Military Childcare near Newark, NJ

Infant Daycare

Infant program offering a physically and emotionally safe place for your baby to explore and learn about the world around them. Shoe-free policy ensures that classrooms are clean and safe for little ones to move around. Daily routine includes time outdoors, group time, and discovery baskets for sensory exploration. Trained teachers spend time cuddling, singing, and reading to your child.

Toddler Daycare

Toddlers are on the go, exploring and learning new things throughout each day. Classrooms are kid-size in design, allowing children to do more things independently, building their self-confidence. Photos of the children’s families cover the walls of the classroom, creating a sense of community. Daily routine includes: outdoor play, circle time, dance & movement, reading, art, music, and free play.

Infant Care

In our infant daycare, we prioritize safety, cleanliness, and nurturing care. Our dedicated staff ensures a secure environment where babies are held and loved, promoting their development with individualized attention.

Toddler Care Program

Our curriculum prioritizes emotional education, nurturing vital social and emotional skills in toddlers. Our engaging activities cultivate a joyful approach to learning, fostering curiosity and creativity in each child.

Infant Program

At this age, your infant is mainly learning through observation and exploration. For example, as our Infant teachers talk and sing with your child during feeding, diaper changes and playtime, your little one is beginning to understand language and conversation. Nurturing interactions like these will fill your child’s day and can be adapted and personalized to meet their individual needs.

Toddler Program

In our Toddler program, you’ll find carefully selected equipment that our newest walkers love to climb on, crawl through and hide in while stretching their gross motor skills. Teachers also use books, toys, games and other materials to create exciting explorations into colors, shapes, science and more.

Infant Program

At this age, your infant is mainly learning through observation and exploration. For example, as our Infant teachers talk and sing with your child during feeding, diaper changes and playtime, your little one is beginning to understand language and conversation. Nurturing interactions like these will fill your child’s day and can be adapted and personalized to meet their individual needs.

Toddler Program

In our Toddler program, you’ll find carefully selected equipment that our newest walkers love to climb on, crawl through and hide in while stretching their gross motor skills. Teachers also use books, toys, games and other materials to create exciting explorations into colors, shapes, science and more.

Infants

BeeCurious experiences are tailored to each infant's developmental stage and individual schedule. Educators observe and intentionally plan for each child's physical, social-emotional, and cognitive growth. The program immerses infants in a language-rich environment, with American Sign Language introduced through twenty core signs to support early communication, reduce frustration, and strengthen the bond between children and caregivers. Sensory exploration and daily outdoor experiences extend learning beyond the classroom.

Toddlers

The BeeCurious Curriculum supports active toddlers as they develop increased mobility and begin exploring the world around them. Children engage in hands-on learning centers - dramatic play, blocks, table toys, art, and a cozy area - with toys and props that change regularly to reflect current curriculum studies. Language development is central, with children immersed in daily communication and supported by American Sign Language using twenty core signs, plus additional signs tied to each theme of study. Music, movement, peer interactions, and group projects are woven throughout the day, with outdoor play twice daily extending curriculum experiences into well-equipped play spaces. Process-oriented art and sensory experiences encourage creativity and self-expression.

Infant Daycare

Infant program offering a physically and emotionally safe place for your baby to explore and learn about the world around them. Shoe-free policy ensures that classrooms are clean and safe for little ones to move around. Daily routine includes time outdoors, group time, and discovery baskets for sensory exploration. Trained teachers spend time cuddling, singing, and reading to your child.

Toddler Daycare

Toddlers are on the go, exploring and learning new things throughout each day. Classrooms are kid-size in design, allowing children to do more things independently, building their self-confidence. Photos of the children’s families cover the walls of the classroom, creating a sense of community. Daily routine includes: outdoor play, circle time, dance & movement, reading, art, music, and free play.

Infants

Your baby will be in safe, loving arms as they develop important physical, social and emotional skills.

Twos

Caring teachers guide children through playful exploration while helping to establish important social-emotional skills.

Infant Program

At this age, your infant is mainly learning through observation and exploration. For example, as our Infant teachers talk and sing with your child during feeding, diaper changes and playtime, your little one is beginning to understand language and conversation. Nurturing interactions like these will fill your child’s day and can be adapted and personalized to meet their individual needs.

Toddler Program

In our Toddler program, you’ll find carefully selected equipment that our newest walkers love to climb on, crawl through and hide in while stretching their gross motor skills. Teachers also use books, toys, games and other materials to create exciting explorations into colors, shapes, science and more.

Military Childcare Program

Drop-In Care Program

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.

Preschool

Our Preschool Program nurtures curiosity and fosters essential skills in language, math, social interaction, & emotional development. Through hands-on activities & structured play, children are guided in a safe & supportive environment to prepare for kindergarten & a lifelong love of learning.

Summer Camp

Fun summer programs for kids 2.5-13! Each week features a unique theme with creative arts, science, and learning activities. Caring educators lead interactive storytelling, games, and outdoor play, fostering social development.

Child Care Program

Early Arts Child Care

Early Arts Child Care offers a small, mixed age group where 2-year-olds learn through art, play and exploration with the same dedicated educator each day, building strong, trusting connections while growing alongside older peers in a safe, nurturing, state certified, Grow Nj Kids rated environment.

Early Arts Preschool

Early Arts Preschool prepares children for kindergarten through a balanced, art and play-based approach that builds strong foundations in early literacy, math, science, social skills, and independence that will help them grow confident and ready to thrive.

Pee Wee Prep: Infant Room (6 Weeks–18 Months)

A serene and secure space designed to support the earliest stages of development. Grounded in the Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos, our program emphasizes responsive caregiving, sensory exploration, and strong emotional bonds to help babies thrive.

Toddler program (18 months - 30 months)

Our vibrant toddler program focuses on exploration and social growth! Using the Creative Curriculum, we nurture emerging self-help skills through music, movement, and play-based learning, building the confidence your child needs in a warm, playful environment.

Infant Program

At this age, your infant is mainly learning through observation and exploration. For example, as our Infant teachers talk and sing with your child during feeding, diaper changes and playtime, your little one is beginning to understand language and conversation. Nurturing interactions like these will fill your child’s day and can be adapted and personalized to meet their individual needs.

Toddler Program

In our Toddler program, you’ll find carefully selected equipment that our newest walkers love to climb on, crawl through and hide in while stretching their gross motor skills. Teachers also use books, toys, games and other materials to create exciting explorations into colors, shapes, science and more.

Child Care Program

Infant Care Program

Preschool Program

MCNS is an independent, play based preschool founded in 1955. Mastered teachers create an enriched, stimulating environment with an emergent, Reggio inspired curriculum centered on social interaction and critical thinking. Open until 6pm during the regular school year and the summer program.

Summer Camp

Infant-Toddler

Our nurturing infant-toddler program offers a stimulating environment to inspire early curiosity through a unique science-based approach. Multi-sensory activities, hands-on STEM experiments, & guided play support motor skills, early language, & confidence to build a foundation for lifelong learning.

Twos

Nurturing & engaging, our program sparks early curiosity through discovery, play, & a science-rich curriculum. Interactive activity centers blend early STEM concepts with literacy, math, & arts. Driven by expert teachers, it fosters independence, potty training support, & joyful socialization.