Day care in boulder co: Child Care Resources – Boulder County
About — Boulder Day Nursery Association
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Our mission is to provide and promote the best possible early childhood care and education opportunities that are both affordable and accessible to low-income working families.
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An industry leader in Early Childhood Education (ECE).
Impacts
13%: Economic ROI of High-Quality Education from Birth to 5 Years.
16% of children under 5 in Boulder County live below poverty level
72% of BDN families receive tuition reimbursement assistance
BDN Boulder is a hidden gem in downtown Boulder. Since 1929 our building has been perfectly situated next to Barker Park. When it is time for field trips, the Pearl Street Mall is 1 block away. Our classrooms are designed to help children seamlessly prepare for advancement, with windows and doors between the 4 classrooms.
In addition to providing exceptional childcare, BDN works to elevate the Early Childhood Education sector by working on legislation at the state level, partnering with city and county government, and educating parents with young children. To learn more about what constitutes high-quality care, and how to improve the system for all families, visit our “Family Education” page.
Advocacy
We’re honored to work with the following organizations to support children and families in Boulder County.
Early Childhood Council of Boulder County
Boulder Valley School District
Qualistar and its decendants
Child Health Connection
Sister Carmen Community Center
Friends School
Naropa University
University of Colorado
Mental Health Center of Boulder County
Mental Health Center of Broomfield County
Foothills United Way
Head Start
St. Vrain School District
Colorado Department of Education
Child Find
Emergency Family Assistance Association
Boulder Journey School
Front Range Community College
BDN News Coverage
- December 2010: North America’s Oldest Child Care Organizations
- April 2010: Yellow Scene Child Care Choices
- May 2009: Boulder History: A Race Through Time
- April 2009: Boulder Day Nursery’s Horse History
- February 2009: Nixon and Boulder Go Way Back
- December 2008: Kate Alexander Was Boulder’s ‘Miss Merry Christmas’ 50 Years Ago
- October 2008: A Worthy Tax That Does Enormous Good
- August 2008: Local Companies Take Time To Help Community
- July 2008: Extend The Worthy Cause Tax
- July 2008: Commissioners Consider Extending ‘Worthy Cause’ Tax
- November 2007: Boulder Day Nursery Celebrates 90 Years
- November 2007: United Way Presents Socks and Mittens Drive
- April 2007: Child Care Debate Goes On
- March 2007: Campbell and McHarg Were Early Civic Leaders
- November 2006: Enriching Day Care A Life-saver For Parents
- September 2006: Record Number Of Volunteers Take Part In United Way Day Of Caring
- January 2005: Boulder Day Cares For Low-Income Families
- November 2003: Check Out Opportunities For Holiday Giving
- July 2003: Nonprofits Rallying To Support Sales Tax Proposal
- June 2003: Search For Donors Never Ends
- May 2003: Nonprofits Find Themselves Innovating
- January 2003: Storybook Beginning
- December 2002: Focus On Spirit of Giving With Charitable Donations
- July 2002: Business People Give Social Capital to Charity
- June 2002: Boulder Day Nursery Turns 85
- March 2001: Boulder Valley Rotary, Gamm Donate to 8 County Nonprofits
- March 2001: Shining Stars – Boulder Day Nursery Association
- December, 2000: Uniting Factor – United Way Draws From Community to Help Those In Need
- December, 2000: A Hundred Years of Beautitude
- December, 2000: Woman’s Club of Boulder Disbanding
- June 1999: Nixon Years Marked By Demonstrations in Boulder
- August 1998: Kids At Nursery Love Foster Grandparents
Child Care + Preschool | Boulder County Kids
Half-day care, full-day care, music-focused, nature-focused, and more! Scout out the best child care organizations and early education programs in the Boulder area.
Ages:
Preschool – 5th Grade
Hours & Days:
JOIN THE WAITLIST — Bixby School was founded in 1970. Our school is organized around the belief that children are unique individuals, each with their own abilities, interests, and needs. Bixby’s preschool is designed to support and encourage children’s lively intellects with a flexible, and active learning curriculum shaped by student interests and individual personalities. Our shared core values are respect, responsibility, and empathy. 3-acre Campus, Student: Faculty ratio 6:1, Extended Day Available: 7:15 am – 5:45 pm daily, Hot Lunch prepared daily (included), Indoor pool, Weekly Swim Lessons. Play-Based Programming.
http:// www.bixbyschool.org
5001 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Ages:
2.5 – 6 years
Hours & Days:
8am – 5pm. M-F. August 1st to May 30th – Closed in July
Blossom International Preschool, LLC is a member of WECAN, CAEYC, CAFCC and AATF.
