today, future pros still play in the park, but they also play on their summerhouse's private field and, in the off-season, at the Baseball Center, where professional batting, fielding and pitching coaches help kids develop the skills they need to make the team (even if it's only the Little League). Ages 4 to 12. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center (formerly Carmine Recreation Center) 1 Clarkson Street at Seventh Ave South (212-242-5228, nycgovparks.org). Subway: 1 to Houston St. FREE. Run by the city's Parks and Recreation department, this recreation center began as a bath house for the masses in the early 1900s and remains a community center for all types. Its walk-in after-school program, available on a first-come, first-serve basis, provides kids with homework help as well as arts and crafts, swimming and sports programs. Basketball enthusiasts should check out the hoops in the gym, because the center is quite the hoops hub. Note: This noisy place is not for the overly sensitive. Ages 6 to 13. Junior Tennis Program Champion Tennis Club, 1918 First Ave between 98th and 99th Sts (212-876-7766, championtennisclub.com). Subway: 6 to 96th St. Pee Wee Tennis $289; Little Champs Tennis $389; Rising Stars Tennis $389. In small group, hour-long lessons at this Upper East Side club, kids do drills, play games and learn the rules of tennis. And who knows, your tyke could be the next Andre Agassi. Ages 3 to 16. Figure Skating In Harlem Riverbank State Park, 145th St and Riverside Dr (212-606-4212, figureskatinginharlem.org). Subway: A, C, B, D to 145th St. $350 for the year. Now in its seventh year, Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH) continues its unusual after-school program for Harlem girls and teens. The commitment can be great—participants are required to attend at least two practices a week and maintain a B-average in school—but the support is substantial and the rewards are life lasting. Girls are given homework help, counseling and public speaking assistance. Parents are requested to pay one-tenth of the program's costs. Ages 6 to 16. Imagine Swimming classes · BMCC Pool, 199 Chambers St, enter at North Moore at West St. Subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St. · Brookdale Pool, 425 E 25th St between First Ave and the FDR. Subway: 6 to 23rd St. · St. Bart’s Church, 50th and Park Ave. Subway: 6 to 51st St. Call 212-253-9650 to register or go to imagineswimming.com for an application. Five levels of aquatic skill are available to school your little fish into a regular dolphin. Low student-to-instructor ratios ensure that kids get the attention to stay afloat in these 40-minute lessons. Ages 18 months to 12 years. Velocity Sports Performance 133 E 58th St at Lexington Ave, sixth floor (212-593-3278, velocitysp.com) Subway: N, R, W to Lexington Ave–59th St (W weekdays only); 4, 5, 6 to 59th St. See website for prices and schedules. For student athletes who are serious about their sport, this professional training center has programs ranging from skill development to strength and conditioning. Ages 8 to 18. Karma Kids Yoga 104 W 14th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves (646-638-1444, karmakidsyoga.com). Subway: F, V, 1, 2, 3 to 14th St. See website for schedule and prices. Kids learn yoga poses, relaxation exercises and breathing techniques, increase strength and flexibility, and build focus, body awareness and confidence at these classes. Instructors utilize creative expression, games, music, art and storytelling. Karma Kids Yoga also offers Yoga Dance and family yoga classes. Ages 2 months and up. Brooklyn Fencing Center 62 4th St at Hoyt St, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (917-541-8902, brooklynfencing.com). Subway: F, G to Carroll St. $150. Novice sword slingers work on foot and blade skills to develop a strong foundation in basic Olympic-style technique at this Brooklyn program. Ages 6 to 16. Tae Kwon Do Manhattan Tae Kwon Do, 215 W 76th Street at Broadway (212-721-2240, manhattantaekwondo.com). Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 72nd St. Call or see website for prices and schedule. Kids interested in this Korean martial art because of something they've seen in their Black Belt Challenge video game might be a little disappointed by these classes, which focus on developing confidence, self-control and leadership abilities. It doesn't sound like there are any high kicks or lunges hidden in that description, does it? (Don't worry, there are). But wanna-be black belts can rest assured that this school teaches Tae Kwon Do as it's meant to be taught. Ages 4 and up. Soccer Classes The Modern School of Soccer. Classes held in Central Park, Prospect Park and Flushing Meadows Park. Call 718-204-8534 or 212-591-2255 for more information and to enroll; view schedules and prices at themodernschoolofsoccer.com. Sessions offered every two months. Discounts are available for multiple kids. If the costs of your kids' sporting activities are running upwards of private school tuition, consider signing them up for the Modern School of Soccer's discount programs. Approximately 12-lesson sessions meet to work on technique, stretching and the rules of the game. Price is reduced when two kids sign up together; add another kid, and the price for each is even lower. Tani Taormina, a soccer enthusiast and native of Italy who opened the school in January 2003, goes out of his way to keep his "customers" (read: parents) happy; meanwhile, he and six other coaches are busy thinking like kids to try to better relate to their players and keep the sport fun. Ages 3 to 14. New York Jiu Jitsu New York Jiu Jitsu, 577 Broadway between Houston and Prince Sts. (866-NY-JITSU, nyjiujitsu.com). Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette (B, V weekdays only); N, R to Prince St. See website or call for schedule. $129 per month of unlimited classes. Turn your wilting wallflower into a self-confident, butt-kicking kid by enrolling her in these martial-arts classes that focus on self-defense, confidence, balance and teamwork. Enrollment is limited to 10 students per class. Ages 3 to 15. Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen One With Heart Martial Arts, 248 W 14th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves (212-645-6661, poekoelan.com). Subway: A, C, E, L to 14th St; F, L, V, 1, 2, 3 to 14th St. See website or call for schedule. $149 per month, plus $99 joining fee (includes uniform). A traditional Indonesian martial art, Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen is flowing and graceful when properly done, and mimics the movements of four animals: monkey, tiger, snake and crane. Kids studying this rare form can expect to develop their coordination and discipline skills. Ages 4 and up. Theater Multi-arts | Dance | Art | Language | Computers | Sports | Comedy | Miscellaneous DramaZone DramaZone, 220 East 86th St between Second and Third Aves (917-690-0789, dramazonenyc.com). Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St. $480 per semester ($20 for first drop in and $28 for succeeding drop ins), unlimited classes $975. Does your child have talent, personality and tons of imagination? Sign her up for tap, ballet, jazz, or hip-hop dance, creative movement, dramatic play, improvisation, acting or musical theater. P.S. 6 also offers a Drama Zone Broadway rhythm class and Woodside Preschool and Trump Place offers drama and dance sessions. Ages 4 months to 18 years. New Acting Company at Greenwich Village Center 219 Sullivan St between Bleecker and W 3rd Sts (212-254-3074, childrensaidsociety.org). Subway: A, C, E, B, D, F, V to W 4th St (B, V weekdays only). $325-$370. Register over the phone. The New Acting Company is a chance for your budding actor or actress to learn all the acting essentials. Throughout the semester, classes are offered in game-based and workshop-oriented skills, production, auditions, costumes, lighting, makeup and character development. Students can audition in January for the annual professional production. Ages 3 to 15. TADA! Youth Theater TADA! 15 W 28th St between Broadway and Fifth Ave (212-252-1619, tadatheater.com). Subway: R, W, 1 to 28th St. $200–$325. Call for registration and schedules. If you have any little drama queens on your hands, TADA! is where they can develop into all-out musical theater royalty. Using the theater's own repertoire as well as Broadway and off-Broadway selections, TADA's teaching artists instruct burgeoning stars in singing, dancing and, oh yeah, acting. These semester-long classes usually finish up with a presentation to friends and family. Ages 4 to 17. Theatre Arts City Lights Youth Theatre, 300 W 43rd Street, Suite 401, at Eighth Ave (212-262-0200, clyouththeatre.org). Subway: A, C, E, N, Q, R, 42nd St S, W, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St–Times Square. $295–$770 (for a full-year course). This off-Broadway performing-arts center works to cultivate a diverse group of little performers, helping grade-schoolers use their imaginations to develop a voice and their first acting skills, while older kids work on improv, comedy, musical theater, preparing for professional auditions and movement exploration. Ages 3 to 19. Acting Classes Manhattan Children's Theatre, 52 White St, between Church St and Broadway, first floor (212-226-4085, mctny.org). Subway: J, M, N, Q, R, W, Z, 6 to Canal St (M, W weekdays only). $150–$225. Kids learn how to be comfortable on a stage, project their voices, mime and control their bodies as they work on simple plays, monologues, short scenes and improvisation (activities depend on grade level). Grades pre-K to 5. Comedy Multi-arts | Dance | Art | Language | Computers | Sports | Theater | Miscellaneous Kids ’N Comedy Weekly Sessions Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W 23rd St between Seventh and Eighth Aves (212-877-6115, kidsncomedy.com). Subway: C, E, 1 to 23rd St. $405. Comedians and comedy writers from the city try to teach the art of stand-up to wisecracking class clowns. Through practice, observation of professionals and practice, kids work out a routine that they can perform for a live audience at Kids 'N Comedy's monthly shows. Ages 10 to 18. Miscellaneous Multi-arts | Dance | Art | Language | Computers | Sports | Theater | Comedy Parenting Center 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave between 91st and 92nd Sts (212-415-5624, 92y.org). Subway: 4, 5, 6, to 86th St; 6 to 96th St. See website for starting date and number of sessions. $10-$140. New parents can play and socialize with their newborns! The 92nd Street Y offers classes like Shape Up with Baby, Baby Massage, Rock ‘n’ Roll with Baby, Little Explorers and a discussion-based series led by parenting experts. Toddler and pre-school aged children participate in cooking, art, science, fairy tale and Israel dancing classes. Ages newborn to 5 years. 74th Street Magic 74th Street Magic, 510 E 74th St between York Ave and the East River (212-737-3070, 74magic.com). Subway: 6 to 77th St. Single class $550 (each additional per week: $445), 1.5 hr class $775 (each additional per week $675), pre-school classes $2,300-$4,000 (2-5 days). At Magic Makers classes, your tots don’t learn how to pull rabbits out of hats or disappear into thin air. But they do participate in a mix of gym classes, preschool enrichment, art, music, stories, science and cooking. Older kids expand their artistic horizons with 74th Street’s “magic” after-school art program. Ages newborn to 14 years. Jewish Community Center Jewish Community Center, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St (646-505-4445, jccmanhattan.org). Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 72nd St (busing available from schools). Pick-up service $150-$235, classes $215-$900. The JCC Manhattan offers a jam-packed schedule Monday through Friday afternoons that caters to all students’ interests. Young chefs can participate in cooking tutorials, tech-savvy students build skills with the Multi-Media Center’s computer software and budding actors put on a Broadway-style musical. Be sure to check out fun offerings like studio art, dance, gymnastics, basketball, hockey, swimming, yoga and martial arts. Transportation is provided for kids from neighborhood schools. Ages 4 and up. NY Kids Club NY Kids Club · 265 W 87th St between Broadway and West End Ave (212-721-4400, nykidsclub.com). Subway: B, C, 1 to 86th St (B weekdays only). · 169 Amsterdam Ave between 67th and 68th Sts (212-721-4100). Subway: 1 to 72nd St. · 38 E 22nd St between Park Ave S and Fifth Ave (212-375-1100). Subway: N, R to 23rd St. See nykidsclubs.com for prices and schedule. New York Kid's Club calls itself "the west side's total enrichment experience for six months to twelve years," and in many ways it is, if your idea of complete enrichment is ballet, cooking and various physical fitness classes. The club does these subjects very well, however, so be assured that while you might need look elsewhere for your kids' mental and spiritual enrichment, physically they're doing just fine. Ages 3 to 16. After School Arts and Smarts Clubs Rhinelander Children's Center, 350 E 88th St between First and Second Aves (212-876-0500, rhinelandercenter.org). Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St. $3,925 includes transportation). This program claims that "it's like coming home after school," but really the center serves more as an extension of the school day for many kids. Each club (divided by age) has a homeroom, a teacher and an assistant, and there's a lot of focus on studying. Lucky for the kids, there's often enough art-making and -performing to keep them from noticing that homework is primary at Rhinelander. Time devoted to academics is also augmented by cooking, computer, pottery, dance and other projects. Grades pre-K to 6. After-school at the McBurney YMCA McBurney YMCA, 125 W 14th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves (212-741-9210, ymcanyc.org). Subway: F, L, V, 1, 2, 3 to 14th St. See website for prices. This isn't your ordinary day-care: Kids can head to the Y after-school one to five days a week for sports, swimming, dance, arts and crafts, help with their homework and assorted projects to keep their hands busy and their minds engaged. Grades 1 and up. Children's PressLine 122 Amsterdam Ave. (212-501-1118, cplmedia.org). Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Ctr. Call for more information. FREE. Kids from all parts of the city learn how to gather and report the news in this three-decades-old non-profit organization, which hopes to translate young inquiring minds into minds that believe they can make a difference through media. Using structured guidelines, kids use an oral-journalism model to take a story idea from start to finish, including the research and interview processes through to reporting and editing. Stories are also aired on Eyewitness Teen Kids News. Ages 8 to 18. The New York Chinese Cultural Center 390 Broadway between Walker and White Sts, Second Floor (212-334-3764, chinesedance.org). Subway: A, C, E, J, M, N, Q, R, W, Z, 6 to Canal St. (M, W weekdays only). $285 for six months plus a $10 registration fee. Sign kids up for Chinese lessons. Chinese calligraphy, painting, paper cutting and origami are offered in addition to Mandarin-language classes. Ages 3 and up. Consulate General of France in New York > French Community French Schools FRENCH SCHOOLS IN OUR JURISDICTION SCHOLARSHIPS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FRENCH SCHOOLS IN OUR JURISDICTION (approved and non-approved) These schools are approved by the French Ministry of Education, which means that the curriculum follows the french system and is fully recognized in France. Manhattan Lycée Français de New York 505 East 75th Street New York, NY 10021 Tel 212 369-1400 Fax 212 439-4200 www.lfny.org Principal - Mr. Yves THEZE Lyceum Kennedy - Manhattan Campus 225 East 43rd Street New York, NY 10017 Tel 212 681-1877 Fax 212 681-1922 www.lyceumkennedy.com Principal - Mr. Yves RIVAUD United Nations International School -UNIS- 24-50 Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive New York, NY 10010 Tel 212 684-7400 Fax 212 779-2259 www.unis.org Outside of Manhattan French American School of New York 111 Larchmont Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 Tel 914 834-3002 Fax 914 834-1284 www.fasny.org Director - Mr. Robert LEONHARDT French American School of New York 145 New Street Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Tel 914 698-8707 Fax 914 698-8696 www.fasny.org Director - Mr. Robert LEONHARDT Lyceum Kennedy - Ardsley Campus One Cross Road Ardsley, NY 10502 Tel 914 479-0722 Fax 914 497-0280 www.lyceumkennedy.com Principal - Mr. Yves RIVAUD Director - François HELLER Ecole française de Princeton Preschool to 5th grade 16, All Saints Road Princeton, NJ 08540 Tel 609 430-3001 www.ecoleprinceton.org Email admin@ecoleprinceton.org Director - Corinne GÜNGÖR These schools are not approved by the French Ministry of Education, which means that the curriculum does not follows the french system. Manhattan Le Jardin ŕ L’Ouest French-American Preschool 164 West 83rd Street New York, NY 10024 www.lejardinalouest.com Tel 212 362-2658 Email lejardinalouest@aol.com Director - Mrs. Dominique BORDEREAUX-HIGLI Outside of Manhattan International School of Brooklyn 298 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.isbrooklyn.org Tel 646 245-8801 Email info@isbrooklyn.org Ecole de la Mer French Immersion Charter School of New Jersey P.O. Box 103 Marmora , NJ 08223 www.ecoledelamer.org Tel 609 602-9716 Email efcasey@hotmail.com La Petite Ecole First United Methodist Church 59 East Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 www.lapetiteecole.net Tel 917 328-0039 Email - lapetiteecoleingreenwich@yahoo.com Founders - Isabelle TOUNDJIAN-TREMBLAY & Kinou HACHEMIAN La Petite Ecole Ecole de la Mer International School Le Jardin ŕ L’Ouest French-American Preschool Ecole française de Princeton Lycée Français de New York Lyceum Kennedy United Nations International School UNIS United Nations preschool Ecole Franco-Américaine Francophones Less enfants Bebes Etudiants Ecoles Formidable. NYC Daycare Smarter Toddler Daycare & Preschool New NYC Location September 2007! www.smartertoddler.net ÉCOLE INTERNATIONALE DES NATIONS UNIES (UNIS) Manhattan Campus 24-50 FDR Drive New York, NY 10010 Tel (212) 584-3071 Fax (212) 685-5023 Site web : www.unis.org Courriel : admissions@unis.org Le campus de Manhattan accueille des élčves de la maternelle, grande section, ŕ la terminale (K-12) et le campus de Queens de la maternelle ŕ la quatričme (K-8). Programme accrédité du CE1 au CM2. Le français est la langue la plus étudiée et les classes primaires comportent une section français langue maternelle oů les élčves francophones ont la possibilité de suivre un enseignement complémentaire des matičres fondamentales en français. L'établissement prépare au Baccalauréat International (IB). L'école offre également un programme d'été entre le 26 juin et le 28 juillet. LYCEUM KENNEDY 225 East 43rd Street New York, NY 10017 Tél. (212) 681-1877 Fax. (212) 681-1922 Courriel : info1@lyceumkennedy.com Site web : www.lyceumkennedy.com Campus du Westchester : One Cross Road Ardsley, NY 10502 Tél. (914) 479-0722 Fax. (914) 479-0280 Courriel info2@lyceumkennedy.com Le Lyceum Kennedy, fondé en 1964, est installé au cśur de Manhattan depuis 1986, tout prčs des Nations unies et de la Gare Centrale. Il est homologué par le ministčre de l'Éducation nationale pour les classes de maternelle jusqu'ŕ la classe de 3e, et par le Conseil des Régents de l'Université de l'État de New York. Plus de 25 nationalités et 20 langues parlées parmi la communauté scolaire. Tarifs De $15.000 ŕ $19.500. Bourses d'État pour les enfants français, bourses de la Francophonie et bourses d'établissement. Le campus de Manhattan accueille les élčves de la petite section maternelle ŕ la classe de premičre incluse (de 3 ŕ 17 ans). La diversité des élčves issus de plusieurs cultures confčre au Lyceum Kennedy son caractčre unique d'école française interna-tionale ŕ programme bilingue. Les petits effectifs des classes permet-tent aux enseignants de mettre en place une pédagogie différenciée et une aide individualisée pour chaque enfant, facilitant ainsi le dévelop-pement de leurs aptitudes intellec-tuelles, physiques et émotionnelles. En maternelle, 60 ŕ 80% des cours sont enseignés en français. Dans la section élémentaire, les cours en français représentent les deux tiers du temps d'enseignement, un tiers en anglais. Ce rapport reste le męme pour le secondaire sauf en sixičme et troisičme oů la proportion de français est légčrement supérieure. Le Brevet des Collčges est préparé en troisičme. Les élčves du lycée se présentent aux examens des Régents de l'État de New York, aux Advanced Placement Tests pour l'obtention de valeurs supplémen-taires (ou credits) qui les aideront ŕ préparer leur entrée dans les universités américaines. Le Lyceum Kennedy offre une préparation aux examens des SAT's. Les programmes pédagogiques français et anglais sont académiques et rigoureux. Ils s'ouvrent sur la découverte et l'exploration des arts ŕ travers plusieurs enseignements ainsi que de nombreux projets artistiques adaptés ŕ tous les élčves. Chaque jour, les élčves peuvent participer au programme périscolaire et ŕ l'étude dirigée. Le lycée offre une myriade d'activités extracurriculaires aprčs les cours, de 15h30 ŕ 17h30 : danse, sports, théâtre, arts martiaux, arts plastiques, informatique, échecs, cuisine, musique… Il dispose d'un laboratoire informatique, un gymnase, un centre multimédia bilingue. Il offre un service de bus gratuit pour les enfants du CP ŕ la quatričme qui habitent ŕ Manhattan. Un service quotidien de repas chauds est proposé aux élčves. Le campus du Weschester situé dans un cadre de verdure du quartier résidentiel d'Ardsley, accueille les élčves de la petite section maternelle au CM2. Cette annexe du Lyceum Kennedy offre également un programme d'immersion bilingue en français et en anglais selon les męmes structures que le campus de Manhattan. Il offre des classes spacieuses, un laboratoire informatique, une bibliothčque, un gymnase et un grand espace récréatif ŕ l'extérieur. Les enfants peuvent aussi participer au programme d'activités extracurriculaires. ________________________________________ ÉCOLE FRANCO-AMERICAINE DE NEW YORK Campus de Scarsdale (petite, moyenne et grande section de maternelle) 85 Palmer Avenue Scarsdale, NY 10583 Tél. 914-725-2014 Fax. 914-725-2510 Campus de Larchmont (classes élémentaires) 111 Larchmont Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 Tél. (914) 834-3002 Fax. (914) 834-1284 Campus de Mamaroneck (classes secondaires) 145 New Street Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Tél. (914) 698 8707 Fax. (914) 698-8696 Site web : www.fasny.org Courriel : admissions@fasny.org Établissement bilingue homologué par le ministčre de l'Éducation nationale et accrédité par la " Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ". Toutes les classes, de la maternelle-petite section ŕ la seconde, sont accréditées. Les effectifs : 656 élčves dont 40% sont français, 24% franco-américains, 20% américains et 16% de nationalités tierces (plus de 35 nationalités représentées) Tarifs 2006-2007 : de $15.655 ŕ $20.935 tout compris. Les élčves français ont accčs aux bourses d'État. L'établissement offre un nombre limité de bourses aux enfants non français. L'École Franco-Américaine de New York a ouvert un troisičme campus qui reçoit, depuis la derničre rentrée, les classes existantes de petite, moyenne et grande section, dans les locaux de l'ancienne école de St. Pie X. En plus de ce nouveau campus, l'école a une section élémentaire (CP ŕ CM2) ŕ Larchmont et une section secondaire (6 e ŕ 2 nde) ŕ Mamaroneck. L'École Franco-Américaine fęte ses 25 ans cette année. Elle offre une éducation bilingue et bicultu-relle ŕ 656 élčves de la petite section de maternelle jusqu'ŕ la seconde. Elle est reconnue pour l'excellence de ses programmes académiques et extrascolaires. La FASNY, qui est ŕ la fois homolo-guée par le ministčre français de l'Éducation nationale et l'Asso-ciation des Écoles Indépendantes de l'État de New York, prépare ses élčves ŕ intégrer avec succčs, ŕ la fois le systčme d'éducation français ŕ tout niveau et les écoles américaines publiques ou indépen-dantes du secondaire. Le bilinguisme ŕ la FASNY commence dčs la petite section de maternelle. Les petites et moyennes sections offrent deux classes par niveau et la grande section en offre trois. La taille des classes est donc adéquate. L'effectif de Scarsdale de l'année scolaire 2005-2006 était de 133 élčves. Chaque classe est ensei-gnée par des équipes de profes-sionnels expérimentés, dont la langue maternelle est le français ou l'anglais. Le programme de la journée est organisé ŕ la fois en français et en anglais pendant les trois années de maternelle. Pendant ces années cruciales d'acquisition du langage, l'école met l'accent sur le français afin de renforcer la langue dans un environnement anglophone. Le programme en général consiste en de l'entraînement ŕ l'oral, des livres, de l'art, de la musique et de la poésie. Le programme français comprend les mathématiques, ainsi que l'aptitude ŕ reconnaître les lettres et les sons. Les sciences et les études sociales sont enseignées en anglais. La motricité et la socialisation jouent toutes les deux un rôle important pendant ces trois années. Les élčves participent ŕ des classes de musique et d'expression corporelle qui incluent l'introduction ŕ un programme instrumental. Le FLE (Français Langue Étrangčre) qui est enseigné par des locuteurs natifs, est également offert aux anglophones. Les petites, moyennes et grandes sections de maternelle de FASNY vont pouvoir offrir ŕ ses élčves un solide programme académique. Le nouveau campus abrite une bibliothčque riche et variée, des équipements dans la cour de recréation. Les projets ŕ venir sont un studio d'art et une pičce pour faire la sieste. Plus tard ŕ l'automne, le traiteur français de l'école approvisionnera le campus de Scarsdale de repas chauds, en plus de Larchmont et de Mamaroneck qu'il approvisionne déjŕ. Les candidats au programme de maternelle doivent suivre les procédures d'admission de l'école, qui comprennent un entretien avec le Bureau des Admissions. Les élčves doivent avoir trois ans au 31 décembre et ętre propres. ________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN L'école internationale de Brooklyn 298 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 Téléphone : 718-369-3023 Courriel - info@isbrooklyn.org Site web - www.isbrooklyn.org Frais de scolarité - de $6.695 ŕ $12.360. Les élčves français ont accčs aux bourses d'État. L'École internationale de Brooklyn (ISB) a ouvert ses portes en septembre 2005 et offre des classes de petite, moyenne, et grande sections de maternelle en français et en espagnol. L'ISB est déjŕ accréditée par le New York State Department of Education et poursuivra l'objectif d'ętre homologuée par le ministčre de l'Éducation nationale. L'école maternelle offre des classes d'immersion totale en français ou espagnol. Le cursus fait une large place ŕ l'apprentissage des sons, des lettres, aux rudiments de l'écriture, de la lecture et des mathématiques. L'ISB offre par ailleurs un programme complet d'activités aprčs école dans les deux langues pour les enfants qui ne sont pas nécessairement scolarisés au sein de l'ISB. L'école projette d'ouvrir une classe supplémentaire par an et, ŕ long terme, de proposer le baccalauréat international. ________________________________________ "Ŕ LA PETITE ÉCOLE" " Language Workshop for Children " Tél. 212-396-0830 www.thibauttechnique.com Ŕ la Petite École (maternelle) française du Language Workshop for Children (LWFC), située dans le Upper East Side, les petits de 2 ŕ 3 ans découvrent que l'apprentis-sage du français est un jeu d'en-fant. Pendant la petite enfance, ils sont capables d'assimiler une nou-velle langue et de développer leurs facultés intellectuelles ŕ une vitesse impressionnante, ŕ condition que les bases de l'apprentissage soient enseignées de maničre appropriée. Les enfants apprennent en français et stimulent leur développement intellectuel ŕ travers le jeu. Ŕ la Petite École (maternelle) française, les élčves prennent part ŕ toutes sortes d'activités telles que l'art appliqué, la musique, les activités de groupe ou ŕ dominante scolaire, le tout dans un contexte d'immer-sion linguistique adapté aux inté-ręts individuels de l'enfant et ŕ son niveau. Chaque jour, les enfants entendent parler et parlent français, et s'imprčgnent de la langue en męme temps qu'ils développent les facultés relatives ŕ leur âge. L'enseignant est de langue mater-nelle française et a reçu une forma-tion spécifique au bon enseigne-ment de la méthode Thibaut. Le petit nombre d'élčves par classe garantit que chaque enfant reçoit l'attention nécessaire et favorise l'obtention des meilleurs résultats. Le LWFC est connu pour la qualité incomparable de son matériel éducatif, qui a obtenu de nombreux prix et qui comprend un film d'animation et des chansons riches en vocabulaire, spécialement composées pour les enfants. M. Thibaut et l'équipe du LWFC ont fait l'objet d'articles dans le New York Times, le Wall Street Journal, People, Parents, CNN, NBC, CBS et ABC. CNN a défini M. Thibaut comme " l'un des trčs rares experts dans l'enseignement des langues aux enfants en bas âge ". ________________________________________ LE JARDIN Ŕ L'OUEST French-American Preschool 164 West 83rd Street New-York, N.Y. 10024 Courriel admissions@lejardinalouest.com Site Internet : lejardinalouest.com Introduit ŕ 100% dans la langue francaise, le curriculum est conçu et appliqué avec soin par une équipe française ________________________________________ LYCEE FRANCAIS DE NEW YORK 505 EAST 75TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10021 Tél: (212) 369-1400 Fax: (212) 439-4210 Site Web: www.lfny.org Courriel : admissions@lfny.org - 1.300 élčves représentant plus de 50 nationalités (28% de Français, 32% de bi-nationaux, 28% d'Américains, 12% de pays tiers) - 12-20 élčves selon la classe - Homologué par le ministčre français de l'Éducation nationale - Accrédité par NYSAIS, NY State Board of Regents - Délivrance du High School Diploma, Baccalauréat français et Option OIB (American Option) Frais de scolarité: $15.000 ŕ $19.500. Bourses d'État pour les élčves français et francophones et bourses du Lycée Français. Les locaux : le Lycée comprend, entre autres salles, un auditorium, deux gymnases, une salle de motricité pour les petits, un centre culturel, deux bibliothčques avec plus de 18.000 ouvrages, deux laboratoires informatiques, des classes équipées de tableaux interactifs, des studios pour l'art et la musique, ainsi que cinq laboratoires de sciences. Ces installations et ce dynamisme permettent au LFNY d'intégrer dans son cursus de nombreuses conférences, représenta-tions, visites de musées, de galeries d'art, d'organisations éducatives et professionnelles. Elles encouragent également des compétitions inter-écoles en athlétisme, art, musique et littérature, mathématiques, etc. La mission du Lycée Français de New York est de préparer ses élčves ŕ devenir des citoyens responsables, pręts ŕ affronter le monde de demain. Dans ce but, l'école s'appuie princi-palement et fondamentalement sur la langue, la culture et le systčme d'éducation français. Les pratiques pédagogiques reflčtent ŕ la fois la rigueur intellectuelle française traditionnelle et les valeurs améri-caines : sens pratique et encoura-gement ŕ la créativité et ŕ l'imagination des élčves. En maternelle, l'enseignement est bilingue. En primaire, le Lycée suit le programme défini par le ministčre français de l'Éducation nationale en y ajoutant un enseignement approfondi de la langue anglaise. Ŕ partir du cours préparatoire, l'enseignement se poursuit essentiellement en français. Les enfants commencent ŕ apprendre ŕ lire en français et en anglais au CP. Au collčge, les matičres obligatoires sont les suivantes : français, anglais, histoire, géographie, mathématiques, sciences, éducation physique, arts plastiques, musique et informatique. En 5e, les élčves peuvent suivre l'enseignement du latin. En classe de 6e et 5e les élčves ont une heure d'initiation par semaine ŕ l'italien, ŕ l'allemand, ou ŕ l'espagnol. En 4 e et en 3e, ils peuvent apprendre le grec. Tous les élčves bénéficient d'un programme rigoureux en langue anglaise et doivent suivre un enseignement sur l'histoire américaine. En fin de seconde, les élčves choisissent entre trois filičres : lettres, sciences économiques et sociales ou mathématiques et sciences. Tous se présentent au Baccalauréat et peuvent préparer les SAT I et SAT II. De nombreux clubs et activités parascolaires : danse, judo, natation, sports d'équipe, ski, escrime, compétitions sportives officielles (athlétisme, football, basket-ball, base-ball, soft-ball) ; compétition de Shakespeare, théâtre, comédie musicale ; arts, musique, informatique, service communautaire et conseil des élčves dans le secondaire et dans le primaire. SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships for 2007/2008 school year. Application forms are available at your child’s school, and appointments must be made before February 16, 2007. Parents of french students are able to apply for a scholarship from the ’AEFE’ through the intermidiary of: Social Services Consulate General of France 10 East 74th Street New York, NY 10021 Tel 212 606-3606 or 05 Fax 212 606-3610 Procedure and application form (in french only) Parents must notify, in writing, the Social Services of the French Consulate, even during the school year, all professional or family changes that affect their financial situation (with documents to prove changes), and in consequence of their scholarship request; they must also notify us of any change of school by their child(ren) as soon as it occurs. The documents required must be submitted in originals and copies (all copies will be returned). The file must be complete. ONLY FILES CONTAINING ALL THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS WILL BE EXAMINED BY SOCIAL SERVICES. UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS 1. French Citizens wishing to study in the USA la Commission Franco-Américaine d’échanges Universitaires et Culturels 9, rue Chardin 75016 Paris Tel 011 33 1 45 20 46 54 Ministčre des Affaires Etrangčres D.G.R.C.S.T. 244, Boulevard Saint Germain 75303 Paris 07SP Tel 011 33 1 43 17 72 22 ou 011 33 1 43 17 53 533 2. Americans wishing to study in France Cultural Services of the French Embassy 972 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10021 Tel 212 439-1400 www.frenchculture.org 3. University scholarships based on social criteria, as well as for university housing, may be applied for by french citizens, studying in a french university or school (1st and 2nd year only). The files are generaly available as of February at the CROUS or at the French Consulate and must be submitted before the April 1 of each year, for the following academic year : at the CROUS for students already attending a French university or school or a post baccelauriate class the French Consulate for students in 12th grade (212 606-3606 or 05). 4. French Students or foreign students pursuing heigher education (masters and above) in France may apply with the Caisse d’Allocations Familiales of their place of residence, a request for financial aid for living accomodations. Basic trust, purple circle, river school, sleepy hollow preschool, park west Montessori, river park, children’s playhouse, Claremont Preschool, Brick, Episcopal, 92nd St. Y, PAC, STM, MAP, Christ Church, Manhattan School for Children, this little preschool, Dwight Woodside Preschool, Browning, Trinity, Collegiate, Brearley, Trinity, Riverdale, Dalton, HM, Brownstone School (high 70s); Riverside Early Learning Center; River School, Calhoun, New Smarter Toddler Location Coming Fall 2007! Columbus Circle at 55th Street and 9th Avenue (Across from The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater). In September 2007 Smarter Toddler will open a beautiful new school at 55th Street and 9th Avenue. We know that this is really good news for those families who have been waiting for a long time to get into the 89th street location. Families are calling already about the new location so please register early to avoid disappointment. Call: 212.721.4964 for registration and tour info.

