Precious Kids Too is an early childhood development center for toddlers and preschoolers. Year-round, the center employs a curriculum that emphasizes language and critical thinking development. It also offers a camp program during the summer months. The center boasts a student to teacher ratio of four to one.
The Jewish Early Learning Center welcomes children ages 1 - 4 years and provides each child with a safe, warm environment. It uses the SPICES approach to education, which encourages children to develop socially, physically, intellectually, creatively, emotionally and spiritually. The curriculum incorporates Jewish values and traditions with literacy readiness, math and dramatic play. It focuses on self-help, perception and sensory development, emotional growth and motor skills and encourages children to grow through indoor and outdoor playtime and learning.
The Center features bright, air conditioned classrooms, a large outdoor play area with three play sets designed for kids of all ages and outdoor toys. It offers a kosher breakfast, snacks and a hot lunch.
The Jewish Learning Center also offers a summer camp, which incorporates water play, baking, sports, music instruction, gymnastics and more.
Alphabetland Day School & Camp offers day care services for children ages 8 weeks to 5 years old, and summer programs for children from ages 3 to 12 years. The summer camps include activities like swimming, gymnastics, arts and crafts, drama, music and more. Enrichment and after-school programs for students in kindergarten and grade school are also available.
Based at the Merrick Jewish Centre, the Friedberg JCC Merrick/Bellmore Branch Nursery School offers innovative programming for children from birth to five years.
In its Early Childhood program each classroom is viewed as a "homeroom" with each class leaving throughout the day to participate in a wide variety of enrichment activities. Enrichment activities may include bike room, body movement and aerobics, music, lending library, computers, Judaic and Shabbat celebrations and playground. Enrichment activities offer its pre-schoolers a stimulating variety of activities that are so important to the sound development of young children.
Its excellent, nurturing staff guide the children through activities designed to enhance their social and academic development in a warm and gentle way.
Its facility is fully-licensed by the NYS Office of Children & Family Services and its staff participates in year-round educational training courses.
Children's Nest is an early childhood education center. Operating under the name "Learn & Play Country Day School" since 1997, the center changed to its current name in 2009.
The school's creative curriculum for infants, toddlers and preschoolers focuses on psychological and self-esteem development as well as safety education.
The center has 11 classrooms, an indoor gym and ample outdoor space for physical activities.
All staff members are authorized by the New York State Office of Family and Children Services.
The administrative office of Plus Group Homes is located on Willis Avenue. The organization provides group homes for autistic adults. Call for additional information.
Precious Kids II of North Merrick is an early childhood development center for toddlers and pre-schoolers. The center offers an inviting learning environment with formal curriculum and play. Summer camp is available during July and August.
Family-owned TLC Daycare has been at this location since 2000. It offers infant, toddler, nursery school and preschool programs. The ratio of students to teachers is 1:3 for infants, 1:4 for toddlers, 1:6 for nursery school and 1:7 for preschool program. Each staff member at TLC has an average of five years of childcare experience.
The administrative offices of Bellmore Merrick Child Care is located on the second floor of Alphabetland Day Care. The nonprofit and after-school program was founded more than 25 years ago, and has nine centers throughout the Bellmore and Merrick area. Each center is certified by the NYS Department of Children and Family Services and MAT (Medication Administration Training).