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Childcare/Preschool

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Looking for a local preschool for your child?
On this page, you can look through options in our area, and check out their websites. There is information about:
  • Local Center-Based Programs
  • Local Family Day Cares
  • How to choose a daycare
  • ​Applying for state-funded childcare vouchers (subsidies)
  • Northampton's new Preschool Partnership Initiative
  • Northampton Preschool Fair -- a video of a virtual "fair" with local programs

Local Center-Based Programs: 
See list at the bottom of this page or click on the links below

NOTE:  Sunnyside has closed.
All About Learning has moved from Hadley to Amherst.
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Local Family Day Cares: 
Click here for Local FCC List as of April 2022


Check this Mass EEC address for the most up-to-date options:  https://eeclead.force.com/EEC_ChildCareSearch
General Information about Childcare in Massachusetts  /  La selección del programa de cuidado de niños

Northampton Preschool Community Partnership (CPPI)

Northampton Public Schools are operating a community partnership grant in collaboration with three local community preschools. Some have spaces that are subsidized by the grant, or supported to have itinerant SPED services at the grant:
 
1. Community preschool grant-subsidized openings
Both Meadowlark and Nonotuck programs offer small class cohorts and smart, caring teachers. Both programs belong to the Northampton Preschool Partnership which offers program fee subsidies. Full day placements available; part time placements may be considered. Contact the programs directly for more information on spaces and fees.
  • Meadowlark Childcare Center:  call 413-586-1951 or click here
  • Nonotuck Community School:  call 413-586-5996 or click here

2. State voucher-funded openings
Community Action Head Start on Vernon Street in Northampton has openings -- this is a wonderful program that has been around a long time, full of skilled teachers and support for your growing child's mind and body.
  • Have a voucher?  Click here to apply for a spot at Northampton's Head Start program, or call the Enrollment Office at 413-387-1250.
  • Need a Child Care Voucher? Call Seven Hills Child Care Resources at 413-272-2207 for information on how to access a child care voucher.
               

STATE-WIDE RESOURCES

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Seven Hills: Child Care Resources & Voucher Services
GREENFIELD AREA, Unit 4

21 Mohawk Trail, Greenfield, MA  01301
Phone: 413-272-2207
Hours: M-F 8:00 am-4:00 pm
SevenHills.org
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Call Seven Hills Child Care Resources at 413-272-2207 for information on how to access a child care voucher
Scan the QR code with your phone to connect to their website.
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MA Department of Early Education and Care website
www.mass.gov/eec

​www.mass.gov/guides/early-education-and-care-financial-assistance-for-families
  1. Lists of all licensed early education and care centers and providers
  2. Information on choosing child care and available subsidy programs  
  3. Information on EEC subsidy waitlist 
  4. Child care vouchers (subsidies) available to families who qualify.

Northampton Area Preschool Fair

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virtual Annual Preschool Fair
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This event was held in January 2021.
Click this link to view the recorded session with Q/A in the Zoom comments:
RECORDING OF virtual Annual Preschool Fair


See 3-5 minute presentations from many Northampton and other local preschools, plus other organizations that serve families with young children. Question/Answer time follows the presentations.



Preschool Options in Northampton, Florence, Leeds, and Hadley

CLASSROOM-BASED PRESCHOOL OPTIONS
IN NORTHAMPTON
, FLORENCE, EASTHAMPTON, AND HADLEY
 
Arcadia Nature Preschool
127 Coombs Rd, Easthampton
584-3009
Half-day preschool.  
www.massaudubon.org
 
Clarke Schools for the Hearing Impaired
Round Hill Rd, Northampton
582-1116
Half-day integrated preschool serving typical and special needs children
www.clarkeschools.org
 
Cloverdale Preschool
130 Pine St, Florence  
586-1106
Half-day preschool program with an optional extended day STEAM program
www.cloverdalepreschool.com
 
Community Action Parent Child Development Center (PCDC)
Head Start
56 Vernon St, Northampton
387-1233 
Infant, toddler and preschool full and part-time preschool; family child care options; free and subsidized programs for income-eligible families, including Head Start and Early Head Start
www.communityaction.us
 
Farm Hands Preschool
87 Henry Street, Northampton
413-695-4645; farmhandspreschooldirector@gmail.com
FT/PT preschool program, ages 2.9 to 4.
https://apricots-flounder-28ym.squarespace.com/contact-1


Gan Keshet Jewish Community Preschool of the Pioneer Valley
 253 Prospect St, Northampton
584-3593 ext. 204
Half and full day preschool program
www.cbinorthampton.org
 
Meadowlark Child Care
283 Prospect St, Northampton
586-1951
Full-day program for preschool
www.meadowlarkchildcare.com
 
Montessori School of Northampton
51 Bates St, Northampton
586-4538
Part and  full-day programs for toddler, preschool and kindergarten  
www.northamptonmontessori.com
 
Nonotuck Community School
221 Riverside Dr, Florence
586-5996
Full day  parent cooperative toddler and preschool programs
www.nonotuck.org
 
Northampton Public Schools Preschool -- 2 locations
Early Childhood Center:  40 Main Street, Suite 206, Florence, MA 01060 
413-587-1471  or earlychildhood@northampton-k12.us
Half and full day integrated preschool serving typical and special needs children at Bridge Street School & at Leeds School. 
BSS:  Children who live in the Bridge Street School or Jackson Street School areas
Leeds:  Children who live in the Leeds Elementary or RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School areas
 Applications available through the Early Childhood Center , or click here:  English Application or Spanish Application.
www.northamptonschools.org/early-childhood-center
 
People’s Institute,
38 Gothic St, Northampton
584-8313
Half- and full-day toddler and preschool programs; after-school program also available for elementary school-aged children
www.pichildcare.com/preschool
 
Smith College Center for Early Childhood Education at Fort Hill
28 Lyman Rd, Northampton
585-3290
Part- and full-time options for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
www.smith.edu/forthill
  

Wild Garden of Childhood
(formerly Little Schoolhouse Family Daycare)
11 Ormond Dr, Florence; 231-4454
Part and  full-day daycare ages 0-3.5
www.wildgardenofchildhood.com
  

FAMILY DAYCARE OPTIONS
IN NORTHAMPTON, FLORENCE, EASTHAMPTON, AND HADLEY


Click here for the list of local Family Day Cares
as of May 2022.




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