Mommy & Me Classes
Children are wonderful, we all know that. But that doesn't mean that, occasionally, we couldn't use a little help entertaining them. Mommy and Me-type classes are given all over the city, and they serve a number of functions. They help your child learn to interact with other kids. They enable mothers to hook up with other moms (look for one in your neighborhood to facilitate play dates after class). And they teach mothers new songs and games to replace the eensy-weensy spider on the inevitable day when we all admit that we've had it with arachnids. Smarter toddler, Smarter toddlers, smart toddler, Read below for Manhattan listings or see our Brooklyn resources.
Click here for classes with multiple locations
Upper East Side
A-Ha! Learning Partners
www.AhaLearning.com
Age: six months to 3 years
A-Ha! offers unique parent-child workshops that present a broad range of powerful play experiences rich with learning opportunities created with experts from Harvard, Brazelton Institute and other child development centers.
The American Youth Dance Theater
Age: two years and up
Mommy and Me pre-ballet class that includes creative movement, stories, and basic dance steps.
Asphalt Green
Age: six months and up
Swimming classes at this fitness and sports complex incorporate the teaching methods of both the American Red Cross and the American Swim Coaches Association. Mommy and Me classes in gymnastics, play, and arts and crafts are also available.
Ballet Academy East
Age: two years and up
This established and respected studio offers a "Mother and Child" class that includes dance, music, singing, and movement games. There are also pre-ballet classes.
Broadway Babies by Applause! Kid (multiple locations)
Campbell Music Studio (multiple locations)
Child's Play (multiple locations)
Diller-Quaile School Of Music
Age: one year and up
Diller-Quaile offers parent or caregiver and child music classes. There is also an application process that begins one year in advance of classes. Classes incorporate folk song favorites, lullabies, fingerplays, peek-a-boo games, and a variety of playful rhythmic activities.
Drama Zone
Age: 4 months to Adult
DramaZone provides your child's earliest professional training in dance, drama, music and art. Nice dance studio full of toys, music and plenty of space for stroller.
The Early Ear (multiple locations)
East Side Music Together (multiple locations)
Funworks for Kids (multiple locations)
Goodson Parker Wellness Center
This holistic wellness center offers "Yoga for Babies and Moms" directed by Dr. DeAnsin Goodson Parker, author of Yogababy™. Mothers and babies learn a series of yoga asanas (poses) as well as meditative techniques that foster the connection between mother and child.
Gymboree (multiple locations)
Gym Time & Rhythm and Glues
Age: six months to 11 years
Rhythm & Glues classes include "Music, Art, & Storytime", and pre-ballet and cooking. Gym Time offers the opportunity to crawl, climb, jump, tumble, and explore on developmentally appropriate equipment, as well as circle-time and singing.
Hands On! (multiple locations)
In Grandma's Attic (multiple locations)
Jodi's Gym
Age: six months to 12 years
Brightly colored and spacious facility that offers Mommy and Me classes that include slides, ladders, tunnels, balls, parachutes, and a space bouncer. All instructors are trained by Jodi and are certified by the USA Gymnastic Federation.
Kids in the Kitchen
Age: 2 and up
Offers fun cooking classes for kids. Sessions include storytime or creative food projects, personalized cookbooks and of course, taste testing the final products.
Birthday parties and holiday cooking classes available.
Little Maestros  (multiple locations)
Kids At Art
Age: 2 to 11 years
Offers age-appropriate projects that focus on the basics of the visual arts and work to challenge a child's inventiveness and develop the imagination. A child attends with a parent or caregiver up to 3 years old, and older children take classes grouped by ability and age.
Language Workshop for Children
Age: six months to three years
Created in 1973 by Francois Thibaut, "Language for Tots" offers the opportunity to learn French or Spanish through stimulating games, mime, and visual aids, as well as vocabulary building songs.
Mary Ann Hall's Music for Children
The Church of Heavenly Rest
Age: 12 months and up
Classes are taught by Mary Ann Hall, an established music teacher, who plays the piano while children explore music by singing, dancing, eurhythmic movement, drama, and instrumental play.
New York Sports Clubs
1637 Third Avenue at 91st Street
Jasmine Healy, Aquatics Program Manager, (212) 246-6700, ext.831
Offers a variety of baby and toddler swim classes. Call for information.
The Rhinelander Children's Center
Age: Newborn to adult
This popular Upper East Side community center offers early childhood programs that include Mommy and Me classes, new mom groups, and parenting seminars.
Rhythm and Glues & Gym Time
Age: six months to 11 years
Rhythm & Glues classes offer "Music, Art, & Storytime," as well as pre-ballet and cooking. Gym Time offers the opportunity to crawl, climb, jump, tumble and explore on developmentally appropriate equipment, as well as circle-time and singing.
74th Street Magic
Age: six months and up
74th Street Magic is a large, bright and colorful play space. The Mini Gym for children under a year is filled with a bubble pen, big balls, and age-appropriate equipment. The gym for children over one year has padded tunnels and bridges.
Sokol New York Gym
Age: 10 months and up
Sokol is a respected gym that was founded in 1867. The "Pre-Tot Gym" classes use scaled-down gymnastics equipment and consist of free play, circle time, parachute play, and bubbles. A different theme is incorporated every few weeks.
Strollercize (multiple locations)
The Sunshine Kids' Club
Age: six months to three years
Offers a parent and child music class that has a team of three teachers (including a professional pianist), as well as instruments, musical materials, props, toys and singing. There are also art classes beginning at age two.
92nd Street Y
Age: Newborn to adult
The 92nd Street Y is a New York institution and offers a Parenting Center. The programs are outstanding and serve as a nationwide model and include classes in caring for a newborn, breastfeeding, baby massage, postpartum exercise classes, music, dance, gymnastics, art, cooking, swim instruction, new parent get-togethers and a toddler playgroup program called "Parkbench."
Upper West Side
Baby Om (multiple locations)
Big Apple Kids
Bloomingdale School of Music
Body & Spirit
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
Body & Spirit offers toddler programs including Handprints (art classes), Jumpin Jivin (movement, rhythm and exercise), Playin the sounds (music), and Sports Buzz
broadway Babies by Applause! Kid (multiple locations)
Campbell Music Studio (multiple locations)
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Age: 18 months to three years
The Circus Gym
This is the gym featured on Sesame Street and the Mommy and Me class offers free play on gymnastic equipment, a parachute, a ball pit, a moonwalk, and circle games.
Columbus Gym
Age: 12 months and up
The Columbus Gym Discovery Programs
The Early Ear (multiple locations)
In Grandma's Attic (multiple locations)
JAMS: Jay's Alternatives in Music Studies (multiple locations)
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) on the Upper West Side
Age: Infant through adult
Classes offered in music, art, playgroups and programs for new and expectant parents.
Just Wee Two
Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations)
Life Sport Gymnastics
West Park Presbyterian Church
Age: two years and up
Offers gymnastic classes for children.
Lucy Moses School
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center
Mozart for Children(multiple locations)
Next Generation Yoga
Yoga For Kids
Once Upon A Baby
www.prenatalyogacenter.com
The Prenatal Yoga Center offers Mommy and Me and Postnatal yoga classes.
STEPS on Broadway
Midtown
Deb's Family Disco
Club Swing 46
Gymboree (multiple locations)
Music Together (multiple locations)
Parents' Cooperative Playgroup at St. Bartholomew Preschool
Age: 10 months to two and a half years
Parent orchestrated playgroup held at St. Bartholomew.
Soundance Repertory Company
Turtle Bay, founded in 1925, offers programs in music as well as private instruction in all instruments.
Chelsea
Chelsea Music Together (multiple locations)
Chelsea Piers
The Field House
Age: six months and up
Chelsea Piers, the largest sports complex in New York City, offers pre-school programs, gymnastics and a small toddler gym available for open play sessions where toddlers can crawl, jump, and roll on mats and equipment designed to develop basic skills.
Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations)
Tiger Schulmann's Karate
The TSK Cubs program is designed for preschoolers ages 3-5. Children have fun while learning a myriad of development skills.
Gramercy Park Asser Levy Recreation Center
Jack & Jill Playgroup
Tumble Town Gymnastics
Age: six months to four years
Classes at Tumble Town offer fun activities on colorful toddler-size gym equipment and incorporate music, bubbles, and songs.
Union Square
The Sol Goldman 14th Street Y
Educational Alliance Parenting and Family Center
ages six to 24 months. Member and non-member fees are offered.
Greenwich Village
Baby Moves
Baby Moves offers drop in creative play classes that include free play on soft,developmental equipment, music time with instruments, play stations, creative games, and story time with puppets.
Barrow Street Nursery School
The Children's Oasis
Offers Mommy and Me classes Greenwich House of Music School
The Greenwich Village Center
The Children's Aid Society Early Childhood Program
postpartum yoga classes for mothers and babies ages one to eight months.
Lower East Side
Children's Movement Studio
Age: six months and up
Perichild Program
Third Street Music School Settlement
Soho
Baby Om (multiple locations)
Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations)
Lower Manhattan Music Together (multiple locations)
Tribeca
Children's Tumbling
This wonderful non-profit school in Tribeca incorporates the Dalcroze Method, which encourages music education through whole body involvement. The "Parent and Toddler" class includes rhythm instruments, songs, finger play, creative movement, and stories. The "Visual Art Class" encourages children to express themselves by using age-appropriate materials to create paintings, collages, sculptures, drawings, group murals, and prints. Process, not product, is emphasized. The classes can be taken separately or together; classes taken together are offered at a discounted price.
Hands On! (multiple locations)
Language Lunch Kids
Language Lunch Kids offers classes in Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin and German for toddlers.
Lower Manhattan Music Together (multiple locations)
Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations)
Lower Manhattan Music Together (multiple locations)
Community Room of the Regatta at Rector Place
Baby Om
Broadway Babies by Applause! Kids
Campbell Music Studio
Mommy and Me music classes
Child's Play
Central Presbyterian Church
Creative Play for Kids
The Early Ear
Funworks for Kids
Mommy and Me classes
Gymboree
Hands On! A Musical Experience
Hands On! presents musical activities to enhance language and listening skills, social interaction and of course, music appreciation.
¡HOLA!
In Grandma's Attic
JAMS: Jay's Alternatives in Music Studies
Kids Co-Motion
Little Maestros
Mozart for Children
Lucy Moses School
National Arts Club
Museum Adventures
Various museums in Manhattan
Music Together
East Side Music Together
West Side Music Together
Chelsea Music Together
East Village Music Together
Lower Manhattan Music Together
Music Together
Take Me to the Water
The Y Associations
YMCA
YWCA of the City of New York
Vanderbilt YMCA
McBurney YMCA
Each of the Y Associations listed above offers a variety of classes for your baby from gymnastics to music to swimming. Call your nearest Y for information.
Young Judaea Israel 43rd Street Kids Preschool Inc  Abraham Lincoln School  All Saints School  Allen-Stevenson School  Ascension School  Bank Street College  Barrow Street Nursery School  Battery Park City Day Nursery  Baxter St After School Daycare Beth Jacob Schools
 Birch Wathen Lenox School Blessed Sacrament Elementary  Brearley School  Browning School  Buckle My Shoe Learning Ctr
 Buckle My Shoe Learning Ctr  Buckley School  Caedmon School  Calhoun School  Calhoun School  Cathedral School  Cathedral School Of St John
 Chapin School  Children's Aid  Children's All Day School  Christ Crusader Academy  Citizens Care Day Care Ctr Inc  Columbia Grammar & Prep School
 Congregation Zichron Ephraim  Convent Of The Sacred Heart  Corlears School  corpus Christi Schl & Convent  Dalton Schools Inc
 Dwight School  East Calvary Nursery School  East Manhattan School-Gifted  East River Child Dev Ctr  Educare Early Childhood Ctr
Epiphany School Ethical Culture Schools  family Headstart Family School  First Friends Preschool  Francais De Lycee NY  Friends Seminary
 Good Shepherd School  Grace Church School  Greenwich House Preschool  Guardian Angel School  Harbor Morningside Children's
 Herbert Birch Childhood Ctr  Hewitt School  Holy Cross School  Holy Name School  Horace Mann Nursery School  immaculate Conception School
 Incarnation School  International Preschool Inc  Jack & Jill St George's School  Kings Academy  Lexington Childrens' Ctr  Little Red School House
 Lorge School  Lyceum Kennedy French School  Mandell Nursery School  Manhattan Christian Academy  Manhattan Country School  Manhattan Day School  Marathon Infants & Toddlers  Mary Help Of Christians School  Marymount School Of NY  Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem
 Metropolitan Montessori School  Modern School  Moore Learning Ctr  Morningside Montessori School  Morningside Pre-School
 Mt Carmal Holy Rosary School  Nightingale Bamford School  Northside Center For Child Dev  Our Lady Of Lourdes School
 Our Lady Of Pompei School  Our Lady Of Sorrows School  Our Lady Queen Of Angels Schl  Our Lady Queen Of Martyrs  Park Pre-School
 Quo Vadis Day Care School  Ramaz School  Resurrection School  Rika Breuer Teachers Seminary  River-Park Nursery School
 Rodeph Sholom Day School  Rudolf Steiner School Inc  Sacred Heart School  Seventh Ave Mennonite Hdstrt  Spence School
 St Aloysius Catholic School  St Ann's School  St Anthony's School St Bernard's Parish School  St Brigid's School  St Catherine Of Genoa
 St Charles Borromeo Rc School  St Columba School  St David's School  St Elizabeth's School  St Francis St Lucy Academy St George Catholic School
 St Gregory's Grammar School  St Hilda's & St Hugh's School  St James School  St Joseph's Parochial School  St Joseph's School
 St Joseph's School  St Joseph's School-Yorkville  St Jude's School  St Luke's School  St Mark The Evangelist Preschool
 St Matthew Lutheran School  St Patrick Elementary School  St Paul's School  St Rose Of Lima School  Temple Emanu-El
 Town School  Transfiguration Kindergarten  Trevor Day School  Trinity School  Truce Rheedlen Univ-Comm Edctn
 United Nations Intl School  Village Community School  Wee Care Preschool  West Side Montessori School  Westside Cooperative Preschool
 Westside Family Preschool  Yeshiva Ketana Of Manhattan  Yeshiva Rabbi Samson School A.C.T. Early Years Programs
The Ailey School American Academy of Dramatic Arts The Art Farm Asphalt Green Ballet Academy East Ballet Hispanico
Brazil Kids Children’s Athletic Training Schools (CATS) Chelsea Piers City Lights Youth Theatre Claremont Riding Academy
Columbus Gym Creatability Deb's Family Disco Developing Artists Discovery Programs The Early Ear Eastside Music Together
The Educational Alliance Early Childhood Programs FDNY Fire Zone Frozen Ropes Baseball Center Futurekids Gananu Early Learning Center
Gym Time Gymnastics/Rhythm & Glues Harlem School of the Arts HB Studio Hi Art! Hola! A Spanish Playgroup In Grandma's Attic
Jeff Kanter's Boxing and Kickboxing Classes Jodi’s Gym Just Wee Two Kids at Art La Croisette French and Language Center
Language Workshop Lucy Moses Mannes College of Music Martha Graham Dance Mary Ann Hall's MUSIC FOR CHILDRENSM
Abraham Joshua Heschel School Abraham Lincoln School & Ark Nursery School Acorn School Alexander Robertson School All Souls School
Allen-Stevenson School Bank Street School for Children Barrow Street Nursery School Basic Trust Battery Park City Nursery Schoool
Beekman School Bellevue South Nursery School Berkeley Carroll School  The Birch Wathen Lenox School Brearley School
Brick Church School Brooklyn Friends School Brooklyn Heights Montessori Browning School Brownstone School The Buckley School
Caedmon School Calhoun School Cathedral School (Holy Trinity) Cathedral School (St. John the Divine) Central Synagogue Nursery School
Chapin School Chelsea Day School Child Development Center Child / Legacy High School Children's All Day School Children’s Learning Center at Morningside Heights Christ Church Day School Churchill School and Center City and Country School Collegiate School Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Columbus Park West Nursery Convent of the Sacred Heart Corlears School
Dalton School Dwight School  Epiphany Community Nursery School The Episcopal School in the City of New York
Ethical Culture Fieldston Schools Family Annex Family School / Family School West First Presbyterian Church Nursery School
Friends Seminary Garden House School Garden School The Gateway School of New York  Geneva School Gillen-Brewer School
Grace Church Nursery School Grace Church School Hewitt School Horace Mann School International Preschools Jack & Jill School
Kew-Forest School La Scuola d'Italia  LREI - Little Red School House / Elisabeth Irwin High School Loyola School
Lycèe Francais de New York Madison Avenue Presbyterian Day School Mandell School Manhattan Country School
Manhattan Day School Mary McDowell Center for Learning Marymount School of New York Medical Center Nursery School
Merricat's Castle Nursery School Metropolitan Montessori School Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Morningside Montessori Nursery School
Nightingale-Bamford School 92nd Street YM/YWHA Nursery School Packer Collegiate Institute Park Avenue Christian Church Day School
Park Avenue Methodist Day School Park Avenue Synagogue Early Childhood Center Park East Day School Park Preschool
Parkside School Plymouth Church School Poly Prep Country Day School / Poly Prep-Lower School Professional Children's School
Purple Circle Ramaz School  Reece School Regis High School Resurrection Episcopal Day School Riverdale Country School
Riverside Church Weekday School Robert Louis Stevenson School  Rockefeller University Child and Family Center  Rodeph Sholom
Roosevelt Island Day Nursery Rudolf Steiner School Saint Ann's School St. Bartholomew Community Preschool St. Bernard's School
Saint David's School St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School St. Ignatius Loyola Nursery  St. Luke's School St. Thomas Choir School
St. Thomas More Play Group Solomon Schechter High School Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan Spence School Staten Island Academy
Stephen Gaynor School Stephen Wise Early Childhood Center Studio School Temple Emanu-El Nursery School and Kindergarten
Temple Israel Early Childhood Learning Center Temple Shaaray Tefila Nursery School Third Street Music School Settlement
Town House International The Town School  Trevor Day School Trinity School United Nations International School University Plaza Nursery
Village Community School Washington Market School West End Collegiate Playschool West End Day School Westside Cooperative Preschool
West Side Montessori School West Side YMCA Co-op Nursery School West Village Nursery School William Woodward Jr. Nursery School
Windsor School Winston Preparatory School York Avenue Preschool York Preparatory School Aiglon College American Community Schools, England
American School in Switzerland (TASIS) Avon Old Farms Berkshire Country Day  Berkshire School Bishops College School Blair Academy
Blue Ridge School Brewster Academy  Brooks School Buxton School Canterbury School Cardigan Mountain School Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School
Chatham Hall Cheshire Academy Choate Rosemary Hall Christchurch School Concord Academy Cushing Academy Dana Hall School
Darrow School Deerfield Academy Dublin School Eagle Hill School Eaglebrook School The Elisabeth Morrow School Emma Willard School
Episcopal High School Ethel Walker School Fay School The Forman School Foxcroft School Garrison Forest School George School
Girard College  Gould Academy Governor Dummer Academy Gow School  Greenwood School The Grier School Groton School The Gunnery
Hackley School Harvey School High Mowing School Hill School Hoosac School Hotchkiss School Hun School  Indian Mountain School
Kent School Kents Hill School Kildonan School Kiski School Knox School Lawrence Academy at Groton Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Lawrenceville School Linden Hall Loomis Chaffee School Madeira School Marvelwood School The Masters School Mercersburg Academy
Middlesex School Millbrook School Milton Academy Miss Hall's School Miss Porter's School Mount Tom Day School New Hampton School
New York Military Academy North Country School Northfield Mount Hermon School Oldfields School Peddie School Pennington School
Phillips Academy Phillips Exeter Academy  Pomfret School Portsmouth Abbey School Proctor Academy Purnell School Putney School
Rectory School Rumsey Hall School Rye Country Day School St. Andrew's School (DE) St. George's School Saint James School Saint Mark's School
St. Paul's School St. Stephen's Episcopal School St. Stephen's School (Rome) St. Thomas More School St. Timothy's School Salisbury School
School of the Holy Child Shattuck St. Mary's School Solebury School South Kent School Stanstead College Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Stony Brook School Storm King School Suffield Academy Tabor Academy Taft School Thacher School Tilton School Trinity-Pawling School
Vermont Academy Walnut Hill School The Webb School West Nottingham Academy Westminster School Westover School Westtown School
Whitby School Wilbraham and Monson Academy Williston Northampton School Winchendon School Windward School Woodberry Forest School
Wyoming Seminary Upper Manhattan Medical Center Columbia University Area Bank Street Cathedral Columbia Greenhouse Riverside Church
St. hilda's & St. Hugh's Tompkins Hall Union Theological West Side Cooperative 80th-100th Streets West Side Abraham Joshua Heschel Alexander Robertson Basic Trust Brownstone Calhoun Columbia Grammar & Preparatory Columbus Park West De La  Salle Dwight Mandell Metropolitan Montessori Morningside Montesorri Purple Circle Rodeph Sholom The Studio School Trevor Day Trinity West Side
Montessori Yaldaynu East Side All Souls Brearley Brick Church Caedmon Chapin Churchill Convent of the Sacred heart Dalton Elizabeth Seton Horace Mann
Nursery International Preschools La Scoula Manhattan Country Marymount Nightingale-Bamford Park Avenue Christian Park Avenue Methodist Park Avenue
Synagogue St. Bernard's Saint David's Spence Town House International Trevor Day York Avenue Preschool 92 Street Y
58th-79th Street West Side Calhoun Lower School Collegiate Ethical Culture International Preschools The Nursery School at Habonim Parkside Professional Children's School Rodeph  Sholom Stephen Gaynor Stephen Wise West End Collegiate West End Day West Side YMCA Winston Preparatory York Preparatory East Side Abraham Lincoln  Ark Allen-Stevenson Birch Wathen Lenox Browning Buckley Children's All Day Christ Church Epiphany Community Episcopal Garden  House Gateway Hewitt International Preschools Madison Presbyterian Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Resurrection Episcopal Rockefeller University Roosevelt  Island Rudolf Steiner Temple Emanu-El Temple Israel Temple Shaaray Tefila Town William Woodward, Jr.  43rd-57th Streets West Side Child Development Family School West East Side Central Synagogue Family School International Preschools St. Bartholomew 15th-42nd Streets West Side Corlears East Side Acorn Bellevue South Friends Seminary International Preschools Jack & Jill United Nations Greenwich Village/Lower Manhattan West Side City & Country Elisabeth Irwin (See Little Red School House) First Presbyterian Little Red School House St. Luke's Trinity Parish Village  Community Washington Market East Side Grace Church Learning, the Arts and ME Nursery School
Riverdale - Bronx
Fieldston Horace Mann Marble Hill Riverdale Country Spuyten Brooklyn
Berkeley-Caroll Brooklyn Friends Mary McDowell Center Packer Collegiate Poly Prep
Westchester
Hackley
Harvey
Windward
Queens
United Nations
MANHATTAN Long Island |New Jersey
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Aaron School Abraham Lincoln & Ark Nursery School Alexander Robertson School Brotherhood Synagogue Buckle My Shoe Caedmon School Cathedral School Cathedral School Children's Learning Center @ Morningside Heights City & Country School Claremont Children's School Claremont Preparatory School Columbus Preschool Corlears School The Dwight School The Family School First Presbyterian Church Nursery School Jack and Jill School Kid's Korner Preschool La Scuola d’Italia “Guglielmo Marconi Little Red School House The Marvelwood School Montessori School of New York International Morningside Montessori School Park East Day School Poppyseed Pre-Nursery Renanim Preschool River Park Nursery River School Riverside Church Weekday School Rudolf Steiner School St. Gregory the Great School St. Ignatius Loyola Day Nursery St. Luke's School Seton Day Care Center Smarter Toddler Nursery and Preschool Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan Studio School Town House International School York Avenue Preschool A.C.T. Early Years Programs A-Ha! Learning Partners The Ailey School The American Academy of Dramatic Arts The Art Farm in the City Ballet Academy East BBT/Brighton School of Ballet Be Yoga Kids Children’s Athletic Training Schools (CATS) Chelsea Piers Church Street Music and Art School City Lights Youth Theatre Claremont Riding Academy Columbus Gym Deb's Family Disco Discovery Programs Drama Zone Eastside Music Together Future kids Gym Time Gymnastics/Rhythm & Glues Hi Art! In Grandma's Attic Jeff Nerenberg Tennis Academy Jodi’s Gym Just Wee Two Karma Kids Yoga Kids at Art La Croisette French and Language Center Lucy Moses School Manhattan Tae Kwon Do Manhattan Tae Kwon Doe East Martha Graham Dance Mary Ann Hall's MUSIC FOR CHILDREN The McCarton School New York Swims 92nd Street YMCA Our Name Is Mud Park Avenue Synagogue Peridance Center Rhinelander Children's Center Rutgers Presbyterian Church School at STEPS School for Strings SNACK Sutton East Tennis Sydney's Playground Turtle Bay Music School Velocity Victoria Bader Dance Studio WeBop !West-Park Presbyterian Church West Side Music Together Family/Child Resources Downtown Babies PALSS Personal-Touch Early Intervention Program Sensory Circuit and GymThe SoHo Parenting Center Educational Services Call Sheryl Enrichment Tutoring EBL Coaching Learning for Life New York |Long Island New Jersey  back to top
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SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
ABC Early Learning Center Central Queens YM&YWHA Crayon Box Preschool Flushing Christian School Garden School The Highland Elementary School Kew  Forest School Lutheran School Mary's Nativity School Noah's Ark Progressive Learning North Side School Romper Room Samuel Field/Bay Terrace YM & YWHA Diagnostic: Personal Touch Architots™ Douglaston School of Music and Art Mommy, Music and Me/MusicTogether® Queens Music and Dance School
Samuel Field/Bay Terrace YM & YWHA Studio E School of Dance
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New York New Jersey
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Alcott School Ann & Andy Child Care Center Armonk Nursery School Bet Torah Nursery Chappaqua Children’s Workshop Chappaqua Friends Nursery
School Country  Children’s Center For Kids Only Green Meadow Waldorf School Mohawk Country Home School Mt. Kisco Day Care Purchase Children’s Center Rainbow Nursery School Rosenthal JCC Preschool World Cup Nursery School and Kindergarten Armonk Center for Dance Ballet des Enfants Bennett Academy of the Arts City Center Dance FasTracKids The Hearth Hoff-Barthelson Music School Imagine Tomorrow International School of GymnasticsJCC of Mid-Westchester Jeff Nerenberg Tennis Academy Jodi’s Gym Katonah Art Center & Gallery Kids 'r' Cookin Language Link Center Logrea Dance Academy Lorna London School of Ballet Monique's Music Together of Chappaqua Purchase College at SUNY Rosenthal JCC Kinder Zone Tumble Bugs Westchester Dance Academy Westchester Judo Club Enrichment/Tutoring Services Brain Builders Tutoring Strong Learning Centers
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New York |New Jersey
Nassau New York New Jersey Suffolk
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
AHRC Nassau All For Kids Alphabet land Day School & Camp Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC Nursery Bay Center Montessori Bethlehem Nursery School Big Chief Carousel Day School Community Nursery School Countryside Montessori School Enrichment Center Fearn's Child Care First Class Child Care Friends Together Nursery School Great Neck Community School Green trees Country Day School & Camp The Growing Tree Nursery School The Growing Tree Nursery School North Hebrew Montessori Day School Hicksville Nursery School Janice M. Lustig Pre-school Kiddie Academy Lawrence Woodmere Academy Merrick Community Nursery School & Camp Merrick Woods Country Day School Mill Neck Manor School Montessori Children's Schools, Inc. Montessori School house North Shore Day School North Shore Synagogue Early Childhood Program Old Westbury School of the Holy Child Pitter Patter Early Childhood Center Red Robin Country Day School Robin Hood Country Day School Rolling River Day School & Camp Rose Garden Day Care Sweet Tots Creative Child Care Teacher's Pets Child Care Centers Temple Beth-El of Great Neck Early Childhood Education Center Temple Sinai Nursery School Tobay Day School Trinity Lutheran School Twin Oaks Country Day School The Waldorf School of Garden City Westbury Friends School Wonder Years Diagnostic/Educational/Resources/Counseling Services: ADHD Parent Trainer Advanced Mind care LLC All About Kids CPR Courses by Richard Bartlett Doris Aptekar, P.h.D. Focus Through Fun Institute for Behavioral Health J.M. Ladge Speech & Hearing Center Joan Dorfman Cohen, PhD, APRN, BC (ADD/ADHD)L & M Multi-Sensory Instruction Personal Touch Sensory Integration Research & Rehabilitation Institute (SIRRI) Singer & Kent, P.C. Smart Brain America  Absolute Yoga All Ages Swim School The American Sign Language Connection Barry & Florence Friedberg JCC Bead Connection Bethpage Park Tennis Center Better Little Bodies Busto's Kenpo Karate Communique at School for Language Enrichment Center Fun Bus Island Fencing Academy Little Chefs The Little Gym LIU Center for Gifted Youth Long Island Puppet Theatre & Museum Marcus Avenue Early Childhood Development Program, Inc. M.A.T.S.S. Kids Gym Mid Island Y JCC Afterschool Program Mid Island Y JCC Musik Garten of Long Island Old Westbury Gardens Paint Me a Picture Progressive Gymnastics East Saf-T-Swim Star Map Acting School Start Kids Twisters Wonder Years Nursery School &Junior Sports Academy YMCA of Long Island, Inc.
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Suffolk New York| New Jersey| Nassau
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
A Work of Heart Huntington YMCA Pre-school Ivy League School The Jewish Academy of Suffolk County JKL Montessori School Kiddie Academy The Learning Experience Long Island Language Center Love of Learning Montessori School The Rinx Preschool Stanford Child Care St. Peter's by the Sea Suffolk Y JCC Upper Room Christian School Diagnostic/Educational/Resources/Counseling Services: ADHD Parent Trainer Advanced Mindcare LLC All About Kids CPR Courses by Richard Bartlett Doris Aptekar, P.h.D.Focus Through Fun Institute for Behavioral Health J.M. Ladge Speech & Hearing Center Joan Dorfman Cohen, PhD, APRN, BC (ADD/ADHD)L & M Multi-Sensory Instruction Personal Touch Sensory Integration Research & Rehabilitation Institute (SIRRI) Singer & Kent, P.C. Smart Brain America  Aton O' fun Children's Reading Workshop Country Farms Equestrian Fun Bus Kadoodles Kitchen for Kids The Little Gym Little Sunshine Play center My Gym Once Upon A PlaytimeThe Rinx Saf-T-Swim Soccer Tots @ Winner's Edge Start Kids St. Peter's By The Sea Villari's YMCA of Long Island, Inc. New York| Long Island |New Jersey  back to top
 NEW JERSEY Bergen|Essex|Mercer|Middlesex|Morris|Monmouth|Passaic|Rockland|Somerset|Sussex|UnionWarren
Educational/Parenting Resources In-School Programs Long Island|New York Bergen
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Ability School Am-Tree Developmental Center Apple Montessori Akin Learning Center Bergen County Y - JCC: Rukin Early Childhood Center Bethlehem Early Learning Center Bogart Memorial Nursery School Carousel Early Learning Centers Children's Discovery Center Cottage Corner Preschool Creative Minds Montessori Cresskill Cooperative Preschool, Inc. Elisabeth Morrow School Fair Lawn Jewish Center First Presbyterian Preschool Gerrard Berman Day School The Goddard School of Ramsey Growing Garden Nursery School Harmony Early Learning Center Helen Troum Nursey School Holy Cross Nursery School Hudson School Les Enfants The Lindgren School The Little School of Waldwick Loving Touch Nursery School Maywood Cooperative Nursery School, Inc. Maywood Montessori Learning Center The Meadows School Montessori House New World Montessori School Northvale Preschool Nursery Rhymes Pre-School & Kindergarten Our Lady of Grace School Presbyterian Nursery of Tenafly The Primary School at Young World Day School Prince of Peace Christian Preschool Rockland Country Day School Saddle River Day School Sandcastle Learning Center Sara's Pre-School The Sarkis & Siran Gabrellian Childcare and Learning Center Small World Child Development Center Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County The Spring School Sweet Peas Learning Center Teaneck Community Education Center Temple Emeth Early Childhood Center Today's Learning Center The Village School for Children Wyckoff Reformed Church Nursery School The Young School and Elementary  Amati Conservatory American Eagle Martial Arts Art Smart Academy Artistic Expressions Batter Up Sports & Games Bai's Tae Kwon Do & Family Fitness Centers Binghampton Racquet Club Cresskill Performing Arts Center ER Speech Associates, LLC French for Tots Gary Stevens TaeKwon Do Gymboree Play & Music Health Spa 2 and Kindergarten JCC Thurnauer School of Music John Casablancas Modeling & Career Center Kreative Kidz Theatrical Wkshps The Little Gym Mariann's School of Dance My Gym Music Together of Northern NJ Music Together of Tri-County Musical Munchkins Naturally Yoga New York Sports Clubs - Sports Clubs for Kids Palisades School of Music Professional Baseball Instruction The Ridgewood YMCA Saddle Ridge Riding Center Toddlers In Motion Tumble Bee Gymnastics
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Essex
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Abundant Life Academy Beth El Preschool Children of the Sun The Children's Academy - A Montessori School The Darcy School Dragonfly Academy Far Brook School Hineni@Sinai JCC Metro West Ladybug Montessori Learning Center Lacordaire Academy Little Tots Academy Metro Y of the Oranges Mickey Fried Nursery School Montclair Cooperative School Montclair Kimberley Academy Montessori of Millburn - Short Hills Neighborhood House Nursery School The Pingry School Sandy Lane Nursery School Shoresh, Temple Ner Tamid Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex & Union South Orange Country Day School St. Joseph School St. Phillip's Academy Tutor Time of Livingston  Creative Hands: Art Studio & Atelier Gallery Donna's Kids & Co .French for Tots Front & Center Performing Arts Gymboree Play & Music Hedwig Gruenwald Nursery School Institute for Continuing Education Janice Cummins Petite Ecole JCC Metro West - SCHOOLOF THE ARTSKIDFIT, Inc. Kindermusik With Susan Leone The Little Gym Mad Science Montclair State University - Academically Gifted/Talented Youth Programs Montclair State University - Preparatory Center for the Arts Music Together of Tri-County NJ Devils Youth Hockey Club NJ Performing Arts Center New Jersey Rock Gym New Jersey School of Ballet Newark School of the Arts Physical & Occupational Therapy Program at St. Barnabas Stage Struck Kids Toddlers in Motion The Therapeutic Nursery Young Artists Talent Search!
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Mercer
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
The Waldorf School of Princeton The Little Gym Princeton Ballet School
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Middlesex
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Above and Beyond Child Care Center and Preschool Apple Montessori Candy land Academy and Children's Learning Center Children's orner KinderCare Learning Centers The Goddard Schools of Central NJ Lake Nelson Early Learning Center Little Stars Academy Early Learning Center Nicholas Montessori School Nutritional Sciences Preschool Plaza Child Care Timothy Christian Academy Tingley Preschool & Kindergarten Wardlaw - Hartridge School  Discovery House Ms. Doreen's "Fabulous Feet" Gymboree Play & Music Henderson's Gymnastics Academy Into the SwimMy Gym Middlesex Gymnastics Academy Music Together of Tri-County Princeton Ballet Rutgers Community Music Program (RCMP)School Plus
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Morris
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Apple Montessori The Chabad Center Preschool The Caring Center For Children Carousel of Learning Cradles to Crayons Child Care & Learning Center The Craig School Devin Hill Country Day School Dalyrymple House Learning Center The Goddard Schools of Central NJ JCC Metro West Kids at Play Little Friends Day School The Magic Garden School Mendham Cooperative Nursery School Montessori Children's House Morris Center YMCA Morristown-Beard School Richard F. Blake Children's Center Shalom Yeladim Nursery Sprout House St. Vincent Martyr School Union Hill Nursery School The West Morris Area YMCA The Wilson School  Aquatics ETC., Inc .Aikido Centers of NJ Calderone School of Music Chef It Up Creative Hands: Art Studio & Atelier Gallery Children's  Afterschool Center Diamond Gymnastics Gymboree Play & Music Gymnastics, Inc .Hebrew Country Preschool JCC Metro West - SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Kid Therapy Kiddie Soccer Kindermusik with Susan Leone Kristie's School of Fish Lets Create The Little Gym Mary Ann Hall's MUSIC FOR CHILDREN Morris County Art Association The Music Center New Jersey School of Ballet North Jersey Dance & Gymnastics Nicole's Broadway Dance Center Playorama Music Together Powerzone Volleyball & Fitness Center Ritchie's Music Center Viva the Chef
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Monmouth
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
A-Z Academy Chesterbrook Academy Children's World Learning Centers The Goddard Schools of Central NJ Kiddie Academy of Marlboro and
Freehold Kindercare Learning Centers Ranney  School St. John's Nursery School American Academy of Dance and Performing Arts Count Basie Theatre's Cool School Gymboree Play & Music The Little Gym My Gym Children's Fitness Center (Monmouth County) New York Long Island| New Jersey  back to top Passaic SCHOOLS PROGRAMS Broad Street Children's Academy Busy Beehive Nursery School Early Learning Center at the YM-YWHA of Clifton First Steps For Kids Jin-A Child Care  Center Kiddie Academy Early Learning Center YM-YWHA of North Jersey - Cohen Nursery School  Action Theatre Conservatory Baby Power Gymboree Play & Music Kids Connection at the YM-YWHA of Clifton The Little Gym Mudpie Ceramics Center Professional Baseball Instruction Recreational Programs at YM-YWHA of Clifton The Vocal Performance Studio
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Rockland
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Blue Rock School The Goddard School Green Meadow Waldorf School  Batter Up Sports & Games Creative Arts Corner of Hudson Valley, Inc. Galaxy
Gymnastics Gymboree Play & Music Jill's Ceramics The Little Gym My Gym New York Sports Clubs - Sports Clubs for Kids Tumble Bee Gymnastics
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SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
The Blaustein Early Childhood Center at the Shimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC Blue Kangaroo Day School The Children's Workshop A Child's Place Far Hills Country  Day School The Goddard Schools of Central NJ KinderCare Learning Centers Robbins Nest Learning Center Oak Crest Academy The Pingry School Pluckemin Church Preschool School of the Hills Stellar Academy Weintal Preschool Bridgewater Sports Arena Gymboree Play & Music InSpira Dance Studio The Little Gym Music Together of Tri-County My Gym New Jersey School of Ballet Stars Theatre Academy
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Sussex
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Children's Castle/Tiny Treasures Hilltop Country Day School Kiddie Academy Childcare Learning Center of Sparta Little Kids' Place Too Northwest Christian School Prince of Peace Early Learning Center Rev. George A. Brown Preschool Tiny Town Pre-School West Side Child Care Center Acting-A-Part™ Aikido Centers of New Jersey Bouncearama Dance Starz USA Fitness Connections Jersey Gators Playorama Music Together Sparta Athletic Club
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Union
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Bender Memorial Academy Congregation Beth Hatikvah Children's Academy of Springfield Featherbed Lane School "Hinder Them Not" Montessori Preschool Kent Place School KinderCare Learning Centers Little Bears Day Care Centers, Inc. The Learning Circle L` Academy Montessori The Learning Circle Noah's Ark Preschools Oak Knoll School Oratory Preparatory School Rainbow Academy Redeemer Lutheran School  Scotch Plains Academy Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex & Union St. James The Apostle School St. Theresa of Avila Summit Area YMCA Temple Beth Ahm Trinity Temple Academy Union Congregational Weekday Nursery School The Wonder Years Academy Calderone School of Music The Children of the Sun Gymboree Play & Music Into the Swim The Little Gym The Performing Arts Studio The Therapeutic Nursery Tumble Jam The Westfield "Y" YMCA of Eastern Union County Warren
SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Mountain Top School For Young Children Wee Act!
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School Programs
123 Tumblebus Dinosaurs Rock! Fun Bus Imagine That!!! Discovery Museum Mad Science Tiny Tumblers Educational/Parenting Resources Educational Resources: ADD Coaching The Biofeedback Center of Suffern Central Jersey Speech and Language Center Child & Teen Success Centers Child's Play Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Community Coordinated Child Care of Union County ER Speech Associates, LLC Family Counseling Services Good Talking People Home Educational Services, Inc. Homework Haven Kid Therapy Kids Talk Kumon North America, Inc. The Language Room Oxford Learning Centers Parenting K.I.D.S. - American Red Cross Family Resource Center R & L Associates in Speech & Language Somerset Learning Center Stepping Stones to Communication, LLC Team Hope, P.C. - Language, Play and Social Skills Programs
Child Care: Nanny Agencies and Au Pair Agencies