We are a FARM to ECE preschool. Blossom International Preschool is a Waldorf-inspired, play- and nature-based Licensed Child Care Center in operation since 2015. We follow a multicultural Waldorf inspired curriculum and French language is integrated into our daily rhythm and circle/songs. Multilingual Early Childhood Education. We create a safe, nurturing and supportive environment, empowering children to explore and expand during their early years. We have three beautiful Waldorf-inspired classrooms. We celebrate U.S. and International festivals and holidays. At Blossom, we celebrate diversity and we welcome families with children ages 2.5 to 6 years old.
Marie-Pierre Nicoletti
(303) 819-4084
http://www.blossominternationalpreschool.com
Preschool
4820 Nautilus Ct N, Boulder, CO, USA
Ages:
2.5 years – PreKindergarten
Hours & Days:
M-F, 3-day and 5-day options for Preschool. 8am to 3pm, middle school until 3:15pm.
After-school care and enrichment classes available. Boulder Country Day School, where academic distinction meets education with character. BCD is a top-rated, accredited private school in Boulder, Colorado where every child has the opportunity to discover their own unique excellence. BCD Preschool is a unique learning environment where teachers can build meaningful relationships with each student, nurture their strengths, and help them meet goals through focused, individualized attention. Every child deserves to be known and loved, and our small class sizes and low student/teacher ratios empower us to live this value every day.
Susan Boyle
(303) 527-4931 x 248
http://www.bouldercountryday.org
3370 Iris Walk Ct, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Ages:
2.75 – 5.5 years.
Hours & Days:
M-Th, 8:30 – 3pm following BVSD for major breaks.
Licensed. Come to our little red schoolhouse and aboard our little green school bus as we take trips to local creeks, ponds, pools, gardens, forest trails and explore different parks.
Jump on a Strider bike, or learn to ride one, as we discover the bike trails that go from our school through local neighborhoods and along creeks. Our farm tubs at the school and our community garden plot give children the opportunity to plant, water, weed, and harvest food grown from seed. Local farmers provide fresh produce to us on a weekly basis for children to wash, prepare, and cook delicious snacks. Children will get to visit various local farms to meet the farmers and their animals. Sign up now as we have limited our enrollment to 13 children a day.
http://www.childrenshousepreschool.org
9147 Fleetwood Ave, Longmont, CO, USA
Ages:
1 – 5 years
Hours & Days:
Year-round. 8:30am to 3:30pm. Full-days and half-days. M-F.
Licensed. Lifeways (Waldorf) Certified. A small, play-based, outdoor-focused home school for children ages one to five in North Longmont. We see every child as unique and beautiful with unlimited potential.
They are seeds to be nurtured with love, guidance, and grace so that they might blossom into the fullest expression of who they are meant to be. Outdoor learning with gardening and farm animals. Master’s degree teachers. Chemical free, eco-friendly environment. Based on Waldorf/Lifeways philosophy. Organic, all natural foods, many taken from our own garden. A non-profit school welcoming diverse families, regardless of race, socio-economic status, or gender orientation.
Ginger Johnson, M.Ed.
(303) 507-7331
http://www.fairyringschool.org
2040 Miller Drive, Longmont 80501
Ages:
3 – 5 years
Hours & Days:
Full-Time for 4 & 5 year olds: M-F, 8:30am – 3:15pm. Part-Time for 3 – 5 year olds: M-Th; 8:30 – 11:30am or 12:20 – 3:15pm.
Now enrolling for the 23/24 school year. Flagstaff Academy offers both full-time for 4 & 5 year olds and part-time preschool options for children ages 3 – 5.
Founded in 2009, our preschool incorporates the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence Curriculum and Early Learning Developmental Guidelines. Children in the preschool program develop both socially and academically, and discover that learning is fun through play-based activities. Unique learning opportunities include regular visits to our greenhouse/geo-conservatory classroom and teaching garden, and school library time.
