Drop-In Daycares near Meriden, CT
Welcome to Kylie’s Daycare World in Meriden, CT! Inspired by my journey as a mom of a 26-week preemie, our daycare is built on love, safety, and trust. We provide nurturing infant care, fun,...
Kylie's Daycare World Preschool Care
Our preschool program prepares children for kindergarten with early reading, writing, math, and science activities. Through creative arts, structured lessons, and social-emotional learning, children build confidence, problem-solving skills, and school readiness.
Kylie's Daycare World Toddler Care
Our Toddler Program encourages independence and learning through structured play, language development, motor skills activities, and social interaction. We support potty training, early literacy, and hands-on exploration in a safe, engaging environment that builds confidence.
Also offers: Kylie's Daycare World Infant Care
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Snacktime To Showtime is an art-integrated childcare center and a preschool for ages six weeks to five years with before and aftercare up to age 12.
The Lullabies
Lullabies combine soothing melodies with repetitive language patterns to create a powerful learning environment where infants develop language skills, emotional security, and critical cognitive connections. Lullabies engage multiple brain regions simultaneously, memory and language processing.
Baby Beats
Pogram uses music and interactive activities to support toddlers’ listening, communication, and cognitive development through structured musical traits and play. It combines early consistent experience with music to build foundations for language, literacy while developing fine & gross motor skills
Also offers: The Showstoppers, The Groovers
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Child care center and preschool providing learning and age-appropriate activities that promote creativity, expressive language, positive self-esteem, and problem-solving skills. Curriculum includes...
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Home-based preschool offers toddler and preschool curriculum through play-based learning activities.
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School-age childcare focusing on science, technology, arts, and recreation. Thematic units incorporated into age-appropriate activities to engage student interests. Curriculum components include...
Speaks Spanish
Our program provides an opportunity for children to grow physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally while in a safe and stimulating environment.
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Preschool and childcare program offering a literacy focus, play based & social-emotional development for ages 12 months to -8 years old. Our Goal is to encourage children to have fun while learning,...
Speaks Spanish
Nellys Nest LLC is an at-home daycare in Waterbury CT. We are Bilingual education (English-Spanish), and Healthy meals and snacks are provided free of charge.
Speaks Spanish
We engage in arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor play, dancing, music, time, baking, and learning to prepare for kindergarten.
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Early childhood program offering a stimulating atmosphere for infants, toddlers, preschool-age, and school-age children. Program believes the foundation of a child’s learning experience is essential...
Speaks Spanish
Daycares near Meriden, CT
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From preschool through kindergarten, we make early education and daycare joyful, engaging, and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow. For nearly 40 years, The Learning Experience® has been...
Infants
Our infant curriculum starts with regular playtime including belly and music time, exploration, stimulation, as well as nap and feeding times that we keep consistent with your baby’s individual schedule.
Twaddlers
Our curriculum helps twaddlers explore, and it nurtures their increasing need to communicate. By this point in their early childhood development, twaddlers have expanded their language skills, and our curriculum helps to enhance their ability to communicate verbally.
Also offers: Toddlers, Preppers, Preschoolers
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Building Blocks offers the early learning experience you are looking for – whether it’s a trusted preschool program or nurturing infant and toddler classrooms that are more than just “daycare,” our...
Infants
Our goal is to create a safe atmosphere while your child grows and develops using a curriculum that incorporates the following domains: physical and health, social and emotional, cognitive, language, and creative arts.
Toddlers
We use the Reggio Emilia approach to create environments that serve as a Third teacher. Teachers become observers in the learning process and track the children’s interests through observations during play.
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We are an early childcare and preschool education program following the standards of the state of Connecticut and OEC regulations, where children grow and learn in an interactive, healthy, and safe...
Discover Littles 1
At Smartly Fun, we provide infants with the highest quality care in a loving, safe, and nurturing environment. Our focus is on supporting each baby’s growth and development while surrounding them with warmth, attention, and genuine affection.
Discover Littles 2!