Nannies | Au Pair | Child-Care Centers | Baby Sitters
Nanny Agencies Absolute Best Care, Inc.10 E. 39th St., near Fifth Ave., Ste. 1126212-481-5705absolutebestcare.comThis agency refers nannies and baby nurses to families in all five boroughs as well as Long Island and Connecticut. For a onetime fee of $195, parents can choose among hundreds of nannies, some of whom have taken a specialty course on how to handle twins and fussy babies. ABC also offers short-term nanny services and babysitting. Agency fees are 10 percent of the nanny’s first annual salary; wages range from $10 to $15 an hour. Best Domestic Placement Service10 E. 39th St., near Fifth Ave., Ste.
1118212-683-3060bestdomestic.comWith Best Domestic, parents can choose from a large network of full- and part-time nannies and housekeepers. The company also offers a database of 10,000 babysitters, who are subjected to thorough interviews and background checks if employed. The agency’s fee is 15 percent of the nanny’s annual salary. Nanny wages start at $500 a week.   Nanny Surveillance

• Meyerson Associates212-508-8400meyersonassociates.comPrivate investigation and security specialist Barry Meyerson and his staff will prescreen your nanny to ensure that she’s not illegal, criminal, sexually predatory, or litigious ($750); install sophisticated covert digital surveillance systems (a.k.a. nanny cams) in your home ($4,000–$7,000); and videotape your nanny while she plays (or neglects to play), with your children outdoors (“activity checks” are $125 per hour).

