Best Toddler Daycares in Millburn, NJ

Toddlers

You’ll love the safe environment for exploration, excitement, and exercise we provide for your active child. Toddler classrooms also feature our milestone-focused curriculum, Learn from the Start™, focused on the key developmental milestones specific to this age group, with learning experiences designed to address the individual needs of each child, in each classroom. We’re also here when you need us. Ask your school about flexible enrollment options to fit your family’s schedule.

Twos

This classroom is the perfect environment for terrific 2-year-olds. As your child grows more active, becoming an explorer, we provide a safe, engaging environment for them to develop. Learning experiences for 2-year-olds are based around key developmental milestones for this age group, as defined by our exclusive Learn from the Start™curriculum. We’re also here when you need us. Ask your school about flexible enrollment options to fit your family’s schedule.

Infant Toddler Scholars

Curiosity begins here. Toddlers explore through play, movement, and early learning while building social and emotional skills. Spanish is introduced through fun interactions. Nutritious meals and diapers included. Our caring staff supports growing independence and discovery.

Preschool Scholars

Preparing children for kindergarten through hands-on learning, early literacy, creativity, and social-emotional growth. Spanish language is introduced through engaging activities. Nutritious meals included. Our nurturing teachers help every child build confidence and a love for learning.

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.

Discovery Preschool

Preschool program designed to create a strong academic and social foundation. Teachers introduce math, literacy, and science. Activities also include music, movement, art, pretend play, and group games. Children become an active part of their classroom community.

Toddlers

Toddlers are quickly learning so much about the world around them, developing faster than almost any other age group. They are all about speed — learning to sing, talk and run all at once. Lightbridge Academy’s Toddler Program is designed to make the most of every one of their fast-paced milestones. Our curriculum specifically addresses toddlers’ rapid growth and development by catering to their readiness cues, with the older toddler curriculum focused on preparing for preschool and beyond. When they display interest or signs of emerging skills, we can encourage them to move to the next challenge.

Preschool

Preschool provides the freedom and opportunity for children to develop and grow in independence and confidence. An engaged child learns! While having fun, they aren’t even aware they are developing reading and math skills. In addition, your child will gain the social skills necessary to succeed in Pre-K and beyond. Through small and large group instruction and activities, teachers focus on every child as an individual — enabling them to gain knowledge and thrive. Our proprietary Seedlings Early Childhood Education Curriculum utilizes theme-based lessons to strengthen your child’s emerging skills in reading, writing, science, technology and math. Additionally, we help prepare your child for the structured learning environment of a kindergarten classroom through teacher-guided instruction and child-led exploration focused on effective communication, the ability to follow instruction and how to work cooperatively with peers.

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.

Preschool

Your preschooler is beginning to connect letters, sounds and numbers, expanding their world through reading and math. They’re building critical-thinking skills, early physical fitness and an understanding of nutrition. Our teachers support that learning and encourage your child to think in new and different ways.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddlers

Toddlers are quickly learning so much about the world around them, developing faster than almost any other age group. They are all about speed — learning to sing, talk and run all at once. Lightbridge Academy’s Toddler Program is designed to make the most of every one of their fast-paced milestones. Our curriculum specifically addresses toddlers’ rapid growth and development by catering to their readiness cues, with the older toddler curriculum focused on preparing for preschool and beyond. When they display interest or signs of emerging skills, we can encourage them to move to the next challenge.

Preschool

Preschool provides the freedom and opportunity for children to develop and grow in independence and confidence. An engaged child learns! While having fun, they aren’t even aware they are developing reading and math skills. In addition, your child will gain the social skills necessary to succeed in Pre-K and beyond. Through small and large group instruction and activities, teachers focus on every child as an individual — enabling them to gain knowledge and thrive. Our proprietary Seedlings Early Childhood Education Curriculum utilizes theme-based lessons to strengthen your child’s emerging skills in reading, writing, science, technology and math. Additionally, we help prepare your child for the structured learning environment of a kindergarten classroom through teacher-guided instruction and child-led exploration focused on effective communication, the ability to follow instruction and how to work cooperatively with peers.

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Twos Classroom

In the Twos classroom, patient, caring teachers guide children through playful exploration. They help your little one navigate big emotions while providing hands-on learning experiences that nurture their innate curiosity. Your toddler is constantly learning new things about the world around them. At The Goddard School®, our team is here to work with your little one every day as they play, learn and gain the skills they need to prepare for preschool. Our Wonder of Learning™ education program will immerse your child in literacy, science, arts and math brought together in one activity for a more holistic—and fun—approach to learning.

Toddler Classroom

As toddlers are rapidly developing both physically and cognitively, the Toddler classroom is where their natural curiosity is fostered, and their language and communication skills are nurtured. A lifelong love of learning starts early, and we believe in providing brand-new learners with the tools they need to be successful. In the Toddler classroom, our proprietary education program, Wonder of Learning™, comes to life as expert teachers harness children’s natural curiosity, guiding them to explore the world around them through hands-on learning, play and asking questions. Teachers support your child's social-emotional growth while helping them develop important physical skills. Your little one will build social awareness, form meaningful connections with others and have plenty of opportunities to strengthen essential skills like persistence and independence.

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Childcare program for employer-eligible families.

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Toddlers

Our Toddler Program focuses on fostering holistic development, supporting children in building social-emotional, physical, language, and cognitive skills through engaging activities and nurturing interactions. Toddlers develop independence, learning to regulate their emotions, seek comfort when needed, and accept guidance from trusted adults. They form positive relationships with peers and adults, use social interactions to explore their environment, and display empathy toward others. Group participation is encouraged, where toddlers balance their own needs with others, learn to resolve conflicts, and demonstrate gross and fine motor skills, such as manipulating objects, using writing tools, and refining movements. As language skills grow, toddlers express their thoughts, follow simple directions, and expand their vocabulary by naming familiar objects and people. They begin to use simple sentences and engage in brief conversations while learning social rules, such as eye contact and turn-taking. Cognitive development is supported through problem-solving, creative play, and participation in rhyming and alphabet activities. Toddlers explore numbers, shapes, spatial relationships, and patterns, laying the foundation for future mathematical concepts. Through curiosity and play, they connect experiences and develop classification skills, fostering an early appreciation for learning.

Preschool

In our Twaddler (Preschool) Program, we provide a nurturing environment that promotes social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, and mathematical development through interactive play and hands-on learning. Children are supported in regulating their emotions and behaviors, seeking comfort from special persons or objects, and following limits with guidance from trusted adults. They form secure bonds with caregivers, using them as a base for exploration, while also developing friendships with peers. Twaddlers engage in cooperative play, express their feelings during conflicts, and practice social interactions that foster empathy and collaboration. Physical development is encouraged through activities that enhance gross motor skills like ball manipulation and fine motor skills through the use of writing and drawing tools. Language and cognitive skills are also a key focus, with children refining their ability to follow directions, expanding their vocabulary, and constructing basic sentences to express thoughts and narrate events. Through persistence and problem-solving, they demonstrate curiosity and motivation to explore their environment. Symbolic thinking and classification skills are nurtured as children connect experiences and represent objects and events through play. Twaddlers engage in rhyming activities, begin recognizing letters, and show interest in books, fostering early literacy. In math, they explore counting, understanding quantities, and matching shapes, while also recognizing patterns, which lays the foundation for more complex mathematical concepts in the future.

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At SPS young learners grow socially, emotionally, and academically in a faith-filled environment. Our Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program provides readiness for children who would benefit from a bridge between Pre-K and Kindergarten, focusing on foundational skills for future success.

Preschool & Transitional Kindergarten

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