Natalie Martin, Preschool Director
(303) 651-7900
5465 Pennsylvania Avenue, Boulder, CO, USA
Ages:
3 – 4 yrs. Preschool/Pre-K 4 – 5 year olds.
Hours & Days:
Full-day: 9am – 3pm M-Th; 9am – 1pm F; Half-day: 9am – 12pm M-F. August – May/Summer Camp.
Licensed & Accredited. A supportive community, committed to educating the whole child–head, hand, and heart. Outdoor-oriented classrooms connected to nature encourage learning through play and exploration with a focus on relationships, communication, art, nature immersion, and a foundation for pre-academic skills.
Small classes, low student teacher ratios, wide variety of high-quality materials and experiences. Specials including music, art and PE. Award-winning, master-level teachers with over 20 years of experience in each classroom. Personalized Affordable Tuition. ACIS accredited, NAIS member.
Taylor Replane
(303) 499-1999 x227
http://www.FriendsSchoolBoulder.org
6007 Oreg Ave, Boulder, CO 80301
Ages:
6 weeks – Kindergarten
Hours & Days:
The Boulder JCC Early Childhood Center is designed to enhance each child’s social, emotional, linguistic, cognitive, and physical development. Our school offers opportunities for exploration and discovery in a play-based, educational environment. We strive to nourish children’s innate wonder, curiosity, imagination, and self-esteem. We welcome children ages 6 weeks through Kindergarten. As a play and constructivist-based Reggio Emilia-inspired school, we believe that education is a process, brought on by the child’s interaction with their immediate world.
It is through playing in this world that each child is encouraged and stimulated to wonder, explore, experiment, and discover, using their own unique learning style and interests. As a Jewish school, we approach our work with children through Jewish lenses.
Emma Lewallen
(720) 749-2504
http://boulderjcc.org/Preschool
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Hours & Days:
Miss Joanie Drama offers full-day camps for Summer, Winter Break, Spring Break, School Day Off Workshops, Holiday entertainment, and MORE!
Joanie Rubald
http://www.missjoaniedrama.com
1235 Pine Street, Boulder, CO, USA
Ages:
3-5 years
Hours & Days:
M-F. Full- or half-days from 8:30 am to 12:30 or 3:30 pm. Extended care 8 am to 5:30 pm.
At Off Broadway Preschool, we aim to inspire curiosity, creativity, and compassion in children and families through our programing.
Our daily schedule balances child-directed play experiences with structured group classes in music, yoga, visual art, and integrated arts. We employ professional educators to guide children through the school day, and keep low teacher to student ratios (1:5) to ensure that children and families are given personalized attention. Meals are prepared in-house using high quality organic ingredients. Our recently updated facility is conveniently located in downtown Boulder which allows us to take walking field trips to the Farmers Market, library and Museum of Boulder. As COVID-19 guidelines evolve, we continue to adhere to state, city and Early Childhood Council recommendations. We enthusiastically offer enrollment in Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado. Year round.
Bethany
(303) 800-0324
http://www.offbroadwaypreschool.org
Early Learning Center
1317 Mapleton Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Ages:
3-5 years
Hours & Days:
8am – 3pm.
3-, 4-, and 5-day schedule; full- and half-day options. After-Care from 3pm – 6pm
The transition from home life to school is an important milestone in a child’s early development. At SHJ, love, and care for each student helps to ensure a smooth transition. Our Preschool program for 3-year-olds develops social-emotional and early learning skills through hands-on, play-based activities. Children practice independence, patience, sharing, and listening—the building blocks for a lifetime of success. Our Pre-K class for 4-year-olds is filled with the discovery and jots of learning through play. Children engage in creative lessons to develop early literacy and math proficiency and prepare them for Kindergarten.
Heather Elhardt
303-447-2362
2580 Iris Avenue, Boulder, CO, USA
Ages:
16 months – six years
Hours & Days:
M-F full and 1/2 day and partial week program.
August – May school year, June – mid July Summer Program.