  A Choice Nanny850 Seventh Ave., near 55th St., Ste. 706 212-246-5437achoicenanny.com/nycBeyond placing full-time nannies, this multipurpose agency offers services like Nani Temp, which provides short-term care in emergency situations, and TutorCare, where nannies help children with their homework and escort them to after-school activities. Contact the agency for wages and fees. My Child’s Best Friend239 E. 73rd St., near Second Ave., Ste. 2E212-396-4090nynannyservice.comFor six years, former nanny Janet Cook has successfully matched families with suitable long- and short-term nannies as well as traveling nanny temps and babysitters. The agency charges 12 percent of the nanny’s first annual salary, but up-front payment earns a 15 percent discount; average wages start at $600 per week. New York Nanny Center, Inc.787 Seventh Ave., near 51st St.212-786-6090nynanny.comNew York Nanny’s roster includes mostly young college grads willing to commit to at least one year of employment for families in all five boroughs, plus Connecticut, Westchester, and Long Island. The fourteen-year-old agency charges a $125 application fee, and a $2,900 placement fee for live-in nannies (for live-out nannies, the fee is five times the weekly salary). Nanny wages range from $350 to $600 per week. Au Pair Agencies Au Pair Care800-4AUPAIRaupaircare.comFor any au pair service in the U.S., families are required to pay an initial fee of $5,000 to $6,000. On arriving in New York, Au Pair Care participants go through extensive training in child-care development, household safety, crime prevention, and CPR. Parents are required to pay au pairs an average of $260 per week, which includes transportation and a weekly stipend. Au Pair in America9 W. Broad St., Stamford, Conn.800-928-7247 This American Institute for Foreign Study-affiliated program has been matching international au pairs with families for nearly twenty years. Choose from several programs: Au Pair Child Care ($265 per week), which includes 45 weekly hours of care; Au Pair Extraordinaire ($343 per week), which upgrades you to an au pair with a formal child-care degree; and Educare ($209), which is for parents seeking a lesser time commitment. Community-based counselors are available to help with any issues that arise. Cultural Care Au Pair1 Education St., Cambridge,
Mass.800-333-6056efaupair.orgEF Education, a worldwide foreign-language organization, oversees this exchange program, which not only screens candidates thoroughly but also trains them at its own facility. Total cost for the standard program is $5,395 per year, plus the standard weekly stipend of $139 and an education allowance of up to $500. EurAuPair Intercultural Childcare Programs407 N. Washington St., Alexandria, Va.800-901-2002euraupair.comThis organization can match your family with an au pair from almost anywhere in the world. The regular program is $5,800 per year; the Au Pair Par Experience program, which ensures you an au pair who has either a kindergarten teaching degree or two years of full-time child-care experience, costs $6,700 (plus weekly $140 stipend, plus education fees). Returning families get a discount. Go Au Pair6965 Union Park Center, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah888-287-2471childcrest.comchildcrest.com This company offers two programs: the standard Go Au Pair ($5,745) and the Premiere Au Pair ($5,945), which requires two years’ experience or a relevant child-care degree. The standard $140 weekly stipend and education fees are not included. Au pairs arrive with comprehensive health insurance obtained through the company. InterExchange, Inc161 Sixth Ave., at Spring St.212-924-0446interexchange.orgInterExchange au pairs are thoroughly interviewed and investigated before their profiles are sent to host families. Beyond the mandatory $5,490 fee for enrolling in the au pair program, parents can expect to pay a weekly stipend of about $140. Child Care: Child-Care Centers
Nannies | Au Pair | Child-Care Centers | Baby Sitters
Battery Park City Day Nursery215 South End Ave.212-945-0088This bright, downtown child-care center accepts tots from 1 to 5 years old and employs a mix of developmentally appropriate instruction and playtime (weather permitting, in a sunny outdoor space). Group activities focus on language and vocabulary-building. Morning, afternoon, and full-day programs available for $465 to $1,200 per month.   Ridig the slides at Bright Horizons Children's Center. (Photo Credit: Kristine Larsen) Bright Horizons Children’s CenterPayson House, 435 E. 70th St., near York Ave., second fl.212-746-6543brighthorizons.comAffiliated with the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Bright Horizons is located within one of the hospital’s resident buildings and employs a “free choice” approach: Kids focus on the activities that interest them most, from listening to music to playing with blocks. There are also science, computer, and writing and creative-arts centers. Seventy-eight children, ages 6 weeks to 5 years, register every year and are grouped by age; prices range from $503 to $2,040 per month. Student-teacher ratio varies with age groups. The Brownstone School128 W. 80th St., near Columbus Ave.212-874-1341For over 40 years, the Brownstone School, located in, yes, a classic brownstone, has been a second home for Upper West Side tadpoles. Prekindergarten activities—storytelling, music, reading, and movement—are available to children ages 2 to 5; an after-school program offers cooking, poetry, and drama clubs. Instructors have master’s degrees in early-childhood development. Bonus: There’s an outdoor play space, complete with a double slide and monkey bars. Prices for a ten-month term range from $5,250 for two half-days a week to $16,170 for five full days. Student-teacher ratio averages six to one. Buckle My Shoe Learning Center40 Worth St., near Church St.212-374-1489230 W. 13th St., near Seventh Ave.212-807-0518bucklemyshoe.orgFor 23 years, Buckle My Shoe has supervised children aged 3 months to 51?2 years, building on the Reggio Emilia approach, which encourages plenty of parental involvement. Instructors at the two locations (one in a sunny, nine-classroom facility on Worth Street and the other in a carriage house in the Village) get kids ready for kindergarten with activities that include letter and sound recognition, team playing, and social-skills building. Parents register during open houses that run through August, and weekly tours are available. Prices for the full-time ten-month term are from $14,250 to $15,900, depending on the age and number of visits. Student-teacher ratio varies with age groups. Children’s Community Workshop4821 Eighth Ave., at 49th St., Sunset Park, Brooklyn718-435-3769Children ages 2 to 5 have plenty of space to roam at this 25-year-old center. From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., preschoolers learn the alphabet, listen to stories, and play outdoor games in the backyard; each month is devoted to a theme (in the rainy days of last April, they learned about plants and how weather makes things grow). Around 50 children register per year; parents pay $112 a week per child, with no obligation to stay the full term. Student-teacher ratio is around six to one. Columbus Preschool & Gym606 Columbus Ave., near 89th St.212-721-0090Children ages 2 to 5 are introduced to science, woodworking, cooking, and dramatic arts at this five-room center. Toddlers (6 months and up) and kids up to age 12 can also take junior gymnastics lessons from a certified tumbler on staff. During the ten-month preschool program, prices range from $6,500 for two days a week to $14,750 for five days a week. Applications may be requested by calling the school. Student-teacher ratio varies with age groups. Educare Early Childhood Center484 Second Ave., at 28th St., second fl.212-679-2393 (ages 2–5)320 E. 26th St., near First Ave.212-779-2650 (ages 5–10) bellevuedaycarecenter.org Recently awarded the Department of Education’s Outstanding Early Childhood Program award, this 32-year-old program accepts 100 children per term. Youngsters play with building blocks, dance, and color, or learn computer games, play with instruments, and explore woodworking. Prices range from $7 per hour for 2-year-olds to $6 per hour for 3-to-10-year-olds; parents can opt to pay monthly rates, which range from $391 for part-time care to $900 for full-time. Student-teacher ratio ranges from three to one to six to one. Manhattan Kids’ Club21 E. 13th St., near Fifth Ave.212-741-7292Manhattan Kids’ Club II629 E. 14th St., near Ave. B212-533-1977The preschool program at these multiroom centers offers field trips to the Central Park Zoo and the aquarium, plus baking classes, movement classes, music, Spanish instruction, and computer games for children 3 to 5 years old. The center takes infants as young as 3 months; monthly prices range from $645 for two days a week to $1,400 for five days a week. Student-teacher ratio varies with age groups. Pike Street School Age Day Care CenterP.S. 2, 122 Henry St., at Pike St., Rm. 109212-587-0912Older children (ages 6 to 12) study, cook, sew, tumble, and visit museums during Pike Street’s after-school programs, which generally run from 3 to 6 p.m. during the school year. About 110 children are registered per year and are separated (by age group) into five rooms. Parents should contact the school for prices. Student-teacher ratio is eleven to one. Red Balloon Day Care Center560 Riverside Dr., near 125th St.212-663-9006With an outdoor play deck and indoor gymnasium, Red Balloon offers children ages 2 to 5 plenty of space to romp and flex. The 32-year-old program is located in a Columbia University–owned residential apartment, where each age group has its own classroom. There’s also a kitchen and a big library for beginner readers; about 48 kids are registered at a time. Prices for the five-day-a-week program are $1,270 a month for 2-year-olds, $1,050 for kids 3 to 5. Student-teacher ratio varies with age groups. Tickles Daycare, Inc.165 Sterling St., near Bedford Ave., East Flatbush, Brooklyn718-703-0547276 Rutland Rd., near Rogers Ave., East Flatbush, Brooklyn718-771-2061Owner and director Patricia Johnson opened her smallish East Flatbush center ten years ago, providing preschool and after-school programs to little Brooklynites. There are 26 kids split into two five-room homes, one for infants ages 6 weeks to 2 years, the other for kids 3 to 5. Instructors usually start the day by discussing current events (weather, sports, news) and end with math, arts and crafts, computer learning, and a little exercise and dance. Weekly prices are $150 per child. Student-teacher ratio is about five to one.
Child Care: Babysitter Agencies

Nannies | Au Pair | Child-Care Centers | Baby Sitters
Baby Sitters’ Guild60 E. 42nd St., near Madison Ave.212-682-0227 babysittersguild.com In business for over a half century, the Guild can dispatch a bilingual sitter (sixteen languages are represented), or one with a nursing background, to all five boroughs. Rates start at $20 per hour and vary with age (sitters are 25 and older; parents can request a particular age). There is a minimum of four hours, plus $4.50 for travel costs until midnight, $7 thereafter. Barnard Babysitting Service Barnard College; 11 Milbank Hall, 3009 Broadway, at 119th St.212-854-2035 barnard.edu Undergraduate students use this babysitting program to make a few extra dollars while they’re in school. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island families must register before requesting a babysitter, and they should give at least two days’ notice. Rates average $10 to $12 per hour with a two-hour minimum; families are expected to pay for all meals and transportation after 9 p.m.   Baby Proofer

• All-Star Baby Safety212-396-1995allstarbabysafety.comDuring a 60-to 90-minute walk-through consultation ($75), owner Tom Treanor thoroughly explains common house hazards and preventive measures. While one anonymous celeb recently had $6,000 worth of baby proofing work done, most city parents are simply looking for toilet locks ($10) and furniture securers ($21).

New York City Explorers244 Fifth Ave., Suite 2545212-591-2619For parents wishing to get their kids off the couch, this activity-based babysitting option is a godsend. The Dinner and Theater program ($130) takes a chaperoned trip to a Broadway show and restaurant, while Sleep-In Saturdays ($15 per hour) for children 2 through 6 include breakfast, lunch, and educational activities with kids their age. Other options: trips to nearby museums, zoos, and parks. The NYC Babysitters Club293 E. 73rd St., near Second Ave., Ste. 2E 212-396-4090nycbabysitters.comPay a onetime fee of $99 and get access to a list of pre-screened sitters, ages 22 and up, who charge between $12 and $20 an hour to watch your children after 6 p.m. on weeknights and anytime during weekends (in Manhattan only). They recommend calling at least one week in advance to make arrangements. Transportation fees may be added if the job ends after 9 p.m. The Parents League of New York115 E. 82nd St.212-737-7385parentsleague.orgFor $90 a year, parents gain full access to this community-based organization’s vast resources, which include files of babysitters recommended by other parents in the city. The Parents League also offers information on summer camps, after-school activities, and everything else a Manhattan parent could want—including advisers to help you navigate the public-school system. The office is closed during the summer. Pinch Sitters212-260-6005Sitters who have been subjected to a thorough background check charge $16 an hour (cash only), with a four-hour minimum, plus additional transportation fees when the job runs later than 9 p.m. Two families can prearrange to share one sitter, averaging $20 per hour. Parents are charged $35 for canceling within 24 hours. Services are available only in Manhattan and select areas of Brooklyn and Queens. Sittercity.com888-211-9749For an initial fee of $39.99, and $5 per month thereafter, parents can gain access to the country’s largest babysitting database. The Website offers profiles of college students who are ready to take on the job—in all five boroughs (not to mention throughout the rest of the country). Sitters, ages 17 and up, charge $10 to $15 per hour and have
not been prescreened. Sterling’s Lifestyle Resources, Inc.23 W. 36th St.212-947-9792 sterlinglifestyle.com Aside from babysitters, additional services offered by this company include Celebration Care, in which nannies oversee a group of children at a special event—for example, a wedding ($5,000 for up to thirteen kids for six hours)—and Kid Couriers, who will accompany your child on an airplane flight. Traditional nanny service ranges from $600 to $800 per week.
 

Aaron School Battery Park City Brotherhood Synagogue Buckle My Shoe Cathedral School Children's Learning Center @ Morningside Heights Church Street Music and Art School City & Country School Columbus Preschool Congregation Ansche Chesed Dwight Engelwood School The Family School Jack and Jill Nursery School Kid's Korner Preschool Language Workshop's Preschools La Scuola “Guglielmo Marconi” Lighthouse International Marvelwood School Montessori School of New York International Morningside Montessori School Renanim Preschool River School Riverside Church Weekday School St. Gregory the Great School St. Ignatius Loyola Day Nursery St. Thomas Choir School Seton Day Care Center Studio School York Avenue Preschool Your Kids, Our Kids
 A - C: Ability School Akin Learning Center AM2PM Childcare Learning Center Barnstable Academy Barnstable Academy High School The Beanstalk Academy Bell's Little Learners Bergen County Y - JCC: Rukin Early Childhood Center Beth Rishon Nursery School Bethany Christian Academy Bethlehem Early Learning Center The Blaustein Early Childhood Center at the Shimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC Blue Rock School Bright Horizons Family Solutions Broad Street Children's Academy Candyland Academy and Children's Learning Center Cathedral Preparatory Academy Children's Academy of Springfield Children's Circle at St. Andrews The Children's Workshop Compassionate Kids Day School Congregation Beth Hatikvah The Craig School Creative Kids Learning Center Creative Minds Montessori Cross Roads Country Day Care D - H: The Darcy School Dwight-Englewood School The Early Enrichment Center Early Learning Center at the YM-YWHA of Clifton Early Learning Preschool East Hanover Childcare Center Elisabeth Morrow School Far Brook School Featherbed Lane School First Presbyterian Preschool Gan Gani Preschool at the JCC of Middlesex County Glen Rock Jewish Community Center The Goddard School of Ramsey The Goddard Schools of Central NJ Grace Lutheran School Greater Brunswick Charter School The Green House Pre-School & Kindergarten Green Meadow Waldorf School Growing Garden Nursery School Happy Hours School The Harmony School Hebrew Academy of Morris Holy Family Academy Hudson School I - M: The Infant/Toddler Child Care Center at Felician College Jellybean Junction Preschool & Daycare Jin-A Child Care Center KinderCare Learning Centers Lacordaire Academy Lake Nelson Early Learning Center The Learning Tree The Learning Experience Les Enfants The Lindgren School Little Jewish Pre-School Loving Touch Nursery School The Marvelwood School Maywood Montessori The Meadows School Metuchen-Edison YMCA Metro Y of the Oranges Mickey Fried Nursery School Montclair Cooperative School Montclair Kimberley Academy Montessori House Montessori of Millburn - Short Hills Morris Center YMCA Morristown-Beard School Mountain Lakes Country Day School Mountain Top Pre-School Mt. Olive Montessori School N - R: Neighborhood House Nursery School New Beginnings at Glenview Academy New World Montessori School Newark Academy Nicholas Montessori School Noah's Ark Nursery School - Maywood Noah's Ark Preschools Northvale Preschool Oratory Preparatory School The Palmer School Pine Brook Jewish Center The Pingry School Pixie Pre-School & Kindergarten Plaza Child Care Positive Place Learning Center Presbyterian Nursery of Tenafly Preschool Place & Kindergarten Redeemer Lutheran School Rutgers Preparatory School S - Y: Saddle River Day School Sandcastle Learning Center Sandy Lane Nursery School Shoresh, Temple Ner Tamid Small World Child Development Center Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex & Union South Mountain Nursery & Kindergarten South Orange County Day School The Spring School St. Joseph School Summit Area YMCA Teaneck Community Education Center Timothy Christian Academy Tingley Preschool & Kindergarten Trinity Lutheran School Tutor Time of Livingston Union Congregational Weekday Nursery School The Village School for Children The Waldorf School Wardlaw - Hartridge School The Wilson School World 4 Kids YM-YWHA of North Jersey - Cohen Nursery School

A - C:

  A Midsummer's Dreaming, Inc. Academy of Music Action Theater Conservatory Ardmore Academy of Irish Dance Baby Power Bergen Y a JCC - The Next Stop Bridgewater Sports Arena Calderone School of Music Center Stage Dance Studio The Children's Workshop Creative Hands: Art Studio & Atelier D - G:
Dance Dimensions dance plus...a whole lot more The Dance School Diamond Gymnastics Eastern National Academy Elite Gymnastics FDNY Fire Zone French for Tots Frozen Ropes of NJ Fun Bus Galaxy Gymnastics Gary Stevens Tae Kwon Do H - L: Health Spa 2 Henderson's Gymnastics Academy Hoop Zone Basketball Complex Imagine Tomorrow Janice Cummins Petite Ecole JCC Thurnauer School of Music KIDFIT, Inc. Kiddie Soccer/Soccer Excellence Kids Connection at the YM-YWHA of Clifton Kidz Musik with Mr. Joe Kinder musik with Susan Leone Kreative Kidz Theatrical Workshops Kristie's School of Fish The Little Gym M - P: Mad Science Mary Ann Hall's MUSIC FOR CHILDREN Montclair State University - Academically Gifted/Talented Youth Programs Montclair State University -  Preparatory Center for the Arts Morris County Art Association Music Studio Daniela Music Together of Northern NJ Music Together of Tri-County Musical Munchkins My Gym Children's Fitness Center (Monmouth County) Nancy Carole School of Dance Needlecraft Sewing Center New Jersey Rock Gym New Jersey School of Ballet Newark School of the Arts Palisades School of Music Paragon School of Gymnastics Professional Baseball Instruction R - Y: Recreational Programs at the YM-YWHA of Clifton Ridgewood Conservatory Rutgers Community Music Program (RCMP) Saturday Happenings at Slocum/Skewes School Somerset Art Association Sports world Indoor Amusement Park Tenafly Racquet Club Tumble Bee Gymnastics The Westfield "Y" The Wonder Museum YMCA of Eastern Union County YM-YWHA of North Jersey
Educational Resources: American Home Tutoring The Biofeedback Center of Suffern Children's Therapy Services - Trinitas Healthcare Corp. Club Z - Morris & Union County Club Z - Somerset County Easy For You to Say, LLC DINOSAUR EVENTS by Funny Bones USA Imagine That!!! Discovery Museum Laurie Leifer Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes R&L Associates in Speech & Language Sylvan Learning Center Team Hope, Inc. Team Hope Speech and Language Therapy Center
 

 74th Street MAGIC  ACT First Step Nursery  Bank Street School  The Brick Church School  Bright Horizons Children's Center  Brooklyn Children's Academy  Brooklyn Heights Montessori  The Brownstone School  Buckle My Shoe - 40 Worth Street  Buckle My Shoe - West 13th Street
 Caedmon  Calhoun  Church Street School for Music and Art  City & Country School  Claremont Children's School  Columbia Grammar and Prep
Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School  Columbus Preschool & Gym  Corlears  Discovery Programs  The Family School  Garden House School of New York  The Garden School  The Geneva School  Goldman YMHA/ YWHA (E 14th Street Y)  Grace Church  Greenwich Village Center
 Harlem YMCA  Hunter College Elementary School  International School of Brooklyn (ISB)  Jack & Jill School  Joyful Noise Preschool and Toddler Group  La Escuelita  La Scuola D'Italia Guglielmo Marconi  Little Red Schoolhouse/ Elisabeth Irwin High School  Lycee Francais de New York
 Manhattan Country  Manhattan Kids' Club  Metropolitan Montessori  Montessori Day School of Brooklyn  Note Worthy PreSchool  Packer Collegiate Institute  Park West Montessori School  The Pinafore Nursery School  Poly Prep Country Day  Preschool of America  Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School  Ramaz School  Resurrection Episcopal Day School  Rhinelander Children's Center  River Park Nursery School  Riverdale Country School
 Riverdale YM-YWHA  Rodeph Sholom  Rudolf Steiner  Smarter Toddler Nursery & Preschool  St. Ann's  St. Bartholomew's  St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's
St. Luke's  Staten Island Academy  Studio Elementary  Tenth Street Tots  Third Street Settlement - LAM Nursery  Trevor Day School  The Weekday School   West Side Montessori Williamsburg Northside Preschool
 
 

Educational Programs

>> Bank Street - School for Children and Family Center
Located on W. 112th St., this college of education also has a small program for children.

>> Barnard College Center for Toddler Development
A parent/toddler program. The Center enrolls toddlers in a program for the academic year (mid-September through the end of April). Children come to the center for weekly play groups and families participate in research on children's development. To be eligible for the Center's programs, toddlers must be between 19-30 months in September (children must be born prior to Feb. 15). Contact the Toddler Center at (212) 854-8275, to obtain a brochure. Applications are taken beginning in September for enrollment the following year.

>> St. John the Divine - Adults and Children in Trust
Located on 1047 Amsterdam Ave. (@ W. 111th St.), they offer a surprizingly affordable parent/todler program - it is not a drop off program.
The A.C.T. Early Years Programs offer a first-time group experience for toddlers, parents or caregivers. Ninety-minute classes allow toddlers and adults to explore their environment in a group setting. Classes are kept small--eight pairs for each teacher--to permit instructors to work with each pair at their own pace. Classes are designed so children interact with others their own age (within 6 months), and so that parents/caregivers can meet other neighborhood parents/caregivers with young children. Caregivers experience new techniques of teaching toddlers art and games, and working with other children. Classes begin in A.C.T.'s spacious gymnasium, located in the Cathedral undercroft and then move to the toddler-friendly room.
They also offer an Indoor Play Station (see the bottom of their web page) that may be a good alternative to playspaceny.com's offering.

