ACT full-time preschool provides children the opportunity to deepen their natural curiosity, their social maturity, and their skill-building for Kindergarten.
BASIS Independent Schools believe in educating students to the highest international standards. The knowledgeable and passionate subject-expert teachers believe that with the right support and encouragement, any motivated child can achieve academic excellence.
Columbus Pre-School is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to education, where teachers respect each child individually and help them act as the authors of their own learning.
Elements Preschool is a nature-based preschool on the Lower East side of New York City. Every morning, a group of children make their way through the busy streets of the Lower East Side to this school tucked away on Suffolk Street.
Elite Minds Montessori is a French bilingual early childhood preschool for children ages 2 1/2 through 5, and a part of the American Montessori Society. With a strong focus on arts, the program includes not only traditional Montessori activities and learning but an emphasis on creativity, movement, and music.
The International Academy of New York is a non-profit, independent school developing bilingual, culturally astute students with fluency in Mandarin or Spanish.
Founded in 2003, La Escuelita Dual Language Preschool is a leader in dual language early childhood education. This NAEYC-accredited preschool is designed to follow children as they truly learn. Teachers engage children in a warm, safe, and beautifully lit environment designed to pique their curiosity and encourage exploration. Children are immersed in Spanish for at least 90% of their day. Families of all language backgrounds are welcome.
The Y offers a wide array of programs for New York City kids and families of all ages, from preschool for ages 2-4 (Universal Pre-K!) to sports, art, and academic programs.
Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten programs at Trevor Day School are based in Trevor’s Lower School (N-Grade 5). Both programs are focused on the social and emotional development of children in concert with academic growth, and each features a dynamic, play-based curriculum that sparks wonder in young children. Two teachers in every classroom provide a nurturing setting. Language arts, math, science, art, music, PE, library, Spanish, rooftop play, and Central Park excursions all form the basis of inquiry-based learning. Extended-day options and half-day nursery are available.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School prepares students for the future, instilling within them unparalleled confidence, curiosity, creativity, values, and knowledge. The interdisciplinary, award-winning curriculum from pre-school to grade eight stimulates students’ minds, the nurturing coed community supports their dreams, and the school’s commitment to Jewish identity from generation to generation welcomes all backgrounds. Teachers cultivate a lifelong love for learning and provide students with the tools to achieve academic excellence.
The British International School of New York is a private school for boys and girls from ages 3-14, expanding to offer an Upper School in 2018. BIS-NY is proud to be an I.B. World School, authorized to deliver the Primary Years and Middle Years program, with a world-class faculty. This dynamic combination promotes a fully-rounded and stimulating experience in a warm, welcoming, and child-centered environment where every child is both supported and stretched to meet their individual potential.
All My Children offers a holistic approach to education inspired by nature. Its eco-friendly early childhood education centers offer green building details such as abundant daylight , toxic-free paints and finishes, and Energy-Star appliances.
AltSchool offers a whole-child, personalized education to prepare students for their future by developing their self-awareness, nurturing their innate capabilities, and fostering collaboration skills. AltSchool educators involve students in their own learning and incorporate project-based learning to help students develop a sense of agency and responsibility for their education.
The Bank Street School for Children is an independent demonstration school for Bank Street College and a working model of the College’s approach to teaching and learning. Education at the School is experience-based, interdisciplinary, and collaborative.
The Beansprouts summer camp program features theme weeks, field trips for older campers (including swim lessons), and an outdoor art studio.