Snow Lion is a contemplative school for young children. Contemplative education is experiential; it happens naturally rather than being imposed. We value self-discovery through play, interpersonal connection and connection to the natural world. We believe in the power of imagination and discovery that make childrens’ experiences in the world rich with joy and magic. At Snow Lion Preschool we cultivate a community and environment that values process over product, exploration, compassion and loving kindness. Our community holds deep respect for impermanence, flexibility, interdependence, cause and effect, and joy.
Snow Lion began in the autumn of 1995 as a small playgroup of three children. It quickly evolved, and after 27 years under the leadership and vision of Kristin Lhatso, Rachel Flax Kaplan took over to continue Kristin’s legacy in 2022. Snow Lion Preschool is a community of over fifty children with hundreds of alumni children and their families.
Rachel Kaplan
School Programs
Longmont, CO, USA
Ages:
3 – 8 years
Hours & Days:
Afternoons or full days. Summer Hours, 8:30-3. School Year Hours 8:30-4:00.
Summer & Fall School-Age, Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten Farm-Based Programs for children Age 3-8. Choose 2 or more mornings, afternoons or full days, Summer Hours, 8:30-3, School Year Hours 8:30-4:00. This mostly outdoor based program consists of hands on animal time, harvesting and gardening, outdoor nature play, project based learning and so much more!
(303) 774-8001
http://www.sunflowerfarminfo.com
3340 Dartmouth Avenue, Boulder, CO, USA
Ages:
2.5 – 6 years
Hours & Days:
Year-round. Call for hours.
NOW ENROLLING. Licensed. Sunflower celebrates 40 years of connecting young children to nature and their inherent sense of wonder! Sunflower Preschool is a certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom, National Wildlife Federation certified wildlife habitat, as well as PACE certified since 2008.
Sunflower Preschool, which opened its doors in 1981, offers a small, eco-friendly, play-based, hands-on, nurturing environment, where children learn through exploration and discovery. At Sunflower, our classrooms are Montessori-based with a science and nature emphasis. The teachers are well-paid professional ECE teachers who have been a part of the Sunflower staff for years. Please come and take a look at our unique children’s science museum as well as the multi-sensory outdoor environment.
Marisa Ellman
(303) 494-2012
http://www.sunflowerpreschoolboulder.com
611 Korte Pkwy, Longmont, CO 80501, USA
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Hours & Days:
M-F, 7:30 am – 5:30 pm (full- and half-day options available).
About TLC: We’ve been nurturing success in all kids for over 65 years! Our childcare, preschool and therapy center focuses on helping kids of all abilities develop the cognitive, physical and social-emotional skills they need to thrive in school and beyond.
Lisa Stratton, Educational Services Manager
(303) 776-7417
http://LearningWithTLC.org
Ages:
3 – 6 years
Hours & Days:
Late August – May: School Year, June – early August: Summer Sessions. Days: M-F, 2/3/5-day options. Hours: Half Day 9:00 am – 1:30 pm, Full Day 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, Optional early care from 8:30 – 9 am.
Thorne Nature Preschool is built on the simple belief that kids grow better in nature. Our preschool offers a unique early childhood education experience where young children go to learn, grow, and reach their full potential through daily immersion in nature with caring, attentive mentors. With dual goals of nature connection and fostering the development of the whole-child, Thorne Nature Preschool prepares young children to succeed in school and in life. Thorne Nature Preschool is a provider of Colorado’s Universal Preschool program.
Lorene Wapotich
(303) 499.
3647 ext. 106
http://www.ThorneNaturePreschool.org
175 N 96th St, Louisville, CO 80027, USA
Ages:
2 months – Kindergarten
Hours & Days:
Full-Time: M-F, 7:30am – 5:30pm.
Treehouse Learning provides quality early childcare and educational experiences for children ages birth-Kindergarten. Now in its 26th year as an independent, family-owned school, Treehouse Learning provides education for a Whole Brain, Whole Person, and Whole Planet through a framework of belonging, inclusion, diversity, equity, and sustainability. Our holistic approach supports optimal and balanced development across children’s cognitive, physical, and social-emotional domains in the context of relationships to self, community, and larger ecosystems on our planet. Our days begin with singing at Big Circle community gatherings, plus mixed-aged learning cohorts, Brain Gym, RULER social-emotional curriculum, music, movement, arts, nature-based learning, community engagement, and more! Gardening program + chef-prepared lunches & snacks daily.