>> Poppyseed Pre-Nursery River School  River Park Nursery School  Baby Fingers - Sign Language and Music Baby Fingers
www.allny.com  - Day Care Centers in Manhatten
A long list of Day Care all over the City
Columbia Greenhouse Nursery Gardens Nursery School and Kindergarten Morningside Montessori School Red Balloon Day Care Center St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School Tompkins Hall Nursery School and Day Care Center Union Theological Seminary Child Learning Center and Nursery School
Riverside Church Weekday School Presbyterian Hospital Infant and Child Care Center Medical Center Nursery School The Family Annex Day Care Center The Early Ear Music Together  Hands On! A Musical Experience Baby Fingers - Sign Language and Music Gymboree Schools insideschools.com
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 The Beekman School and The Tutoring Center   Berkeley Carroll School   The Birch Wathen Lenox School   The Brearley School
 The Browning School   The Calhoun School   The Chapin School   Collegiate School   Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
  The Dalton School   The Dwight School   Emma Willard School   The Fieldston School   Friends Seminary   Hackley School   The Hewitt School
  The Horace Mann School   Lycee Francais de New York   Marymount School of New York   The Masters School   Millbrook School   The Nichols School   Nightingale-Bamford School   The Packer Collegiate Institute   Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School   Professional Children’s School
  Riverdale Country School   Rye Country Day School   Saint Ann’s School   The Spence School   The Stony Brook School   The Trevor Day School
  Trinity School   Trinity-Pawling School   United Nations International School  OHIO  Cincinnati Country Day School   Western Reserve Academy
 PENNSYLVANIA  Chestnut Hill Academy   George School   Germantown Friends School   The Hill School   The Mercersburg Academy
  The Shipley School   William Penn Charter School   RHODE ISLAND  Moses Brown School   St. George’s School   TENNESSEE  Baylor School
  St. Andrew¡¯s-Sewanee School   TEXAS  Greenhill School   The Hockaday School   St. Stephen’s Episcopal School   VERMONT
 The Putney School   Vermon Acaderny VIRGINIA  Foxcroft School   The Madeira School   St. Anne’s -Belfield School   WASHINGTON  Annie Wright School BOARDING/DAY GIRL  Annie Wright School   Dana Flail School   Emma Willard School   The Ethel Walker School   Foxcroft School
 Garrison Forest School   The Hockaday School   The Madeira School  Miss Porter’s School   Oldfields School   Westovcr School    BOARDING/DAY BOY  Avon Old Farms School   Belmont Hill School   The Hill School   The Oxford Academy   St. Alban’s School   Salisbury School   Trinity—Pawling School   DAY CO-ED  The Beckman School and The Tutoring   Center   Berkeley Carroll School   The Birch Wathen Lenox School
 The Blake School   Breck School   Brentwood School   Buckingham Browne and Nichols School   The Calhoun School   The Cambridee School of Weston   Cincinnati Country Day School   Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School   The Dalton School   The Dwight School   The Fieldston School
  Harvard-Westlake School   Hopkins School   The Horace Mann School   lsidore Newman School   Lake Forest Academy   The Latin School of Chicago
  Lycee Francais de New York   The Nichols School   The Packer Collegiate Institute   The Pingry School   Princeton Day School   Professional Children¡¯s School   Rye Country Day School   St. Paul Academy   San Francisco University High   Thayer Academy   The Trevor Day School
  Trinity School   United Nations International School   The Westminster Schools   William Penn Charter School   DAY GIRL  The Brearley School
  The Chapin School   Greenwich Academy   The Hewitt School   The i-lockaday School   Marymount School of New York   Nightingale—Bamford School   The Spence School    DAY BOY  The Browning School   Chestnut Hill Academy   Collegiate School   National Cathedral School
  The Roxbury Latin School   BOARDING/DAY COED  The Athenian School   Baylor School   Berkshire School   Blair Academy   Brewster Academy
  Brooks School   Canterbury School   Carrabassett Valley Academy   Cate School   Choate Rosemary Hall   Colorado Rocky Mountain School
  Concord Academy   Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School   The Culver Academies   Cushing Academy   Deerfield Academy   Fountain Valley School
   The George School   Gould Academy   Groton School   The Gunnery   The Hill School   Hackley School   Hebron Academy   The Holderncss School
 The Hotchkiss School   The Hyde School   Indian Springs School   Kent School   Kimball Union Academy   La Lumiere School   Landmark School
 The Lawrenceville School   The Loomis Chaffee School   The Marvelwood School   The Masters School   The Mercersburg Academy
  Middlesex School   Millbrook School   Milton Academy   Moses Brown School   Northfield Mount Hermon School   The Orme School
 The Peddie School   Phillips Academy (Andover)   Phillips Exeter Academy   Pomfret School   The Putney School   Riverdale Country School
 Saint Andrew’s School   St. Andrew’s School   St. Andrew’s ~SCWaneC School   Saint Ann’s School   St. Anne’s -Belfield School
 St. George’s School   Saint Mark’s School   St. Stephen’s Episcopal School   The Stony Brook School   Suffield Academy Tabor Academy  The Taft School  The Thacher School   Trinity-Pawling School  Verde Valley School  Vermont Academy  Walnut Hill School  Webb School of California  Western Reserve Academy   The Westminster Schools  The White Mountain School  The Williston Northampton School  SPECIAL INTEREST
 The Beekman School and The Tutoring Center  The Cambridge School of Weston   Carrahassett Valley Academy   The Forman School
  ldyllwild School of Music and the Arts   lnterlochen Arts Academy of the  Interlochen Center for the Arts  Landmark School
  Lycée Francais de New York  The Oxford Academy  Proctor Academy  Professional Children’s School  Shattuck—St. Mary’s School  Walnut Hill School  The White Mountain School BOARDING SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS (TEN OR MORE STUDENTS ENROLLED)  Berkshire School  Blair Academy  Brewster Academy  Choate Rosemary Hall  Cushing Academy  Deerfield Academy
 The Gunnery  The Hill School  The l-lotchkiss School  Kent School  The Lawrenceville School  Northfield Mount Hermon
  Phillips Academy Andover   Phillips Exeter Academy   Suffield Academy   Trinity—Pawling School  Vermont Academy  The Williston Northampton School   ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE  Berkshire School  Canterbury School  Cushing Academy  The Culver Academies
  Deerfield Academy  The Dwight School  Emma Willard School  The Ethel Walker School  Fountain Valley School  Foxcroft School
 The Gunnery  Hackley School  The Hockaday School  Indian Springs School  Kent School  The Madeira School  Millbrook School
  Northfield Mount Hermon School  Oldfields School  The Orme School  The Putney School  Saint Andrew¡¯s School  St. Andrew¡¯s-Sewanee School
  St. Anne’s Belfield School  St. George’s School  St. Paul’s School  St. Stephen’s Episcopal School  Salisbury School  Suffield Academy
  Tabor Academy  Trinity-Pawling School  United Nations International School  Vermont Academy  Verde Valley School Webb School of California
 Westover School  The Williston Northampton School   LEARNING DIFFERENCES PROGRAMS  Berkshire School  Brewster Academy
  Cushing Academy  The Forman School  The Gunnery  Landmark School  Proctor Academy  Trinity—Pawling School  Verde Valley School
  Vermont Academy Private School Locator Map What's So Private About Private Schools?     Introduction
The Private Schools:
    The Abraham Joshua Heschel School    The Abraham Lincoln School    The Alexander Robertson School    The Allen-Stevenson School
    Bank Street School for Children    The Berkeley Carroll School    The Birch Wathen Lenox School    The Brearley School
    Brooklyn Friends School    The Brooklyn Heights Montessori School    The Browning School    The Buckley School
    The Caedmon School    The Calhoun School    The Cathedral School    The Chapin School    The Children's Storefront    City & Country School
    Collegiate School    Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School    Convent of the Sacred Heart    Corlears School    The Dalton School
    The Dwight/Anglo-American International Schools    The Ethical Culture Fieldston Schools    The Family School and The Family School West
    Friends Seminary
    The Geneva School of Manhattan    Grace Church School    The Hewitt School    Horace Mann School
    La Scuola New York Guglielmo Marconi    Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School    Loyola School
    Lycée Français    Manhattan Country School    Marymount School of New York    Metropolitan Montessori School
    The Modern School    The Nightingale-Bamford School    The Packer Collegiate Institute    Poly Prep Country Day School
    Professional Children's School    Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School    Ramaz    Regis High School    The Riverdale Country School
    The Rodeph Sholom School    The Rudolf Steiner School    Saint Ann's School    St. Bernard's School    St. David's School
    St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School    St. Luke's School    The Solomon Schechter School    The Spence School    The Studio Elementary School
    The Town School    Trevor Day School    Trinity School    United Nations International School    Village Community School
    York Preparatory School Additional Schools Resources for Children with Learning Disabilities
Public School Options
    Programs for Gifted and Talented Students
    The Public High Schools
    After-School Athletic and Other Programs
Other Resources
Index

United Nations International School - http://www.unis.org/
Manhattan (K - 12) and Queens (K - 8) coed independent school serves students in the UN and local New York communities.
  The School at Columbia University - http://theschool.columbia.edu/
Elementary school for children in school districts 3 and 5, through a random lottery. Describes philosophy, curriculum, admissions, tuition, and other topics.
  Lycée Français de New York - http://www.lfny.org/
Independent coeducational school in Manhattan offering French-language education based on the French curriculum, from early childhood through high school.
Bilingual website.
  The Grace Church School - http://www.gcschool.org/
School for students in nursery - 8th grade.
  The Chapin School - http://www.chapin.edu/
Private K-12 school for girls on the upper east side of Manhattan
  The Brearley School - http://www.brearley.org
Private K-12 school for girls on the upper east side.
  The Nightingale-Bamford School - http://www.nightingale.org/
Girls' school on the Upper East Side.
  The Calhoun School - http://www.calhoun.org/
Coed independent school on the Upper West Side for grades PreK-12. Includes contact information.
  Marymount School - http://www.marymount.k12.ny.us/
PreK - 12 independent Catholic day school for girls.
  Trinity School - http://www.trinityschoolnyc.org
Upper West Side K-12 coed school.
  The Ethical Culture and Fieldston Schools - http://www.ecfs.org/
Private PreK-12 school coed school with Manhattan and Bronx locations. Upper west side campus is PreK-6.
  The Dalton School - http://www.dalton.org/
Manhattan Upper East Side coed private school for grades K -12. Information for the entire school community.
  The Spence School - http://www.spenceschool.org/
Upper East Side school for girls in grades K-12.
  Bank Street College School For Children - http://www.bankstreet.edu/sfc/home.html
Private, independent early childhood-8th grade co-ed private school on upper west side of Manhattan. Affiliated with Bank Street College of Education
  The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine - http://www.cathedralnyc.org/
An independent Episcopal coeducational day school, located in New York City, for children of all faiths, kindergarten through eighth grade.
  The Collegiate School - http://www.collegiateschool.org
Independent, private school for K-12 boys located on the upper west side of Manhattan. The school traces is history back to 1628.
  Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School - http://www.lrei.org/
Coed independent school for grades PreK - 12 in Greenwich Village.
  The Browning School - http://www.browning.edu/
Manhattan independent school for boys in grades K-12. Information for prospective students, students, and alumni.
  Regis High School - http://www.regis-nyc.org/
Catholic school for boys in grades 9-12. Competitive admissions, tuition-free.
  Rudolf Steiner School - http://www.steiner.edu/
Pre-K - 12. One of the Waldorf schools.
  Trevor Day School - http://www.trevor.org/day.html
Independent coed school for PreN - 12th grade students. Information for school community including weekly update.
  Dwight School - http://www.dwight.edu/
Grades K - 12.
  Metropolitan Montessori School - http://www.mmsny.org/
Private school for children in nursery through 6th grade.
  The Allen-Stevenson School - http://www.allen-stevenson.org/
A K-9 boys school in Manhattan founded in 1883.
  Holy Name School - http://www.holyname.com/
Catholic elementary school for grades PreK - 8. Displays students' work, information about school events.
  Friends Seminary - http://www.friendsseminary.org/
Coed K-12 private school with Quaker heritage. Information for students, parents, teachers, and alumni, and school news.
  The Buckley School - http://www.buckleyschoolnyc.org/
Private K-12 school for boys on the upper east side of Manhattan.
  Professional Children's School - http://www.pcs-nyc.org/
Private K-12 school specializing in educating students who are simultaneously pursuing artistic careers.
  Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School - http://www.cgps.org/
Coed school for grades preK-12. Site includes many features including application request form and school song.
  Loyola School New York City - http://www.loyola-nyc.org/
Independent, Catholic (Jesuit tradition), co-ed HS (9-12) on Manhattan's upper east side. Student body approximately 200.
  The Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan - http://www.sssm.org/
Jewish school for children in kindergarten - 4th grade. (School adds a grade every year.)
  York Preparatory School - http://www.yorkprep.org/
Manhattan coed independent school for students in grades 6 -12. West Side.
  The Alexander Robertson School - http://www.alexanderrobertson.com
Coed school for grades K-6. Upper West Side, Manhattan.
  Town School - http://www.townschool.org/
Coed independent school, grades PreK - 8.
  The Studio School - http://www.studioschoolnyc.org
An independent, not-for-profit day school, serving children ages two through fourteen years as an educational community emphasizing respect for the process of
learning in each child.
  Park East Day School - http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/8524/index.html
Pre-K - 8. Jewish co-ed.
  Park West Montessori School - http://www.myparkwest.com
Private, Montessori, school for ages 6 months-6 years on the upper west side of Manhattan
  Saint Jean Baptiste High School - http://www.stjean.org/
Catholic high school for girls.
  Transfiguration School - http://www.transfigurationschool.com/
Catholic school in Chinatown serving grades 1-8.
  Beacon School - http://www.beaconcityschools.org/newhs/highschool.htm
Information for students, parents and alumni, current events, clubs and organizations.
  Saint Michael Academy - http://stmichaelsnyc.org/
Midtown Manhattan Catholic high school for girls.
The Price of Perfection
Why would Citigroup's Jack Grubman, and so many other Manhattan parents, work so hard and spend so much and pull so many strings to get their children into what are, after all, nursery schools? Hint: It's not about the kids. A frank exploration of the values and mores and rituals that drive Manhattan's private-school world.
 