At Smartly Fun, our toddler program is designed to spark curiosity and encourage independence. Through play-based learning, hands-on activities, and a bilingual environment, toddlers develop language, social skills, and motor abilities while feeling loved, safe, and supported every step of the way.
Also offers: Discover Littles 3!
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At Little Bear’s Adventure Center, we pride ourselves on creating a supportive and nurturing environment for both our children and teachers. Our dedicated staff receives continuous professional...
Infants
Our Infant room is designed to foster bonds and relationships with teachers and other babies while incorporating American Sign Language, music, and gross motor activities. Infants at Little Bear’s Adventure Center know they are safe and loved as they develop social, cognitive, and motor skills in a home-like setting.
Waddlers/Toddlers
Our Waddlers and Toddlers eagerly enter their room with smiles, toddling to their teachers and peers. Daily activities include American Sign Language, music, outdoor experiences, motor and muscle activities, sensorial experiences, and more. Waddlers and Toddlers follow a monthly umbrella theme and weekly sub-themes that enhance their academic skills while nurturing their social-emotional development.
Also offers: Private Pre-Kindergarten, Junior Preschool
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We are a culturally rich, diverse group of families and educators working together to provide the best early childhood education and preschool experience possible for infants - five-year-olds in the...
Baby Nido (Infants)
Smiles, cries, coos, and babbles flood the classroom with expression—a classroom intentionally designed to offer a homelike environment that will nurture and soothe. Our educators inspire and motivate these quickly developing minds and bodies, observing and recording their growing interests recognized in their gazes and discoveries. At KLA Schools, our educators understand the importance of creating a trust-filled relationship with your baby. By quickly and reassuringly responding to your baby’s needs, our Baby Nido teachers support their growing sense of confidence and well-being. Making eye contact, talking in a calm and quiet voice, singing, and cuddling ensure that your baby is content and ready to take on the next stage in their development.
2 Year Olds
We offer opportunities for children to encounter challenges that promote individual identity and collaborative play. In addition to emotional growth, the physical growth of fine motor skills provides two-year-olds with greater manipulative control and an increased desire for independence. As your two-year-old discovers all the things they can do, they will want to communicate with others and to do more things on their own. Our educators understand this and use various sensorial, fine motor, and gross motor experiences to encourage your child’s literacy and comprehension skills and desire for independence. These experiences also allow your child to interact with peers, become more social and begin to develop emotional control.
Also offers: Nido (Toddlers), Pre-K, 3 Year Olds
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From preschool through kindergarten, we make early education and daycare joyful, engaging, and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow. For nearly 40 years, The Learning Experience® has been...
Infants
Our infant curriculum starts with regular playtime including belly and music time, exploration, stimulation, as well as nap and feeding times that we keep consistent with your baby’s individual schedule.
Twaddlers
Our curriculum helps twaddlers explore, and it nurtures their increasing need to communicate. By this point in their early childhood development, twaddlers have expanded their language skills, and our curriculum helps to enhance their ability to communicate verbally.
Also offers: Toddlers, Preschoolers, Preppers
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A home away from home environment that works on milestones and self-care needs while helping with life skills and teaching kindness and caring by example, and how to show love toward each other. Bible...
Speaks Spanish
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Childcare Costs in Connecticut
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Childcare Assistance in Connecticut
Explore financial assistance programs available in Connecticut, including childcare subsidies, tax credits, and free preschool options for eligible families.
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What Is Drop-in Daycare?
As more parents shift to remote work or jobs with non-traditional hours, there is a need for more flexible childcare options.
FAQs About Meriden Drop-In Daycares
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How does drop-in daycare work
- For most drop-in daycare programs, you need to register your child in advance. Then, once you are enrolled, you can 'drop-in' when you need to. You may need to call ahead each day to ensure there is availability or book your spot online. Drop-in daycares are great when your regular childcare falls through or if you just need a few hours of care here and there.
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What is a drop-in daycare?
- A drop-in daycare is a program where parents can drop their children off for a few hours per day or when their regular care isn't available. Some programs may offer full-day drop-in care while others only provide a few hours of care at a time.