Inside the Sandbox
Private nursery school is about expensive toys and wild tantrums . . . but enough about the parents. We've compiled the skinny on twenty established fast-track schools: who goes, famous alums, what strings you can pull, and, most important, what are the exmissions -- that's preschool lingo for getting your kid into Dalton, Spence, or Brearley. Beacon School Baruch College Campus High School New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies School of the Future Young Women's Leadership School The New York City Museum School By Robert Kolker Edward R. Murrow High School
The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences Midwood High School High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology
Benjamin Cardozo High School Townsend Harris High School
Top Public High Schools
Academy of American Studies 28-01 41st Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 718-361-8786 www.acadamerstudies.org Founded in 1996, the school has quickly established a reputation as a serious and successful institution that combines traditional subject matter with a style of teaching that fosters inquiry and debate.
Students might travel to Gettysburg to re-enact Pickett's charge or to Boston to walk the Freedom Trail. Teachers encourage students to read primary sources and to examine history from different points of view. "I teach them to be skeptical. I say, 'Don't believe everything you read,' " says history teacher Sharonna Kay.
"History is gray, it's not all black and white." The school graduated its first class in 2000. Most went on to four-year colleges. Bard High School Early College 424 Leonard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222718-486-6898www.bard.edu/bhsec It opened only a few weeks ago, but Bard, way out in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is the most groundbreaking new public high school in years. Modeled on the 35-year-old Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, this school for bored, talented students is the baby of Bard College president and American Symphony Orchestra principal conductor Leon Botstein. College professors teach the eleventh- and twelfth-graders, and by the time they graduate, students will have been studying at university level for two years. Frank Sinatra School of the Arts 29-10 Thomson AvenueLong Island City, NY 11101 718-361-9920 This is a brand-new school that offers a full academic program as well as special courses or "studios" in dance, instrumental music, vocal music, fine arts, and drama. In the eleventh grade, students may stay in their studio or switch to filmmaking, musical theater, or theater technology. Students are expected to perform "community service in the arts," doing things such as organizing skits among hospital patients. Permanent quarters are to be built across the street from the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. The projected enrollment is 1,000. High School for Environmental Studies 444 West 56th StreetNew York, NY 0019;212-262-8113 This school was founded in 1992 to encourage students to be aware of threats to the environment, to become politically active, and to think about their place in society. To that end, one senior studied genetic changes in fruit flies at the American Museum of Natural History; another built trails in a Nature Conservancy preserve in upstate New York. Despite its green theme and innovative projects, the academic program is quite traditional. "This is a good school for academic achievers who want a well-rounded outlook on life," says music teacher Beth Cohen. The school has had administrative problems, but it has a new principal this year. The Institute for Environmental Studies and the Urban Community at John F. Kennedy High School99 Terrace View Avenuethe Bronx, NY 10463718-562-5501 JFK, with 4,000 students, is one of the largest high schools in the city and not high-achieving overall. But the Institute for Environmental Studies and the Urban Community is a new program at JFK in which students maintain the school garden and investigate environmental issues (the need for a water-filtration plant for New York City, for example.) Although the environmental studies regimen is new, the garden program is not, and students who have worked on the garden have had a remarkable college-admission record. The Professional Performing Arts School328 West 48th StreetNew York, NY 10036212-247-8652www.ppasnyc.com PPAS accommodates kids who are working in film, television, or theatrical productions. When they're on location — sometimes for three months or more — teachers send them their lessons via email, fax, or FedEx. The teachers realize, perhaps better than the pupils, that today's child star may be tomorrow's unemployed has-been. "As a staff, we're not lost in Broadway," a science teacher says. "If anything, we're very cynical about Broadway." Graduation rates are unavailable because some students come for a limited period of time. (For example, a student from Chicago might attend for a year while performing in The Music Man, then return home.) The school shares a building with a popular and successful elementary school, Midtown West. Urban Academy Laboratory High School 317 E. 67th Street New York, NY 10021212-570-5284www.urbanacademy.org With just 120 students and classes averaging fifteen pupils or fewer, the Urban Academy has an unusually imaginative and experienced teaching staff and a good record of keeping in school kids who might otherwise have dropped out. Word-of-mouth about its excellent program has spread, and now a few children are beginning to come here directly from their middle schools. Classes are heterogeneous in terms of grade level. Weekly community service is mandatory. There are no AP classes, but some students are allowed to take college courses at Hunter or the New School. Over 97 percent of graduates go on to four-year colleges.
The coed, progressive schools—Dalton, Fieldston, Friends Seminary, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and St. Ann's—appealed to New York's artistic and intellectual elite. The unisex traditional schools—Buckley, Collegiate, St. Bernard's, and Trinity (now coed) for boys or Brearley, Chapin, Nightingale-Bamford, and Spence for girlsMember School List New Jersey  New York
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•  Beekman School and Tutoring Center  Berkeley Carroll Birch-Wathen Lenox  The Brearley School Brooklyn Friends School Calhoun
•  The Chapin School  Collegiate School   Columbia Grammar and Prep   Convent of the Sacred Heart   The Dalton School   The Dominican Academy of the City of New York   Dwight  The Fieldston School Friends Seminary The Garden School Hewitt Horace Mann La Scuola D'Italia Guglielmo Marconi
•  Little Red Schoolhouse/ Elisabeth Irwin High School  Loyola •  Lycee Francais de New York Marymount Nightingale-Bamford Packer Collegiate Institute Poly Prep Country Day  Professional Children's Ramaz School Regis High Riverdale Country School Rudolf Steiner Solomon Schecter High
•  Spence School St. Ann's Staten Island Academy Trevor Day School Trinity United Nations International School York Prep
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School The Allen-Stevenson School Bank Street School Berkeley-Carroll School The Birch Wathen Lenox School
The Brearley School The Brooklyn Friends School The Browning School The Buckley School The Calhoun School The Cathedral School
The Chapin School Children's Storefront The Churchill School City & Country School Collegiate School Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Convent of the Sacred Heart The Dalton School Dwight School Elizabeth Irwin-Little Red School House Ethical Culture School
Fieldston Lower School Fieldston Upper School  Fordham Preparatory School Friends Seminary The Garden School Greenwich Academy
Hampton Day School The Hewitt School The Hunter College Lab School Horace Mann School Kew Forest School Lycee Francais de New York
Loyola School Marymount School of New York The Nightingale-Bamford School The Packer Collegiate Institute Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School Professional Children's School Ramaz School Regis High School  Riverdale Country School The Rodeph Sholom School
Rudolph Steiner School St. Ann's School St. Bernard's School Saint Davids' School St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School St. Luke's School
St. Thomas Choir School The Spence School The Staten Island Academy The Town School The Trevor Day School Trinity School United Nations International School Village Community School Westchester Hebrew High School Xavier High School Yeshiva of Flatbush York Preparatory School
Kids Corner  Nazareth Day Nursery San Jose Day Nursery Inc BUCKLE MY SHOE NURSERY SCHOOL Chung Pak Day Care Ctr Day Care Council Local 205 DC New York Grand Ctr   Dependant Care Consultants Inc Educare Early Childhood Ctr Elite Nannies Push My Swing Thomas C & J
Allen-Stevenson Berkeley Carroll Birch Wathen Lenox Brearley Brooklyn Friends Brooklyn Heights Montessori Browning Brunswick
Buckley Buckley Country Day Calhoun Cathedral Chapin Churchill Collegiate Columbia Grammar Convent of the Sacred Heart
Dalton Dwight-Englewood Far Hills CDS Fieldston Friends Academy Friends Seminary Grace Church Green Vale Greenwich Academy
Hackley Heschel Hewitt Holy Child Horace Mann Kent Place Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin H.S. Marymount Montclair Kimberley
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Since then, Blue Man Group, as they called themselves, has added dozens of new Men to its ranks and mounted productions around the world. But after you’ve spent fifteen years spattering audiences with paint, pounding drums and pipes, spurting goo out of your chest, and spitting chewed-up marshmallows onto canvases, what’s next? For Goldman and Wink, married fathers in their forties, the answer was clear: start a nursery school for your kids and tell all your friends. Last week, the Blue Man Creativity Center (it can’t call itself a school until it gets state accreditation) welcomed forty-three boys and girls between the ages of two and four to its first day of classes and mayhem. One morning, not long before the opening, Goldman, Wink, and their wives stopped by the center, which occupies two airy floors in a row house on Lafayette Street. The director, Jane Racoosin, and three teachers were showing a visitor around the unfinished classroom, stepping over a stray disco ball and explaining that a large, apparently blank hanging canvas is an outer-space mural rendered in ultraviolet paint. Nearby, members of the Blue Man costume crew, on loan from Blue Man Productions, in Red Hook, New York, were riveting sheets of green vinyl to the foam-covered walls of what would become the “soft room.” The Goldmans and the Winks look like just the kind of downtown couples who would send their children to a pre-school that they have created. (“If your goal is to get your kid into an Ivy League school, this is definitely the wrong place to be,” Goldman said. “But we hope the kids will be so well educated that they get into any place they want.”) Goldman, a handsomer Richard Edson, and Wink, a less handsome Daryl Hall, are lean and boyish, though their hairlines and those of their Blue Man alter egos have met in the middle. “We wanted to create the school that we wish we’d had,” Goldman said. He and Wink met as students at the Fieldston school, in Riverdale. Before that, Wink attended Agnes Russell, an experimental school that was part of Columbia University’s Teachers College, where, he said, “we would do some sort of geodesic-dome project, then write poems about it. But I didn’t really learn basic skills, like how to spell and how to write an essay.” Goldman went to P.S. 198, in the East Nineties, which he described as “a big institution with no soul.” He said, “Parents would come for recitals or parent-teacher conferences, but otherwise it was almost weird if your parents were at school. We’re trying to have that not be the case here.” “Imagine a school that people wouldn’t have to recover from,” Wink said. The couples have devised their own guiding philosophy, drawing heavily from what is known as the Reggio Emilia approach to education, developed in Italy after the Second World War, which emphasizes empowering children by encouraging their creativity. from the issuecartoon banke-mail this“Some schools feel like they’ve got to rein the kids in,” Wink said, banging on a drum the size of a hot tub. “We kind of let them have moments of unbridled exuberance.” Racoosin, the director, broke in, sounding a note of institutional responsibility. “It’s all back and forth between the children and the teachers,” she said. “But it won’t be a free-for-all.” Every day at the center will end with a ritual called Glow Time, during which the shades are lowered, the regular lights are turned off, and black lights are turned on, illuminating the parts of the room (including work created by the students) that have been painted with special UV paint. The collection of Blue Man-inspired educational gewgaws on hand is a far cry from flash cards and Play-Doh. There’s a hypnotic Bubble Machine, with kid-controlled colored lights; a futuristic Water Machine, with a mini-whirlpool; and a trippy installation, left over from the B.M.G.’s 2003 tour, of giant computer-animated dragonflies that can be made to light up, flap their wings, and fly. The Tree House, whose slide deposits kids in the Texture Pit, looks like fun. So does the OMi-Beam machine, a computerized rig made up of eight ceiling-mounted halogen lamps, loudspeakers, and a video monitor (there is only one other OMi-Beam machine in the country, at Madame Tussaud’s). Colored beams create pools of light on the floor, and by waving a reflective wand through the beams kids can produce any number of sounds, from musical instruments to the calls of barnyard animals and samples of pop hits from the nineteen-eighties (one is Fatboy Slim’s “Rockafeller Skank”). Once the school gets accredited, Goldman and Wink plan to extend it, one year at a time, through at least the fifth grade. And they hope to maintain what they call “Blue Man’s essence.” During a trial run of the center for a group of two- and three-year-olds last year, Goldman and Wink experimented with incorporating actual bits of Blue Man Group business into the curriculum. 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But that doesn't mean that, occasionally, we couldn't use a little help entertaining them. Mommy and Me-type classes are given all over the city, and they serve a number of functions. They help your child learn to interact with other kids. They enable mothers to hook up with other moms (look for one in your neighborhood to facilitate playdates after class). And they teach mothers new songs and games to replace the eensy-weensy spider on the inevitable day when we all admit that we've had it with arachnids. Read below for Manhattan listings or see our Brooklyn resources. Click here for classes with multiple locations Upper East Side A-Ha! Play & Learning Center 1624 First Avenue beteween 84th & 85th (212) 517-8292 www.AhaLearning.com Give your child the highest quality play and learning experiences in A-Ha! parent and child classes for children 0 through 3 years. Created with experts from Harvard, Brazelton, and other leading institutions, A-Ha! features creative PlayLabs designed to stimulate, intrigue, and enhance development. The American Youth Dance Theater 434 East 75th Street, Suite 1C (212) 717-5419 www.americanyouthdancetheater.com Age: two years and up AYDT's Mommy & Me class is a fun introduction to Ballet and Creative Movement through songs, music, poems, nursery rhyme and storytelling. Classes are for children ages 2-3 accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Students learn age-appropriate stretches, coordination exercises and ballet positions through songs and rhymes that are fun and easy, and are prepared for further study of ballet or other dance forms in programs for Pre-K through High School. Asphalt Green 555 East 90th Street (212) 369-8890 Age: six months and up Swimming classes at this fitness and sports complex incorporate the teaching methods of both the American Red Cross and the American Swim Coaches Association. Mommy and Me classes in gymnastics, play, and arts and crafts are also available. Ballet Academy East 1651 Third Avenue between 92nd and 93rd Streets (212) 410-9140 Age: two years and up This established and respected studio offers a "Mother and Child" class that includes dance, music, singing, and movement games. There are also pre-ballet classes. Broadway Babies (multiple locations) Campbell Music Studio (multiple locations) Child's Play (multiple locations) Diller-Quaile School Of Music 24 East 95th Street (212) 369-1484 Age: one year and up Diller-Quaile offers parent or caregiver and child music classes. There is also an application process that begins one year in advance of classes. Classes incorporate folk song favorites, lullabies, fingerplays, peek-a-boo games, and a variety of playful rhythmic activities. Drama Zone 220 East 86th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues (917) 690-0789 Age: 4 months to Adult DramaZone provides your child's earliest professional training in dance, drama, music and art. Nice dance studio full of toys, music and plenty of space for stroller. The Early Ear (multiple locations) East Side Music Together (multiple locations) Funworks for Kids (multiple locations) Goodson Parker Wellness Center 30 East 76th Street, Fourth Floor (212) 717-5273 This holistic wellness center offers "Yoga for Babies and Moms" directed by Dr. DeAnsin Goodson Parker, author of Yogababy™. Mothers and babies learn a series of yoga asanas (poses) as well as meditative techniques that foster the connection between mother and child. Gymboree (multiple locations) Gym Time & Rhythm and Glues 1520 York Avenue at 80th Street (212) 861-7732 Age: six months to 11 years Rhythm & Glues classes include "Music, Art, & Storytime", and pre-ballet and cooking. Gym Time offers the opportunity to crawl, climb, jump, tumble, and explore on developmentally appropriate equipment, as well as circle-time and singing. Hands On! (multiple locations) In Grandma's Attic (multiple locations) Jodi's Gym 244 East 84th Street (212) 772-7633 Age: six months to 12 years Offers Mommy and Me classes that include slides, ladders, tunnels, balls, parachutes, and a space bouncer. All instructors are trained by Jodi and are certified by the USA Gymnastic Federation. Kids in the Kitchen 243 East 82nd Street between 2nd and 3rd (212) 585-2433 Age: 2 and up Offers fun cooking classes for kids. Sessions include storytime or creative food projects, personalized cookbooks and of course, taste testing the final products. Birthday parties and holiday cooking classes available. Little Maestros (multiple locations) Kids At Art 1349 Lexington Avenue between 89th and 90th Streets (212) 410-9780 Age: 2 to 11 years Offers age-appropriate projects that focus on the basics of the visual arts and work to challenge a child's inventiveness and develop the imagination. A child attends with a parent or caregiver up to 3 years old, and older children take classes grouped by ability and age. Language Workshop for Children 888 Lexington Avenue at 66th Street (212) 396-0830 Age: six months to three years Created in 1973 by Francois Thibaut, "Language for Tots" offers the opportunity to learn French or Spanish through stimulating games, mime, and visual aids, as well as vocabulary building songs. Metropolitan Moms Various locations around Manhattan (212) 206-7272 www.metropolitanmoms.com Takes mom & baby on private museum tours, historical neighborhood walks, gallery exhibitions and to the studios of emerging artists. Also offers museum classes for toddlers, and contemporary art, architecture, and culinary classes for moms. Musical Kids 1296 Lexington Avenue between 87 & 88 Streets (212) 996-5898 www.musicalkids.net Music classes for ages birth to 4 years in English, Japanese, Spanish, Korean and French. The only international music program on the Upper East Side. Offering quality instruction in small groups in a warm and nurturing setting. They seek to develop listening and rhythmic skills for the very young through a fun and developmentally appropriate curriculum. The Rhinelander Children's Center 350 East 88th Street (212) 876-0500 Age: Newborn to adult This popular Upper East Side community center offers early childhood programs that include Mommy and Me classes, new mom groups, and parenting seminars. 74th Street Magic 510 East 74th Street (212) 737-2989 Age: six months and up 74th Street Magic is a large, bright and colorful play space. The Mini Gym for children under a year is filled with a bubble pen, big balls, and age-appropriate equipment. The gym for children over one year has padded tunnels and bridges. Sokol New York Gym 420 East 71st Street (212) 861-8206 Age: 10 months and up Sokol is a respected gym that was founded in 1867. The "Pre-Tot Gym" classes use scaled-down gymnastics equipment and consist of free play, circle time, parachute play, and bubbles. A different theme is incorporated every few weeks. Strollercize (multiple locations) 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street (212) 415-5600 Age: Newborn to adult The 92nd Street Y is a New York institution and offers a Parenting Center. The programs are outstanding and serve as a nationwide model and include classes in caring for a newborn, breastfeeding, baby massage, postpartum exercise classes, music, dance, gymnastics, art, cooking, swim instruction, new parent get-togethers and a toddler playgroup program called "Parkbench." Upper West Side Baby Om (multiple locations) Big Apple Kids 221 West 82nd Street (212) 579.0301 Age: All ages Offers French and Spanish language classes for children in a playful and comfortable, yet structured setting through age-appropriate games, activities, books and music. Bloomingdale School of Music 323 West 108th Street (212) 663-6021 Age: six months and up Bloomingdale School of Music is a community music school based on the idea that music is for everyone. The preschool program includes "Baby's First Music Class" that offers singing, dancing, rocking and exploring various instruments. "Music and Movement" for toddlers emphasizes improvisation and moving to music, song, speech, and playing special musical instruments. Body & Spirit Rutgers Presbyterian Church 236 West 73rd Street (212) 877-8227 Age: four months to five years Body & Spirit offers toddler programs including Handprints (art classes), Jumpin Jivin (movement, rhythm and exercise), Playin the sounds (music), and Sports Buzz (for 3 year olds not accompanied by an adult). Broadway Babies (multiple locations) Campbell Music Studio (multiple locations) Children's Museum of Manhattan 212 West 83rd Street (212) 721-1234 Age: 18 months to three years Offers "Creative Art & Music Classes" that includes painting, collage, PlayDoh, sand art, water play, dramatic play, music, rhythm instruments, movement and storytime that reinforce language skills and body awareness. Child's Play(multiple locations) The Circus Gym 2121 Broadway at 74th Street (212) 799-3755 Age: six months and up This is the gym featured on Sesame Street and the Mommy and Me class offers free play on gymnastic equipment, a parachute, a ball pit, a moonwalk, and circle games. Columbus Gym 606 Columbus Avenue at 89th Street (212) 721-0090 Age: 12 months and up The Columbus Gym offers "Tiny Tot Fitness Classes" for ages one to three years that includes tunnels, trampolines, balance beams, and hills to play on. For older toddlers, there's "PEP" (Preschool Enrichment Program), a ninety-minute mini-preschool class that includes gym, arts and crafts, music, and storytime. Creative Play For Kids (multiple locations) Discovery Programs 251 West 100th Street (212) 749-8717 Age: three months to 12 years Discovery Programs offers a variety of classes where children are encouraged to run, jump, climb, balance, bounce, roll, and swing with a parent or caregiver. In the "Toddler Art Classes" children use brushes, fingerpaints, sponges, and other materials to explore shape, color, and texture. The Early Ear (multiple locations) In Grandma's Attic (multiple locations) JAMS: Jay's Alternatives in Music Studies (multiple locations) The Jewish Community Center (JCC) In Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street (646) 505-4445 Age: Infant through adult Classes offered in music, art, playgroups and programs for new and expectant parents. Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations) Life Sport Gymnastics West Park Presbyterian Church 165 West 86th Street (212) 769-3131 Age: two years and up Offers gymnastic classes for children. Lucy Moses School Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center 129 West 67th Street (212) 501-3360 or (212) 362-8060 Age: 12 months to four years Offers a "Music Mates" class where toddlers sing, dance, and learn about different instruments. There are also creative movement and music classes for older preschoolers. Mozart for Children(multiple locations) Prenatal Yoga Center 251 West 72nd Street, 2F (212) 362-2985 www.prenatalyogacenter.com The Prenatal Yoga Center offers Mommy and Me and Postnatal yoga classes. The Mommy and Me class focuses on strengthening the emotional and physical bond between parent and child by using interactive, flowing postures. The Postnatal Yoga class provides an opportunity to regain strength & energy that may have been lost during pregnancy. Both address the new changes you are experiencing in a comfortable environment. Music for Babies and Infant massage classes are also offered. STEPS on Broadway 2121 Broadway (212) 877-7614 Age: two to eight years Offers a variety of age appropriate classes that develop creativity, kinetic and rhythmic skills, and expose the dancers to diverse musical styles. West Side Music Together (multiple locations) Midtown Funworks for Kids (multiple locations) Gymboree (multiple locations) Music Together (multiple locations) Parents' Cooperative Playgroup at St. Bartholomew Preschool 109 East 50th Street (212) 378-0238 Age: 10 months to two and a half years Parent orchestrated playgroup held at St. Bartholomew. Soundance Repertory Company 246 West 38th Street, 8th Floor (212) 382-2080 Age: two years to adult This dance studio offers a "Run, Skip, & Jump" movement class for toddlers that includes songs, games, stories and props. Turtle Bay Music School 244 East 52nd Street (212) 753-8811 Age: 18 months to adult Turtle Bay, founded in 1925, offers programs in music as well as private instruction in all instruments. Chelsea Chelsea Music Together (multiple locations) Chelsea Piers The Field House 23rd Street and the Hudson River (212) 336-6500 Age: six months and up Chelsea Piers, the largest sports complex in New York City, offers pre-school programs, gymnastics and a small toddler gym available for open play sessions where toddlers can crawl, jump, and roll on mats and equipment designed to develop basic skills. Creative Play for Kids (multiple locations) Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations) Tiger Schulmann's Karate 39 West 19th Street (212) 727-0773 The TSK Cubs program is designed for preschoolers ages 3-5. Children have fun while learning a myriad of development skills. Gramercy Park Asser Levy Recreation Center East 23rd Street and the FDR Drive (212) 447-2020 Age: 18 months to 12 years "Rhythmic Tots" music and movement class. Mozart for Children (multiple locations) Tumble Town Gymnastics 118 East 28th Street Room 708 (212) 889-7342 Age: six months to four years Classes at Tumble Town offer fun activities on colorful toddler-size gym equipment and incorporate music, bubbles, and songs. Union Square The Sol Goldman 14th Street Y Educational Alliance Parenting and Family Center 344 East 14th Street (212) 780-0800, ext. 239 Age: Newborn to 36 months The Educational Alliance Parenting Center run by Kiki Schaffer offers a variety of programs for new parents and babies. There are Mommy and Me play and discussion groups, Mommy and Baby exercise classes, music classes, and play groups for new dads and babies. There is also a "Tiny Tot Swim Class" for children ages six to 24 months. Member and non-member fees are offered. Greenwich Village Barrow Street Nursery School 27 Barrow Street (212) 633-1203 Age: one to five years Parent and child classes that include art, music, stories, free play, and snack time. The Children's Oasis 110 West 14th Street, second floor (elevator) (212) 255-4308 Age: 10 months to 30 months Offers Mommy and Me classes that include free play, art projects, and snack and circle time. Greenwich House of Music School 46 Barrow Street (212) 242-4770 Age: two and up Established music school that offers music and art classes for children that includes music and movement, singing, dramatic play, visual art, storytelling, and snack time. The Greenwich Village Center The Children's Aid Society Early Childhood Program 219 Sullivan Street at West Third Street (212) 254-3074 Age: 10 months to 36 months The Greenwich Village Center offers a variety of toddler programs including the popular "Toddler Time" which mimics a pre-school class with free play both indoors and out, arts and crafts, storytelling, snacktime, and singing and movement. A "Crawlers and Cruisers" class for babies that encourages motor development and a music class for toddlers are also available. Integral Yoga Center 227 West 13th Street (212) 929-0586 Offers postpartum yoga classes for mothers and babies ages one to eight months. Lower East Side Children's Movement Studio 536 East Fifth Street between Avenue A and B (212) 982-5751 Age: six months and up Offers age appropriate activities to explore creative movement, music, art projects and basic dance techniques that explore rhythm and shapes. East Village Music Together (multiple locations) Parent and toddler creative movement and dance classes. Third Street Music School Settlement 235 East 11 Street (212) 777-3240 Age: 21 months to four years Offers a "Creative Movement For Toddlers" class that includes music, singing, instruments, props, and live piano accompaniment. Soho Baby Om (multiple locations) Broadway Babies (multiple locations) Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations) Lower Manhattan Music Together (multiple locations) Tribeca Children's Tumbling 9-15 Murray Street between Broadway and Church Street, 10th Floor (212) 233-3418 Age: two to 12 years Suellen Epstein, CMA, has been directing this program in Tribeca since 1978 which offers the opportunity to develop basic movement and gymnastic skills through imaginative movement stories, exploration of shapes and dynamics, and exercises on the floor and apparatus. Church Street School for Music and Art 74 Warren Street (212) 571-7290 Age: 22 months and up This wonderful non-profit school in Tribeca incorporates the Dalcroze Method, which encourages music education through whole body involvement. The "Parent and Toddler" class includes rhythm instruments, songs, fingerplay, creative movement, and stories. The "Visual Art Class" encourages children to express themselves by using age-appropriate materials to create paintings, collages, sculptures, drawings, group murals, and prints. Process, not product, is emphasized. The classes can be taken separately or together; classes taken together are offered at a discounted price. The Nest NY, Learning through Play Center 36 N. Moore Street between Hudson and Varick 212-219-3130 www.thenestny.com The Nest NY program challenges a child's imagination through art, active play, and wonderful props. The environment is designed for extended play based on the philosophy that enriched play helps a child's learning and development. Creative Play for Kids (multiple locations) Hands On! (multiple locations) Lower Manhattan Music Together (multiple locations) Battery Park City Kids Co-Motion (multiple locations) Lower Manhattan Music Together (multiple locations) Stories and Songs Presented by Battery Park City Parks Conservancy Community Room of the Regatta at Rector Place 21 South End Avenue (212) 267-9700 Age: six months to four years Offers participatory music and stories for young children and accompanying adults. TOP Classes With Multiple Locations Baby Om Various locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn (212) 615-6935 Age: birth through walking Developed by Laura Staton and Sarah Perron, Baby Om is a yoga class designed to give the postpartum mother a challenging workout while enhancing the natural bond between mother and baby. Broadway Babies St Jeans Community Center, 184 E. 76th St. at Lexington Ave. Reebok Sports Club/NY, 160 Columbus Ave. Citibabes, 52 Mercer St. 212-472-0703 www.broadwaybabies.com Age: 6 months to 12 years Each week, a different Broadway show sets the stage for this interactive music class. Four teachers sing out show tunes to live piano accompaniment while babies tap out the rhythms and play with musical instruments. Guided by highly accredited teachers and pediatricians, the curriculum focuses on musical development, language skills and socialization through the stories and songs of each musical. Campbell Music Studio 436 East 69th Street 305 West End Avenue at 74th Street (212) 496-0105 Age: 18 months to five years Mommy and Me music classes that include creative movement, singing, rhythm instruments, and props all accompanied by piano. Child's Play Central Presbyterian Church 593 Park Avenue at 64th Street 236 West 73rd Street (212) 838-1504 Age: four months to five years Child's Play is a combination of gym play, games, singing, reading, and art projects for parents or grandparents and children (no caregivers). Creative Play for Kids Chelsea, Upper West Side, Clinton Area, & Tribeca (212) 729.1667 www.creativeplayforkids.com Age: 4 months to 3 years Creative Play for Kids is a DROP-IN, no registration required, upbeat and fun music and movement class for babies and toddlers ages 4 months to 3 years. Classes include singing, fingerplays, instrument playing, a variety of movement activities and more. The Early Ear 353 East 78th Street 48 West 68th Street 110 West 96th Street (212) 877-7125 Age: four months to four years The Early Ear offers forty minute music classes that incorporate sing-a-long songs, musical instruments, games, and play activities using both folk and classical music. Funworks for Kids 225 East 51st Street 112 East 75th Street (917) 432-1820 Age: 10 months to three years Mommy and Me classes that focus on music, art, and movement and feature free play, circle-time singing, dance, gym activities, art projects and storytime. Gymboree 401 E. 84th St. (Lower Level of The Dunhill) (212) 452-9814 235 E. 38th St. (Lower level of the Paramount Tower) (212) 867-0250 780 8th Avenue between 47th & 48th (The Biltmore (877) 496-5327 Play, art and music classes, held in spacious, colorful gyms, help children develop the self-esteem, coordination and social skills necessary to grow, and spark kid's creative spirit and love of music. Hands On! A Musical Experience 1365 First Avenue between 73rd and 74th Streets (212) 628-1945 19 Warren Street between Church and Broadway (212) 227-7375 Age: four months to four years Hands On! presents musical activities to enhance language and listening skills, social interaction and of course, music appreciation. ˇHOLA! Various locations, call for information (917) 648-5006 Age: 18 months to four years An informal playgroup for children accompanied by an adult. Includes physical exercises to music and rythms in spanish, songs, play, and arts & crafts projects related to the theme. In Grandma's Attic 1520 York Avenue and 80th Street at Gym Time 48 West 68th Street at Studio Maestro 320 West 37th Street at Maws Gallerie 211 West 61st Street at Trisha Brown Dance Co. 102 West 75th Street at the Basement Space 215 West 76th Street at Michael Mao Dance Studio 890 Broadway and 19th Street at Studio 5-2 (212) 726-2362 Age: two to 12 years A fantasy-based creative dance program created by former ballet teacher Ms. Deborah Bailay that includes storydances, dress-up and pretend using fairy tales, classical music, costume accessories, and props. The "Budding Ballerina" class for age two includes dancing to nursery rhymes and favorite stories. JAMS: Jay's Alternatives in Music Studies Stephen Wise Synagogue, 30 West 68th Street, (212) 595-0563 Squeezebox Recording Studio, 165 West 91st Street, (212) 595-0563 Congregation Anshe Chesed, 251 West 100th Street, (212) 595-0563 Age: toddlers + Founded by child educator and composer Jay Danzig, the JAMS music program builds on a toddler's natural love of singing, dancing and movement to develop music and rhythm skills. Kids Co-Motion 37 West 26th Street, Stepping Out Dance Studio 579 Broadway at Prince Street, Rebecca Kelly Ballet Studio 280 Rector Place, The Soundings, Battery Park City (212) 431-8489 Age: 12 months and up Kids Co-Motion, founded in 1991 by Rebecca Kelly and Craig Brashear, directors of Rebecca Kelly Ballet. Kids Co-Motion offers a unique method of learning dance through choreography and song. Little Maestros 344 East 69th Street 201 East 83rd Street 400 East 90th Street (212) 396-3977 Age: 4 months to 18 months Offers music classes for infants and toddlers. Classes include a wide variety of musical genres and songs. Basic musical structure and composition is introduced. Classes are hands-on and interactive. Evening classes for working parents available. Mozart for Children Lucy Moses School, 129 West 67th Street National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park between 20th Street and Park Avenue South (212) 942-2743 Age: 20 months to two years This program introduces very young children to the world of classical music in a playful environment that incorporates live and taped music, small instruments for children, and creative movement. Museum Adventures Various museums in Manhattan (212) 794-2867 Age: 3 years and up Offers a thematic tour of a museum collection or part of an exhibition, and a 15-minute art project in conjunction with what the children see at the museum. The class lasts one hour and visits a different Manhattan museum each week. Music Together Morningside Heights & Harlem Heights Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W. 114 St. (Bway & RSD) Morningside Gardens, 100 La Salle St. at Recreation Room (125 St. & Bway) Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Ave. (141st & St. Nicholas Ave.) (212) 592-4627 Age: Mixed age classes, baby classes and classes for 3-5-year-olds. www.mtsollati.com Music Together is a research based music and movement program for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their parents/caregivers. It is developmentally appropriate for children and easy for parents and caregivers, regardless of their own musical ability. The music is presented in a fun-filled way. Music Together East Side Music Together 54th & Lexington, Saint Peter's Church 340 East 71st Street, The Family Music Center 48 East 80th Street 220 East 86th Street 92nd Street Y 1651 Third Ave at 92nd, Ballet Academy East 91st and First, Asphalt Green 212-244-3046 West Side Music Together 48 West 68th Street 102 West 75th Street 265 West 87th Street 251 West 100th Street (212) 219-0591 Chelsea Music Together 345 West 14th Street (212) 539-8459 East Village Music Together 62 East 4th between 2nd and 3rd Avenues (212) 491-7222 Lower Manhattan Music Together 49 White Street between Church Street and Broadway 594 Broadway, Seventh Floor, between Houston and Prince Street 280 Rector Place in Battery Park City 44 East 32nd Street between Madison and Park Avenue (212) 358-3801 Music Together 303 East 43rd Street, Fred Astaire Studios 701 Fort Washington Avenue, Mother Cabrini High School 551 Fort Washington Avenue, The Hebrew Tabernacle (212) 613-6155 Classes for babies only (birth to 9 months) and family style classes (birth to 4 years). Fun, informal classes that nurture a child's natural enthusiasm for music and movement with songs, instrument play, chants, and movement activities. Enrichment materials for home include a cd and songbook. Strollercize 226 East 53rd Street (Classes held throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn) (212) 759-4689 Offers both indoor and outdoor fitness classes for mom and baby that incorporate baby's stroller into exercises structured to energize and get you in shape. Take Me to the Water (212) 828-1756 Classes are taught at various locations including the Upper East and West Sides, Tribeca, and Battery Park City. Age: six months and up Basic water skills and water safety that emphasize a fun and positive introduction to the pool are taught in these private, semiprivate, or group swimming classes. The Y Associations YMCA 5 West 63rd Street (212) 875-4139 YWCA of the City of New York 610 Lexington Avenue at 53rd Street (212) 755-4500 Vanderbilt YMCA 224 East 47th Street (212) 756-9600 McBurney YMCA 215 West 23rd Street (212) 741-9210 Each of the Y Associations listed above offers a variety of classes for your baby from gymnastics to music to swimming. Call your nearest Y for information. New York Preschools: 43rd Street Kids Preschool Inc. 92nd Street YM-YWHA Nursery School Abraham Joshua Heschel School Academy Janet Acorn School ACT Preschool Adapting To Adoption Alexandria-yale Home Inc All Souls School Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Daycare Center, Inc. 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York Avenue Preschool and Kindergarten Your Kids, Our Kids Youth Access Group Ywca Brownsville Early Learning Center Ywca Polly Dodge Early Learning Center Ywca Roberta Bright Early Learning Center Zion Daycare Center Japan With Kids - Forums: Day Care in Japan: .Finding Daycare -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below are three possible strategies for finding daycare. You will definitely have greater success in your quest if you have the benefit of help from someone who can read and speak Japanese as well as your language. 1 -- Look in the Japanese yellow pages under hoikuen, baby hotel and takujisho. 2 -- Visit your local government office (ward office, city hall, etc.) They all have a desk that addresses mother/child welfare issues. Be persistant. Most of them own and operate public daycares that may not be listed in the yellow pages. 3 -- Try networking in your neighborhood, in the park or on the internet with other mothers, especially Japanese mothers who are working. The conversation below was created to facilitate method 3! Good luck! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Eji on Tuesday, February 22, 2000 - 6:43 pm: Dear everyone, I have been looking for a child care center for the 1 1/2 year-old child of my Indian colleague who will come to Tokyo from Kansai next month. If any of you has this kind of information, such as the place and the phone number, etc., could you please let me know? Thank you so much in advance for any information you might give. Sincerely yours, Eji email: eji@apas.co.jp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By monica on Sunday, March 12, 2000 - 9:06 pm: Hi, Can anyone suggest a good daycare center in Nakano? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By sayakatn on Monday, March 20, 2000 - 10:33 pm: For thoese seeking local informations about Day-care: I'm a member of on-line group of Japanese Mothers, and we just have opened English version of our community site. I think our members can provide you useful information about Daycare. As far as I know, most of public Daycare in Tokyo accepts foreign children. Small private ones are usually more flexible. I myself only have informations about Bunkyo ward so please visit http://www.mugi.com/en/ You need to register but it's free and non-commercial. Sincerely, sayaka@mugi.com Here is a description of the site (copy/pasted from their front page): Field of Mugi is a free Internet membership site for present and future working mothers. Here all of us can learn new things by exchanging tips for how to balance career and family, how to pursue our career, and so on. Everybody has a chance to take part in various activities to enhance one's knowledge and skills. After you register, you can participate in the board discussions and chat with other members. The average number of access to our Japanese and English boards is 300 to 500 per day. Off-line meetings are often held throughout Japan and sometimes in other countries too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By linda on Tuesday, March 21, 2000 - 8:20 pm: I will be starting full time work in a month and I am thinking of sending my 14 month old son to a local Jap nursery/day care. We speak only English at home and I'm worried that sending him to a Jap dycare may hinder his English-learning abilities. Does anyone know of any foreigner-friendly daycare in Hiroo/Ebisu/Akasaka area? And their costs? Do other working moms send their young kids to local daycare or hire maids? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By A.K. on Wednesday, March 22, 2000 - 7:02 am: Dear Linda, If you want to get your kid into public daycare (hoikuen) you must visit your ward office and go to to the appropriate desk and apply. The deadlines for the new year which starts Monday, 3 April, have passed, but if you live in a ward with not too much demand, just MAYBE you still have a chance. You will have to show proof that you are starting work (a contract for example). Many wards have waiting lists and if you are in a situation that is percieved as maximal support (with a husband, grandparents, a high family income or all of the above, you will most likely not get a place for your child in public daycare.) Your next option would be private daycare. These range in quality and generally cost around 60,000 to 70,000 yen per month. (Public daycare is on a sliding scale based on income.) Some of them also have long waiting lists and are run almost exactly like the public daycares. Some are very elite. Many do not really make it easy to hold down a job with very strict and fairly early pick-up requirements. If you can afford a nanny, then you're off and running. If you can't, then you have your work cut out for you, but once you're settled in at a daycare you like, the children really seem to enjoy, grow and in general benefit enormously from all the friends, playing together and interaction. Not to mention the many new toys they have access to. As for language confusion, not a real issue at 14 months. My daughter is fully bilingual at this point, and luckily just recently she has started to realize that there are two separate speach systems and that her mother does't always understand the one from daycare! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Joanna on Wednesday, March 22, 2000 - 11:56 am: Hi everyone, I'm writing from Sydney, Australia and would like some information regarding day care centres and networks for expat wives with children. My husband has been offered a job for 6 months or more in Tokyo (Somewhere around Chiba to be exact) I hear that it's quite difficult to get around with a child in Japan if you don't have a car. And are there long waiting lists for local daycares and what are my chances of getting into one fairly soon after we arrive in June ? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would also love to recieve any e-mails from moms living in Japan about life over there. I'm looking foreward to living there but am very daunted by the fact that I don't speak a word of Japanese (yet!) and will be left to navigate around day to day life while my husband is at work 6 days of the week !! Will it be quite easy for me to get to a supermarket on public transport with my baby ? I have lots of questions so it would be great to have a chat with anyone about life in Tokyo. Hope to hear from someone soon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Michelle Kennedy on Wednesday, March 22, 2000 - 3:24 pm: Help. I am looking for a childcare centre for my 21 month old daughter. I live in Gifu and would like a playcentre that doesn't have the children watching TV all the time and has access to playing outside. I only work on a parttime basis but would appreciate any information. Thanking you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Sayaka Nakai on Thursday, March 23, 2000 - 12:00 am: Dear Linda If you live in Minato ward, the public daycare people are quite use to the foreign children. The city center area has less children and you have chances to pop in. Just visit them and ask them. Japanese public daycare is well organized and good enough to satisfy most of the users. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Alessandra on Sunday, April 16, 2000 - 1:59 am: Dear Linda, Sayaka is right. I live in Minato ward and have a two years old girl who is going to a public daycare in Moto Azabu. Now, the children in her class are 14,but only two are pure Japanese.The language used in the daycare is of course Japanese but most of the children are bilingual. The name of the daycare, which by the way is very spacious, with a nice playground (they even grow chikens!) is Azabu Hoikuen (tel3408-4895). Hope to see you there. By the way, I also applied very late so you may still have a chance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By sharon dayan on Tuesday, June 6, 2000 - 2:50 pm: hi everybody... anybody know of a good daycare for a 14 month old baby in hiroo? he is going to kid's world , but the group is mix ages & the older kids (4-6 years old) seems to be in control...!!! i'm looking for a part time place from now till september. thanks...sharon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Michelle White on Wednesday, November 1, 2000 - 2:37 am: I will be traveling to Tokyo in the next few months to live. I do not yet have a job as this will depend largely on finding suitable childcare for my 2 year old son. I have been very lucky to have had an excellent childminder in the UK and he has been settled with a warm, friendly family. I am very keen to find an environment like this for him or a nursery. Any advice will be greatly received. e: michellew@genevahealth.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Diego Miron on Friday, November 10, 2000 - 1:39 pm: Does anyone have any response to Michelles question? My Wife and I are also looking to move to Tokyo in January and are looking for child care. Nanny or Au pair info would be great if anyone had it. Thanks, Diego -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 1:23 pm: Tokyo being the really huge city that it is, it isn't easy to answer Michelle's question. Basically each government runs a public daycare system, which involves registration procedures (and deadlines) and sometimes waiting lists depending on need. There are 23 ward governments plus about 27 other city governments all operating within the greater city limits of Tokyo, and you would register in person at the ward office where you reside. Bring a translator if you need one. (For a list of all the wards and cities within Tokyo, see: http://www.tokyowithkids.com/fyi/wardoffices.html) Private daycare is also available and a list of private facilities is usually available from the ward office. Many "ex-pat" families hire nanny/maids who may even live-in. Some even sponsor the nanny's visa. Japanese families are apparently not allowed to visa-sponsor foreigners for domestic positions. Apparently it is complicated to sponsor a foreign nanny, but the rules seem to be changing. Maybe someone else can add to this subject? I have never done it myself. It is possible to hire a nanny without sponsoring. There are many women available, some with visas and some without, and also a few Japanese nationals. Language is a barrier in finding suitable people. The foreign community itself is diffuse and spread out, and not always very helpful to itself. Sometimes the employer company will assist families in finding such help both for private nannies or with public/private daycare facilites registration. In fact, it is this fragmentation of the foreign community that inspired us to start this web site! However, I can only do the research for my ward (Bunkyo-ku). I simply don't have the resources in time and language to supply information for the whole city. Hopefully some parents who have already been through the process in other wards and cities will step forward and contribute what they can in their areas. In the meantime, use the keyword search in the left hand (blue) column of this discussion page to look for a place name once you know where you plan to live. Some of the information may already have been posted here somewhere! If you are looking for Minato ward information, try the key words: "minato", "minato-ku" or "minatoku". Likewise don't forget to try the keyword search on the homepage of http://www.tokyowithkids.com/ We spent at least a third of this website's design time trying to get the searches to work correctly. Their purpose is to help parents find the information they are looking for as quickly as possible. We all know how brief on-line time is when there is a toddler screaming in the background! Daycare vocabulary (please email me if you have words to add!): daycare facility - hoikuen daycare childminder - hobo-san, or sensai cold, has a - kaze hita diaper - omutsu fever - netsu sick - byoki milk, cow's - gyunyu, miruku milk, breast - bonyu kindergarten (can start at age 3)- yochien -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Caroline on Wednesday, November 15, 2000 - 9:50 pm: Just a note of encouragement to parents looking for a good nursery... I found a wonderful person to look after my daughter in my neighborhood after weeks of despair. This Japanese lady runs a very small family-style nursery (she converted part of her house into a nursery) and looks after three to four children maximum with the help of her own mother and assistants. She offers exactly the type of tender loving care I was hoping for. At one point I almost gave up on my search and contemplated the idea of leaving Japan but then I found this gem of a lady who clearly loves looking after my baby. She does not advertise so people just hear of her so I encourage people concerned with quality care for their kids to keep searching and ask around a lot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Glaucia Boyer on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 10:53 pm: Hello, We are returning to Tokyo in May are are interested in day care for our 5 month old daughter. We will be living in Shibuya ku near the Shibuya Station, Aoyama, and Omotesando. Does anyone have any suggestions on day care in the area? Is day care available for young babies, and if so, what are the approximate costs? Many thanks for any advice! Brook & Glaucia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Paul Ridley on Sunday, April 1, 2001 - 4:46 pm: We'll be moving to the Kichijoji area next month and want to send our 2 year old daughter to a native English speaking day care centre. Does anyone know of any suitable facilities in this area? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Takatsuka Diana on Tuesday, April 3, 2001 - 2:10 pm: There are 2 daycare school/center in Kichijoji. One is Kids World (quite big and spacious) located in Musashino-shi Kichijojiminamimachi 1-1-10 Kichijoji MA building 4th floor. Tel no: 0422-48-4981 Bilingual and native english teachers available. Another daycare school is ICE-International Creative Education based on Montessori Method. (class is small max. 8 kids per class) It's location is on the opposite of Tokyu Dept. There's a cafe "Doutour" (black & yellow canopy), turn in you'll see Starbuck's. It's on the 3rd floor. Same building as Starbuck's. Classes are taught only in Japanese language. But some of the teachers can speak English if you needed any help. http://www.ice-world.co.jp/ tel: 0120-044-844 (Moderator: thanks Diane for this info, Kids World is listed in the International Schools list that you can access from the front page of TWK, and I'll get ICE added asap.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By pinky reyes on Thursday, May 31, 2001 - 1:11 am: We are relocating to Japan soon and would like to inquire on the requirements for bringing in a nanny. We plan to sponsor a nanny if it is at all possible. If anyone has been through this process, I am very much interested on how it is done. Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Betty on Thursday, May 31, 2001 - 9:11 am: HI PINKY! You are in the wrong place! Try the conversation under Immigration on sponsoring a helper. And if you want people to answer you directly, it's a good idea to include your email address. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jenny Bu on Sunday, July 8, 2001 - 6:45 pm: Hi: My husband and I are relocating to Tokyo from USA. My son will be one year old by the time we are settled down (Oct-Nov. time frame). My husband and I will both work full time in Minato-ku (Akasaka/Roppongi). Any suggestions on finding a good daycare (English preferred)? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Madhavi Subramanian on Monday, July 9, 2001 - 3:09 pm: hi, i am working at Tokyo, shinagawa. My 5yr old son has got admission to YIS at Yokohama,Naka-ku, Yamate cho. I wanted to know if there is any day care centre where my son could go to after school and be there till i am back from work. Could some one help me? best regards, Madhavi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Melissa on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 3:43 pm: Hmmm.. I am hoping to come to Tokyo in Late august (as long as my job comes through) and I need daycare too. The international schools I have checked into have staggeringly high prices. :-( I am hoping to find work in a preschool or daycare where my two year old can attend as well, bt after reading the posts here i am feeling a bit of despair. Any hopeful thougts?? Just another one hoping for good affordable daycare. Best wishes to us all, Melissa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Dalina on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 4:36 pm: Hello Melissa, You did not say in which part of Tokyo you'll be residing but you can check out the local Takujisho(drop-in centre)in your area for informations.Most of the centre have a 24hr service.The price are reasonables.As for finding a job you can check out this website.They're looking for a native english teacher.http://www.alpha-co.com/english/index_eng.htm Goodluck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Satomi on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 11:33 pm: Hi Jenny Bu, Our 14 month old son and I arrived late June and have been staying in Akasaka (still looking for a permanent place). Found a very good private daycare in Roppongi, but not really english-friendly. It has good teacher-kids ratio compared to other private ones I've seen, and the teachers are very qualified. You can send me an email if you need additional info. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Elisa Eriko on Monday, August 20, 2001 - 2:13 am: Hello, I am Elisa, 30 yo. female, single, from Jakarta-Indonesia, need a job anywhere, Japan, USA or Canada (Vancouver preferable). I'm looking for a job overseas. Now, I am working for a Gymboree Play and Music program in Jakarta. I have been working here for more than 6 yrs. I also can be an Au Pair for newborn. email : elisa57@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Rie Sato on Thursday, September 6, 2001 - 11:46 am: Hello, I am a 22 year old Japanese female. I was reading the messages and actually I was very interested to become an aupair or nanny. I wanted to become an au pair in the USA but because of the Visa problem I couldn't do it. I recently graduted from Keystone junior college in Pennsylvania in USA. I majored in Early Childhood Education. I have never been an aupair or nanny but I have experience working with children in a Day Care Center. if someone is interested about it, please e-mail me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By loshni bini on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 3:38 pm: My husband and I are looking at working in Tokyo. We have 2 kids, 2 yr old Tasha and 1 year old Nathan. We are looking for a nanny. Does anyone have an idea about costing of nannies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Rie Sato on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 6:32 pm: Hello Loshni, I can help for your children as a nanny. I am really looking for a babysitting, an aupair, or a nanny job position. I have experience working with children in a day care center. if you are interested in me, please email me back thank you. Rie ps: my email is rie_sato@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Caroline Li on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 3:14 pm: I just wanted to let those of you interested in day care know about the place i work for. It is a bi-lingual free-time pre-school. There are 3 English teachers and 4 Japanese teachers that work at our school. We have a small program. 15 children maximum. If you are interested for more information please check our webpage. it's in english and japanese. or write to me! thanks! http://isweb27.infoseek.co.jp/school/e-suku/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Robyn Beaney on Thursday, October 11, 2001 - 7:07 am: Hello: We are likely moving to Tokyo early in 2002. Our children will be 4( a girl) and almost 2 (a boy). Both of us will be working. What are the best options for childcare of children that age? One of the international nursery schools, hoikuen/yochien etc? How expensive are the international schools? Are nanny's an option? Appreciate any advice. Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By joanne on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 - 6:14 pm: Hi, I am a working woman who is expecting a child in Feb, 2002. I am expected to go back to work right after my maternity leave. I am looking for daycare facilities (public/private) in Meguro-ku, Himonya area. Although we prefer English speaking environment, Japanese is welcome. I also like Caroline's post regarding to in-house nursery. Does anyone have any idea about daycare/nursery in the area? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Susan Forester on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 1:41 pm: We had a baby in March, born in Tokyo, and have had a live-out nanny helping us to take care of our new son since he was born. I returned to work three months after he was born, so our nanny has become a real member of the family. Additionally, we arranged to have a different woman look after our son one morning a week, to get him used to someone else and to have a back-up in case our nanny becomes ill or has to leave us. It has been 8 months since we started this arrangement and our son is thriving. To find English-speaking nannies (English is usually their second language, so ability varies,) check bulletin boards in the shops that foreigners use (Nisshin, National Azabu) or the American Club or churches. Because this method of making first contact is very impersonal, it is recommended to contact several references or previous employers to verify the candidate's background. Some nannies will need to be sponsored (more in a separate posting) while others will have a work visa already. Some are looking only for part-time work, others are looking for full time work. Be sure to enquire about their vacation expectations - some nannies expect to take a month off during the summer, and this might not be feasible for families with working parents. The cost is not cheap, but no quality daycare is either, and prices in Tokyo are uniformly high - nannies are not getting rich in Tokyo! The monthly cost ranges between Y170,000-280,000, plus Y10,000 for travel monthly, Y150,000 for an airline ticket home once a year and Y30,000 annually for health care benefits. This is a typical package, but details vary among individual arrangements. The nanny community in Tokyo is predominantly Philippino, with some Thai or South Asian women also participating. If you feel you can be a warm and supportive employer, the nanny community in Tokyo in turn is quite reliable and stable - more so than in North America, where child care in the home can be highly irregular. Nannies generally stay with their families for their entire stay in Tokyo, although are rarely willing to move with the family if they relocate. This is long enough, so I'll stop there - post any additional questions if you have them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By oneness on Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 12:13 am: Hello, Melissa, Are you still looking for day care? I run an English daycare center in the Hachioji area. Our prices are very reasonable compared to other international daycare centers. I am also looking for a part-time teacher. If you are interested please contact me. Regards, Jason Angove Oneness Kids Club -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Eva Saaghy-Ortiz on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 7:47 am: We will be moving to Tokyo in January 2002. Our daughter is 18 month. I would like her to attend daycare, but they opperate only from 9am to 1pm. Therefore we are looking for a nanny full-time or part-time (Mo-Fr 1pm-6pm), who already has working visa in Japan. Please let me know if anybody interested. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 8:09 am: Dear Eva, You've been mis-informed. Daycare is daycare and runs from some early hour in the morning until at least 6 pm and often longer. You are probably confusing it with kindergarten which runs from about 9 to noon or 13:00 depending on the individual place, and many of those also have extended care until 15:00 or 16:00. It won't be easy interviewing a nanny prior to your arrival. The ones that have visas tend to be able to exercise flexibility and be very nimble (and don't need to plan ahead as much). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Maria B on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 - 2:33 pm: I am an Australian planning to move to Tokyo in January. I am looking for a job in an English speaking daycare where my 2 year old can also attend. I would appreciate any information about where to apply. My partner is also looking for work in the graphic design area. Any information or contact addresses and names would be much appreciated. I have a BA (english)and a teaching certificate. I also have childcare experience in Australia, Switzerland and USA. Thanks Maria -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Patricia Maclachlan on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 4:17 am: My baby daughter and I will be spending three months this summer (May 20-Aug 19, 2002) in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo (we'll be living very close to Rikkyo University). I am searching for either a quality day care facility, a nanny, a home-care facility, or some combination of the above. We won't mind a short commute, although something close by would be ideal. My daughter will be almost 15 months old by the time we arrive in Tokyo. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Sherri Leibert on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 5:19 pm: Dear Patricia I live in Nishi Ikebukuro 3-chome (very close to Rikkyo) and have a daughter born May 2001. I will go back to work part time and am now looking for daycare. I have not found anything private in the area. There is Kidsworld http://www.pigeon.co.jp/ which has locations around Tokyo, but there are none I am willing to commute to. Check out the website, it might be OK for you. I think it is reasonable and I know of a few non-Japanese Moms that have vouched for it. There is also Maria's babies http://www.mariasbabies.co.jp/ again, not convenient enough for me (Yoyogi area) and a little too expensive, but I hear it is very good. I am going to check out the ward office for the area, Toshima-ku. They have said on the phone that I can have reasonably priced part-time childcare (about 800yen an hour -- I think). I only need a couple of days a week. Now I take her to a place called K-Space once a week http://www.kspace.to/ It is not a daycare, but a play and development-type place for mothers and babies to play together. I would definately recommend that if you have the time. I am not sure if this information helps you. Once I visit the ward office and find out more, I will let you know. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Nathalie on Sunday, February 3, 2002 - 11:31 pm: I'm thinking of going back to work part-time, and as I'm not currently working, I was told at the ward office I have no chance to put my 10 month old baby in the public hoikuen. I heard of Kids World, which is more expensive of course, but has no waiting list and can be used only a few days a week. Has anybody tried them (especially the ones in Shirogane and Hiroo) ? I'd like to get your feed back. Thanks a lot. Nathalie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 9:45 am: Here are my answers to some questions someone sent in to another list: 1. How likely is it that I, a single mom, will get a spot in public daycare? Could I pretty well count on getting in next April, or might I have trouble in some areas? very likely Very specifically: You are very likely to get a spot for your child if you are a single mother, have proof of employment and do not have a relative living with or near by you that is capable of providing child care. P.S. They will most likely come to where you live for an interview as part of the application/acceptance process. 2. If I did get stuck, how much does private daycare cost? (People say "not that much" but I need a number, particularly if I end up with an English teacher's salary for awhile.) About Y60,000 to Y80,000 per month (still cheaper than NYC or Washington,DC). Your rate will vary since public daycare is income weighted. Private daycare may or may not be if it is "privatized" but controlled by the government. 3. Can anyone recommend which areas of Tokyo might be better (or at least good) for daycare--more room, more numerous centers, less chance of getting refused? Bear in mind that I need affordable housing--Minato-ku is probably not an option. (Info on specific experiences in different ku are welcome.) Soka City in Saitama had an easy in for another single mother friend of mine but her son was already 5 years old. It is a lot easier to get an older child in than a baby. The care requirement staff/child ratios are much less flexible for babies. I had to wait until April 1, my daughter was born November 11. In the intervening 5 months I lost my job. I live in Bunkyo-ku. Since then, which was in 1996, they have opened a new service called the Family Support Center. This might have saved my life back in 1996. The daytime babysitting rate is 800 yen per hour through them. I was paying about 1500 yen per hour, used up all my savings, lost my job anyway, because I insisted on going home at 5 pm, etc. I ended up self-employed and free-lancing and poor BUT with a very flexible schedule. After my daughter was about a year old I found out about child support money from the government. The amount was not so great but it was certainly a big help because it covered the National Health Insurance premium and part of the daycare monthly fee. In order to receive this payment (actually there are 3 different ones) you have to be making an amount below "x" annually. You can find more about these issues in these discussions (use the key word search function if you are in a hurry). Setagaya-ku comes up all the time as refusing people, but mostly the ones I've heard saying this are married couples. Sangenjaya is part of the "gaijin corridor" so I am also more likely to hear about that ward since most of the people who communicate with me on these issues are non-Japanese. Minato-ku comes up positive, no kids because housing is expensive so the facilities are under-utilized. 4. I'd also LOVE to hear from other single moms in Tokyo and know how you're doing--whether you find it isolating, excessively difficult, wonderful, etc. I think single mom-hood definitely has it's challenges. But since I chose it, I was prepared for consequences (though I did not have a totally clear idea of what they would be). Getting sex is easy if you keep the kid out of the picture. But I've pretty much decided that if my kid is not going to be included, then I'd rather not bother (my priorities have changed!). Most women that are not or have never raised a kid, have very little interest or sympathy and don't really want to be around my kid any more than most men do. So basically my girlfriends these days are mostly mothers. There are some people who even though childless, just have a great affinity for kids, and we are lucky enough to know some of them. (By the way my daughter's Dad is not really one of those...sort of one foot in and one foot out of that camp.) Japanese teenagers, male and female, love my kid, but they don't make very good friends for me. As for being a single mom in Tokyo as opposed to somewhere else. I can't see that it makes much difference. The early years of child care are so intense and take so much time that it is almost as if the surroundings are a blur. The internet has been a life saver. The government is friendlier than I would have expected. I have been reporting an income below 250,000 yen per month for several years now and am still getting my work visa renewed. There were moments of severe loneliness when she was small, but since then I've found a good balance and some new friends. And she can talk now! ...(and I was trying to be brief!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Orchids on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 5:23 pm: Is there somebody who has experienced with Kids World in Hiroo? Please let me know your opinions/impressions and the monthly price for having my 1y 9m son stay there from 9 am to 6 pm. Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Daniel Holgate on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 12:33 pm: Hi. We are looking for day care 5 days a week for our 19 month old daughter. Our closest station is Musashikoyama station on the Tokyu Meguro-line in Shinagawa-ku, which would make getting to one of those international schools in Shibuya / Hiroo in the morning a real hassle on a v.crowded train (no car!). Can anyone recommend good international daycare which is along our train line? Unfortunately we have only just started looking this week and the message I have gotten from places I have spoken to in other areas is not good - any places around that anyone knows of that might still have vacancies? regards and thanks in advance, Daniel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Sraboni Dutta on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 12:57 pm: Hi Daniel, I also live in Musashi Koyama station , but mine is Meguro Ku. Anyway, there is an International School in the shopping street towards the station , you can see their signboard just opposite the Tokyu Store. You can go and enquire there. You can contact the ward office and get a list of Hoikuens in this area. Regards, Sraboni -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Daniel Holgate on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 1:17 pm: Thanks Sraboni, On your advice I just called the International School in the mall, but they apparently filled their last place last week :( We have a list of the Hoikuens in our ward and have been applying since January but we have been told that it will be impossible to get our daughter in this year - apparently local Japanese mothers start applying in September/October of the previous year :( This is really tough.. we'll keep trying. regards, Daniel (12/16/2004 - Daniel wrote that he has moved back to Brisbane, Australia) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Sraboni Dutta on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 1:47 pm: Hi Daniel, You know you can try one more thing. There are private hoikuens too (Shiritsu, in Japanese). You can ask for that list from the ward office. They are the ones, who can take kids anytime of the year, provided there is a vacancy. I agree with you, it is so... tough at times. I faced the same problem last year. Sraboni -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Orchids on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 1:57 pm: I have same problem. I applied in Jan and the result came last week saying there was no more place. Privately I have a little doubt on private hoikuen. Most of them seem to have only a few care giver compared to the number of kids. I live in Ueno, work at Odaiba. Would really appreciate any input. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cathy Edwards on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 2:43 pm: Daniel There is Fairyland which is an international Day Care / Pre School. It is located in Himonya on Meguro Dori on the opposite corner to the large Daiei store on about the 5th/6th floor. Their website is http://www.fairyland.co.jp/f_english.html Also, my daughter has been at Musashi Koyama International since last June and loves it. I would recommend visiting and putting your name down if you like it for a future place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Peter E on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:07 pm: Apparently, unless you annoy the hell out of the ward office, they will think you don't deserve a space. They don't have enough spaces as it is because they are too busy spending your tax money on important things like buying Nakano Sun Plaza for XX oku-en of _your_ money. Then there is the system, remember not to have your child born in june, thats too young to get a space, then when april comes, too old! The system is divided into years (don't get me started on how sensible this is) 0-sai is further divided into 0-6 6-12, so quite often they have spaces for 0-6 but even though its the same classroom and same nursery nurses you cant get that space. EVEN IFF you meet their requirements because your child is too old! But maybe if you wait until June there might still be a space there ... Oh, there are spaces though, in places you have never heard of that are diametrically the furthest corner of the ward from where you live. Hell, they have 10 places and NINE spaces there! Let's not even mention the radical concept of TWO KIDS, if you want to get them both in the same nursery, then better start before they are born. For what it is worth, the private nurseries I have seen have been small, dirty, understaffed and overcrowded. You don't want to send your child there unless there is no alternative. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Melissa Mcnulty on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:49 pm: I send my daughter to a small private nursary run by a Japanese woman in my neiborhood. I have been really happy with the standard of care there. The place is clean, tidy, the toys are clean, the staff are great(and there are enough of them). I am lucky that I have not had to face the frustration of tryiong to get my daughter into public daycare, but don't give up on the private nurseries! I found mine through word of mouth, and if you live in or near Kichijoji, I am happy to give the contact details to anyone who may be interested. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By taylor on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 6:45 am: I am hoping to start a job in Nagoya in August. I have a 3 year old boy and I am looking in to possible daycare facilities for him. Does anyone know of daycare centres in Nagoya with reasonable rates. I would be grateful for any information - please post here or email me at nagoyataylor@yahoo.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cassandra Lee Hara on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 10:57 pm: I am in the process of finding employment. Though I have received several positive responses I've had to decline the offers since I have been unable to find daycare services near our home. If anyone has information regarding either public, private or drop-in daycare centers on the Tobu-Tojo line in either Kawagoeshi, Shingashi or Ikebukuro please drop me a line. I would be most appreciative of any information either posted on this site or email me at casslp2@yahoo.com Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Emily Homma on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 8:51 am: Hi! I live near Kasumigaseki station right next to Kawagoe-shi. I have been dropping my kids (4 yr.o.; 1 yr.o.) in a private Japanese hoykuen-Kasumi Hoykuen (2x a week) for a month now. The kids could stay at the hoykuen from 8:30 AM till 5 PM (or even up to 8 PM: 400 yen per beyond dismissal time). You pay about 12,000 yen to 48,000 yen a month for "fulltime" stay of 5 days/week depending on your child's age( 6 yr.o. to 6 months old). The registration fee is about 35,000 yen. Meal is 200 yen. There's another newer hoykuen (Lily) but a lot farther from the station. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Shumshad on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 8:33 am: Dear Natasha, Sorry i couldn't mail you the details immediately.name of the school is Frontier Kids its a newly open Montessori and a Day care center with modern equipments and bilingual teachers.they also have a learning center with ikebana,Art,ballet,English,Aikido and mother and baby Montessori classes. you can visit them for a trial lesson. (pls call and get a appointment). For more information contact Mr.Irimichi or Mrs.Hashimoto Tel : 090 - 9952 7804 fax : 047 357 6804 Home page :http://www.futurefrontiers.jp/kids/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Katharina Stelzl on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 3:50 am: Hi, I'm a 19 year-old, german student. i'll graduate this summer and i'd love to get to know japan. that's why i'm looking for a nice host-family, which needs a nice, friendly au-pair girl. i would be really glad if you'd e-mail me for further information. my e-mail is pennipotenta@gmx.de you can also visit http://www.greataupair.com/showProfile.cfm/locatorID/139610 for more information about me and to see pictures. thank you Katharina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Hanna on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 10:00 pm: Baby sitter needed two half days every week (tuesday and thursday 13:00-17:00). Some evenings and week ends. Please e-mail me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Kaniz Akter on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 1:04 pm: Dear all, I am Kaniz.Currently living in Tokyo but from 1st April I am moving to Honjo ,Saitama. I am a Bangladeshi female and married.I have work permit.So I want to do some part time job specially with kids.I like kids and also love to be with them.I was a teacher in my country.And the conversations with students (kids) are almost in English.So I want a job, specially in day care centers.I can teach kids English,play with them, sing songs.My Japanese language level is beginners.I can assure that they will like me.So I want such a job in a day care center in or near Honjo city (Saitama) as I love kids. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Midori Minodora Mihaela Maria Manuela on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 10:22 pm: Dear all, I live in Seta, Setagaya-ku. I would like to hire a nanny for some 3 hours/day, on week-days, from middle April. English or Japanese speaking. Should just play with my one-years old daughter, and this will be really fun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Yee Mun Loh on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 6:45 am: Hi, My family and I are moving to Tokyo in October and I am looking for a daycare/preschool for my boys, the eldest will be 3 and a half years in October and the youngest will be 22 months. I did a search on the internet and am interested in Yoyogi International School located in Shibuya-ku and Hiroo International Kindergarten in Minato-ku. I would like to hear from someone who had experience with these schools or have heard about them. I can be contacted at casablancaloh@yahoo.co.uk Thanks. Yee Mun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Peter E on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 10:14 am: At least you are avoiding the hot bit by waiting until august. My daughter is currently at Yoyogi International Preschool. My mum approves of it and she has something like 30+ years of teaching experience to younger children. http://www.yoyogiinternationalschool.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Linda Gondo on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 10:15 pm: My daughter also goes to Yoyogi International and loves it. The teachers are professional, kind and patient and they have a fun stimulating curriculum. I have only ever heard positive things about this school. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Moira Carroll on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 5:25 am: Hi I looking for a daycare (public or private) in Shinjuku near Shinjukugyoen (Tomihisacho). Does anyone here have any info. on daycare in this area? My baby is 17 months old. What is the deadline for application in Shinjuku-ku? Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By xochitl tellez on Monday, November 8, 2004 - 6:16 pm: Hi We just moved to Akasaka and I'm looking for a play group (my baby is 14 months old) and a daycare (close to Akasaka). If anyone here has information, please help !Thanks a lot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Liz Woodhouse on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 - 9:34 pm: Hi Xochitl, Just wanted to let you know about Akasaka Kids to Teens Hall. They have a playgroup at 11.00 am on Mondays and Thursdays. The Monday group for roughly 0-1 and Thursday from 1-2 ish. Your son can probably go to both with no problem. It's mostly in Japanese as you'd expect but they are very friendly and there's quite often several non-japanese there. It is also just a play hall that you can go to any time which is great. If you walk from Akasaka station towards the ANA hotel - past a drugstore on your right then a little park and a red jazz bar. It's on the corner at the junction at the end. The name is written on the wall but you have to walk to the end and round the corner to get in. I am a friend of Elke's by the way and we've met before but I thought I'd answer your post just in case we don't get round to meeting up. Feel free to email me if you want any more info. Liz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Elizabeth on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 10:26 am: does anyone know of Daycare in Chiba city area? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By 1-38-8 momijigaoka fuchu shi tokyo japan on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 9:39 pm: Margarita International preschool A newly opened preschool with a curiculum that focuses on Laguage and Math Geography, Culture and Social studies through art. tuition: 48000 yen a mounth with no entrance fee. for more information contact this number 080-1191-9297 for the security reason the land line is not shown. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Bethan Hutton on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 9:40 am: Daycare in Bunkyo-ku - urgent I've just had this urgent request passed on to me - an American woman arriving in Tokyo shortly and due to start teaching at a university in Bunkyo-ku at the beginnning of April is looking for daycare for her small baby (I think only three or four months old). She's missed the deadline for April entry to public hoikuens, though she may get a place for May; in the meantime she desperately needs someone to look after the baby for April. Needs to be local (around Koishikawa or easily accessible from there) and preferably someone who has at least a little English, as she speaks no Japanese. If anyone has any leads on private daycare, babysitters etc in the area, please let me know and I'll pass the info on. edobaby@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Soisik on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 5:50 pm: Hello, I need some help... I have a three and half months old daughter who started going to a private day-care a few days ago (actually two weeks ago) when I returned to work after the end of the maternity leave. Everything was going on well, both she and I were getting accustomed to it, when we learnt that the day care will be closing next month. This was the most unfortunate news we received in the past weeks・ Since my daughter is still very young, I am looking for an other place near by my office in Shibuya/ Omotesando (close by Kodomono shiro) since I use my lunch breaks to go and see her and feed her (one pumping session less!) and would really like to keep going this way for a few more months. Would anyone know a place where a three and half months old baby can be happy (four days per week)? I am planning to visit Shibuya ward office to ask the list of private day-care, but should you have some suggestions, it would be most welcome! I am looking forward to hearing from you. Soisik P.S. we are walking from home to the office, a little exercise isn稚 too bad, and passing by Daykanyama/ kanazawa dori. A day-care on our way from home to the office would be great, as I said the closer to Kodomono shiro, the better. P.P.S. I have heard about "private nanny" who run small day-care at their home, this sounds attractive, any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jellund on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 9:44 pm: Hello Shibuya ward office has a Family Supporter system. If you register with the system they try to find someone near your home (or work) who wants to look after your child. However, it takes time to find a supporter as the carers are volunteers, they are usually mums themselves with older children at school. When I registered it took about 2 months to find a supporter. This is just an option if you cannot get your daughter into a daycare. What are the other kids in the daycare that is closing down going to do? Also, Cerullean Tower has a babysitting service, not cheap but an option nevertheless. Hope this helps and good luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Linda Gondo on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 9:19 am: Dear Soisik, This child care centre takes very young babies and is five minutes walk from Gaienmae station, so you could just take the subway from Omotoesando near kodomo no shiro and it would be the very next stop. Nice bright facilities and the staff seem great, but the best thing about it is the very nice, safe and relatively spacious park nearby which they take the kids to every day. A colleague of my husband sent her daughter there and thought they offered excellent care. http://www.dreamkids-net.co.jp/index_en.html Dream Kids 2-9-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Tel: 03-3403-6612, Fax: 03-3403-661 There is also a daycare centre in Ebisu which is listed on the International Preschools section of this site which accepts infants, I've forgotten the name exactly sorry, but it should be easy to find. Good luck, Linda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Roxy on Saturday, June 4, 2005 - 11:44 pm: Does anyone know of a place in Tokyo that is similar to what I have seen in the US and Australia; a day care/nursery combination. It is avaiable for parents to either drop in for a few hours and/or permanents for kids under 5. So, if you need a few hours you can drop your kid off and go do something. It is different from a Hoikuen, as they are usually private and limited in numbers. Roxy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Linda Gondo on Sunday, June 5, 2005 - 10:13 am: Roxy, Kids World offers occasional care. Centres are throughout Tokyo. You will be able to find the link on this web site. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Queenie on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 10:57 pm: Dearest all, I am from Hong Kong and I will be assigned to have a 6-month project in Japan and I have decided to bring my little daughter (5months old) along with me. I would like to know if there are any childcare services for the foreigners'. What is the price list and what documents should be prepared?? Thanks a lot for your help. Queenie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Estelle on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 6:26 pm: Dear all, I am looking for some nursery near shibuya station - daikanyama area for my 4 months baby. It seems that under 15 months it is quite hard to find. Could you help me? Thanks a lot! Estelle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Tese on Friday, August 26, 2005 - 2:42 am: Queenie, Estelle, I, too, have a child under a year old and I've been running into the same problem as you - finding childcare centers that will accept babies this age. I have received some wonderful help from some of the forum members. I'm not familiar with the Tokyo area yet, so I'm not sure how close you are to these centers but I think they take really young babies: http://www.cute-angels.com/ http://www.mariasbabies.co.jp/english/program.html http://www.yellowpagesjapan.com/1639/1.html (this is actually just a list of nurseries throughout the area, not sure if any of them accept babies b/c I haven't contacted them yet) Anyway, I hope this helps...and good luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Peter E on Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 1:04 am: If you live in shibuya, try your local ward office. Though if you are one of those over-paid, over-rated and over-here ex-pat's, forget it. (hoikuen and nyujishitsu will take them from 57 days, but private ones are well, Your Mileage May Vary. ...) As an aside, I think a friend of mine's family runs a nursery somewhere in SHoto. I can see if I can find the page ... To start, try here: http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/kurashi/children/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Natasha Watts on Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 1:30 am: HI all, First of all, this is not a comment on target with the post. but really a comment for Peter who had some great information posted above. BUT... I just wanted to say, Peter, gosh you just sound so angry towards the well off folks!! I am super poor now and have been for a while (meaning budgeting left and right and still not having enough for utility bills). But I'm not angry at the lucky ones. Yes I often envy the comfortable lifestyles of the (over-paid ex pats), but but what do you mean by Over-rated?! Ex pats or not, employees are just paid what the company they work for decided on, right? I dunno, you just sounded defensive and angry and that bothered me. Sorry everyone, including Peter, if I was out of the topic here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Nancy on Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 10:10 am: Since the administrator of this site is very busy trying to cope with spam on this site, why add to the work load with e-mails that are inflammatory? Peter, all you had to say was "daycare through the ward office is subject to income level restrictions." Natasha,thanks for speaking out. I think you got it right, I also read anger and hostility and jealousy in that post and in his other post. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Peter E on Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 10:36 am: Yes, you are right. I was way out of line there. I apologise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mike Hood on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:54 pm: Greetings All: My wife and I are looking for daycare for our little girl, and we need some ideas. We live in Mejiro. My wife wishes to return to work on November 1st, but Toshima-ku has no room for us in public hoikuen until April. We've not been thrilled by the few private daycare businesses we've seen in the area. Does anyone have any ideas? We hope to find something in Mejiro, or perhaps on the Yamanote line between Ikebukuro and Yoyogi. Thanks. Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Peter E on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 11:50 pm: Don't roll over and accept the kuyakusho's answer. First, work out your chances (eg, both work, both commute, no grandparents within easy reach, etc) then start calling up and visiting them until they help. Be polite, but insistent. THere is some sort of points system, I dont remember the details, but number of hours/week, distance of commute and availability of relatives = 0 are contributing factors. It helps if daddy visits too. THough it can be embarrassing and quite trying. Its a well known fact that a lot of mums fill those application forms with complete fabrications, so try not to be too outrageous. You don't want to be caught out, the repercussions can be annoying. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Bethan Hutton on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 10:17 am: Have you asked the ward office about hoiku-mama? These are women, usually in their 40s or 50s, all very experienced and inspected by the ward, who look after children in their own homes. I know a couple of them in my ward (one I use as a private babysitter and one is a neighbour of mine) and they are great - very caring and enthusiastic. They tend to look after the smaller children (babies to one-year-olds) who haven't been able to get a place at hoikuen yet, but some also take older children. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By rosemarie kato on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 2:15 pm: i applied my son to the daycare center near our home and we thought it is going to be ok. coz the staff that we spoke looks there is an available space for my son. but when they passed it to the city government they send us a letter that there is no space yet for the center that we chose!im going to work by next month and i still dont have a place to put my son!i really have to work coz my husband salary is not enoughfor us plus im still helping my family back home!any advise will be greatly appreciated!by the way,were living here in oimachi,shinagawa!thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Wini Meidasari on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 11:49 am: Hi. I have four year old daughter who just started in Japanese day care. We have hard time to drop her in the school. She seems unconfortable in the school. I understand that she cannot speak Japanese. Now, We are thinking again whether we made a right decision to send her to Japanese school. We actually tried to find English school but the schedule does not fit with us. And some schools that are suitable are either expensive or full. Is there any parents who have the same experiences? how long she has to adjust with this new enviroment? and how can we help her? I really feel guilty to drop her while she still scream and cry. Please help us with your inputs. thanks wini -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Andrew J. Hazelton on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 2:27 pm: My son was 4 years old when we moved to Japan and he started full-time Japanese daycare at that time. For about 3 months he complained every day because he had no English-speaking friends and had trouble understanding the people at school. But after about 3 months, he was pretty good--his Japanese was passable and he was comfortable. After 6 months, he spoke Japanese like any other 4 year old, and was also no longer shy in the park. Your results may vary, but I have heard the 3 month barrier from other parents in the same situation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Gamze Abramov on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 6:47 pm: I am currently pregnant with my first child and am considering my options in regards to work. I now work at several universities teaching English but I am considering working from home after the baby is born. I was thinking of looking after an additional 2 similarly aged children and was wondering if there would be a market for this home-based private childcare. Obviously I would be competing with large daycare centres as well as private nannies, but I wonder if there would be mothers who would be interested in such a set-up. Obviously it is just a thought at the moment but any feedback would be most appreciated. For example, what could I charge for such a service? Would acquiring insurance be difficult or expensive? I do have nannying experience myself, am a 31 year old Masters-educated native English speaker and will be living in central Tokyo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mike Hood on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 8:50 pm: Hi Gamze, I think there is a need for what you are talking about. I know nothing about licensing or insurance, though I am sure both are required. The larger problem is location. My wife and I would love to have such an arrangement (it is similar to what my older siblings have done in the U.S.). We are not thrilled with the private daycare centers we have visited, and the public system has no room for us for months. But we live in Mejiro and can find no home-based childcare in the area. We will end up paying about 70,000 per month at a private daycare when my wife goes back to work next month. We don't mind the cost. We would pay the same or more for a better situation. By the way, I too am working at several universities in Tokyo. Why don't you email me directly so we can touch base. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Steve K on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 1:56 pm: Edogawa ward has set up a system called "hoiku mama", which is basically a network of older mothers and women (I don't think men are discouraged from participating but...) who provide childcare in their homes during normal working hours and sometimes beyond, depending on the separate arrangements made between the mom and the childcare provider. The childcare provider must have no kids of their own who are younger than a certain age (five or six: my memory fails me here). I believe that each hoiku mama can take care of up to four kids, and there is a set fee--though I'm not sure if this is a recommended or prescribed amount. Perhaps other wards and cities have similar systems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By khanitha P. on Monday, October 24, 2005 - 2:05 pm: Hi everyone, I am finding a good daycare for my 14 months old daughter. I live in Moto Okubo (near Keisei Okubo Station). My husband is working and I will be starting soon in mid November 2005. Any suggestion/advice where are the good ones and how long does it take to put my daughter into the daycare? What are the procedures? Day cares near Makuhari/ Makuharihongo are also fine. Thanks guys !! Pls email me if you have any advice at : khanitha_kh[at]yahoo.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Lucas Roehrs on Friday, November 4, 2005 - 4:09 pm: Dear Mamas: Help! I will be with my small baby (13 months) in Tokyo for three months, working here, starting in Dec. 2005. I am serachung a possibility where I could leave my wunderfull little daughter from 7:30 to 15:00 each weekday. I am already checking the state babycare (we will be for a too short period of time here) and I checked few international schools, but most of them are exorbitant expensive. Does anyone know what to do? Any mother carring for taking care for an other baby for that time? Regards. Birthe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Admin on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 9:03 am: Dear Birthe, What neighborhood will you be living in? Do you know the "ku" (ward is the common English translation)? Setagaya-ku is notoriously difficult. So is Bunkyo-ku. (for both public and private). Is your place of employment helpful in your search? If you have an address where you are living (you don't have to give the exact house number is you don't want to) and the nearest train station, it would help. Tokyo is simply huge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Lucas Roehrs on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 11:46 pm: hi guys, you are perfectly right. I do stay in shinagawa, 10 minutes walk from Shinagawa station. thank you. b. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Marie-Therese Hannon on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7:01 am: Hi there, Does anyone have any information on or experience of government daycare centers in Shibuya Ku? Thanks, Maire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Joanna Bennett on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:11 am: Marie, you maybe a bit late to apply for April 06. But anyhow just go to the ward office, the translator will help you. Get all the forms(available in English) fill up and send them in asap. Both my kids are in hoikuen. Happy to speak with you if you need more details. jobennett[at]tokyo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Marie-Therese Hannon on Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 7:01 am: Is April the 6th the deadline? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Bethan Hutton on Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:48 am: No, April is the start of the new "school year" in Japan, which also applies to hoikuen/daycare - children move up to the next class on April 1st. (I think the April 06 above meant April 2006 ie this year). Most new openings at ward-run hoikuen are from April 1st. The application deadline for getting into hoikuen for April will vary from area to area, but I am afraid that by now you are probably too late. Even so, if you want a place you should go ahead and apply as soon as possible because you could be lucky enough to find a place available. Otherwise, the sooner you go on the waiting list the sooner you should get a place. Private hoikuen are more likely to have places come up during the year, not just April, but state run hoikuen are usually better (more staff, more space, outdoor playgrounds) and are usually cheaper. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mary SP on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 4:32 pm: We just received the letter confirming that our baby has not been accepted in Senzoku's (Ota-ku) public hoykuen. Does anybody know any good private hoykuen near the "Tokyo Institute of Technology International House"? We went through the Ota City official map and found that there is only one near us (senzokuike), but we would really appreciate to have some references. Additionally, we saw in the letter that there might be vacancies in the public nursery, in which case they would call us. Should we rely on this possibility? Any experience? Any advice will be most welcome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Steve K on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 8:53 am: My wife told me that, in our area (Edogawa-ku), once a daycare is full, it remains full. The only thing you may hope for is that one of the daycare's registered kids' mom or dad is transferred out of town before April. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mary SP on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 3:42 pm: Thanks Steve. I suppose you refer to public daycares only? or should I expect the waiting list to be motionless in the private ones too? We already visited all the private nurseries near our home and the bad news are that all of them are full. We are now going for the private facilities along our way to work. We could bring the baby with us and stop somewhere along our trip to leave the baby in the nursery, and pick her back in the afternoon. Anybody can provide telephone and address for good private nurseries near the following stations? (any personal experience or references will be most welcome): TOKYU OIMACHI LINE: - O-okayama - Midorigaoka - Jiyugaoka - Kuhombutsu - Oyamadai - Todoroki - Kaminoge - Futako-tamagawa TOKYU DEN-EN-TOSHI LINE: - Any station between futako-tamagawa and suzukakedai. Thanks a lot! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 11:26 pm: Mary SP, You have to try any "drop-in" centers at this point as well. They will do all day usually. Unfortunately, none of your stations are the really big ones, but there really must be something at Jiyugaoka, I would think. Have you tried getting help with looking in the phone book? The English townpage does not include everything in Tokyo. You have to look in the Japanese phone book for Ota-ku. Also try the silver center for in home care. Or, now most wards have a "Family Support Center". This would all be in Japanese. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 12:04 am: Kids International is an international child care center managed by Kids International Ltd. The corporation Murakami Music Office is the parent company of Kids International. They do a bridal business such as chapel & wedding receptions. Kids International monthly program members can view their child anytime through live camera on internet (password protected). http://www.kids-int.co.jp/english/locations/ Gotanda: Pola Bldg #3 B1F 8-9-5 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0031 tel: 03-3491-4195, fax: 03-3491-4196 T&A Bldg. 6F 5-2-5 Himonya, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-0003 tel: 03-5720-5601, fax: 03-5720-5602 MM Bldg. 7F 6-10-12 Nishi-Kasai, Edogawa-Ku, Tokyo 134-0088 tel: 03-5679-5571, fax: 03-5679-5572 Makuhari: Patios. 16 2-9 Utase, Mihama-Ku, Chiba 261-0013 tel: 043-211-8285, fax: 043-211-8286 Shin Urayasu: 20-1 Akemi Urayasu-shi Chiba 279-0014 tel: 047-390-6666, fax: 047-390-6660 Nouvelle Villages Hibarigaoka 2-8-27 Yato-cho, Nishitokyo-shi 188-0001 tel: 0424-38-9530, fax: 0424-38-9531 32-7 Inarimae, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0061 tel: 029-863-7210, fax: 029-863-7205 Baby Station Nakagawa: 1-20-18-2F Nakagawa, Tsuzuki-Ku, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa 224-0001 tel: 045-911-8246, fax: 045-911-8441 Baby Station Oizumigakuen: SK Bldg. 2F, 6-34-30 Higashi O-izumi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 178-0068 tel: 03-5387-3780, fax: 03-5387-3784 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Admin on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 12:15 am: Here's one (info is from 2001 in a post by Debbie Kobayashi in the "drop-in" discussion at http://www.tokyowithkids.com/discussions/messages/153/349.html) in Jiyugaoka: Petite Nature Tel: (03) 3725-0808, Fax: (03) 3725-1005 1-9-4 Jiyugaoka, White Building, 2nd Floor PS They don't charge for same day cancellations, if you haven't ordered lunch or snacks for your child. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mary SP on Monday, March 6, 2006 - 12:50 am: Dear all, thanks a lot for all the information. Cornelia, many thanks for your advice about looking into the phone book. I will take a look, and consider it as an option. I dont feel confident in selecting a nursery only by myself, without references, or a webpage where I can spend some time translating and checking options, but if I use the book phone I might ask for help in the university. Neither my husband, and specially me, are proficient in japanese language, and interviews become a bit hard. Thanks also for the info on Kids International, a bit far from our home, but also a possible solution...thanks Keiko, futakotamagawa is right in our way. But, as the admin said, we are looking for nurseries. Thanks a lot anyway! Any new info, or extended timetable, will be considered. Thanks to the administrator for the address in Juyugaoka, good to consider. Thanks to all! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mary SP on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:13 am: Finally, we selected "Kids World". It is a chain of nurseries. It is fine, part of the teachers speak english, and the nurses seem to be very sweet. The baby is happy. I wonder if it's maybe a little bit expensive. I have no idea about prices, we are paying around 80000 yen per month on a monday to friday, 8 hours per day, basis. Somebody to comment if that is OK? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Bethan Hutton on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 9:44 am: I think Kids World is definitely on the more expensive end of the scale, but if you are happy with it, that is the main thing. As far as I remember, a ward run nursery place costs maximum around Y55,000 a month (give or take Y5,000 or so depending on age of baby, area etc, and that is means-tested, so people on lower incomes pay much less). The private nursery I use for my daughter costs about the same for full-time care for age 2 and up; babies cost a little more (Y60-65,000). But Kids World is a more "upmarket" chain of nurseries, and they have the English-speaking staff, more of an "educational" program and so on. In any case, Y80,000 a month is still a bargain compared to full-time nursery care where I come from (UK). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Andrew J. Hazelton on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:13 am: We went through the same thing 1 year ago. After being rejected by the local day care, our kids went to Kids World for a month. The next month they were accepted into the ward hoikuen. The prices Bethan quoted are similar to our experience. But hoiuken have longer hours than Kids World and lunch is free. Other than that, our experience with kids World was very positive. And it was a huge relief when we found them (probably similar to the relief you feel now). Like most of the advice on this page, I advise you to keep applying to the local ward office. Our experience is they didn' t really believe that my wife and I were both working. But when we showed that our kids were going full-time to Kids World, I think it helped convince them we were in need of public daycare. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 2:45 pm: I had my daugter in the ward hoikuen system in Bunkyo-ku. They had a sliding scale depending on family income. AND age of child. So the first - 3 years were more expensive even though my income stayed the same. The rate went down in her 4th and 5th years because the caretaker/child ratio changes. They also need less space inside but do have more access to a common room in those last 3 years (my daughter did not complete the 6th year of hoikuen because she started school). One more thing, the rates fluctuated a bit from year to year depending on political climate. The rate sheet is supposedly available at the appropriate desk at the city hall. But, sometimes, they are reluctant to pass them out to just anyone (another one of those things here that irritates me endlessly is trying to convince government workers to give me copies of information that I am supposed to have access to as a taxpayer). I think that the top tier price was around Y70,000 a month for babies (over 4 months old) at the time (1997) in Bunkyo-ku. But I could have faulty memory, and anyway it is likely to have changed by now. Now, private daycares would have one price for everyone. Very confusing is that in some wards (I think Setagaya is one of these) there are some so-called private daycares that are still included in the ward management/selection process. I forget what they are called, but they have a special relationship, usually receive some government funding and so on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Steve K on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 4:30 pm: If my memory is correct, I think we paid slightly more than 80,000 yen per month to Poppins Nursery for our daughter (one year old at the time) for the same 8 hours, five days a week schedule. I thought it was a fair price, considering that meals were included and they had decent facilities (including a webcam for viewing from the office). We were lucky because it also happened to be two minutes away from home and located in the building housing our nearest station. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Caroline on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 2:32 pm: A few years ago, someone posted about Oneness Kids Club in Hachioji. Is it still running? A colleague of mine is looking for daycare for her 18mth old baby in the Hachioji area. Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Ignatius Guntur on Monday, June 11, 2007 - 7:47 pm: Hi, We are new to Tokyo, and our stay will be 2yrs+. Our residence is nearer to Kita-Akabane station. I want to join my son (aged 2yrs) in some pre-school or day care to pick Japanese quickly. Language should not be a problem to his education. At the same time my wife also willing to work in english pre-schools. If both requirement solve with one institution, then I can stay here as long as possible. Please provide info regarding pre-schools or day care centers near by to my residence or in Saikyo-line (JR line). Thanks, Ignatius -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Cornelia on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 11:48 am: Hi Ignatius, There's a school called Kids Talk at Akabane station. It's on the International school list at this web site in the FYI section. They might need a native English speaking teacher. It's run by a woman from the UK and her Japanese partner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Sarahc on Monday, October 8, 2007 - 4:39 pm: Hi there Just wondering if anyone knows of any childcare centres in Toyko that use webcams for parents to see their children during the day. If so, do you know how much they charge and who provides them? Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Sraboni on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 1:36 pm: Hi Sarah, I know there is a preschool in Nishi kasai - Kid's World, they actually have many other branches in Tokyo too, have a webcam system in the school. You can watch your children anytime you want to. I am sorry, I couldn't find their website. You can try to look for it in google. 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