Looking for a preschool or daycare on the Main Line, but don't know where to start? We've got a lineup of schools to choose from in Berwyn, Devon, Wayne, Radnor, Villanova, Rosemont, Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, Narberth, Havertown, Wynnewood and in between! This year's guide to great local preschools & daycare centers includes part-time and full-day options, montessori and faith-based schools, as well as play-based centers, nature-oriented programs and education-focused options. Contact the school to register or visit their classrooms for more details (and tell 'em Macaroni Kid sent ya)!
Schuylkill Center Nature Preschool
The Schuylkill Center Nature Preschool is a developmental, play-based school where children are immersed in nature. Our days are spent outside discovering, investigating, and learning about the world all around us. Come join us!
Ages: 3-5 years old
Schedule: half and full day options available; before & after care options
Schuylkill Center Nature Preschool
8480 Hagys Mill Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19128
Phone: (215) 853-6294
Email: earlychildhood@schuylkillcenter.org
Friends' Central School: Early Childhood Programs
The Early Childhood Program at Friends’ Central (Nursery to Kindergarten) offers a stimulating and nurturing environment where young children can grow academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. We challenge children to expand their knowledge and imagination, hone their relationship skills, develop problem-solving abilities, and acquire independence and self-confidence. The intentional arc of our Early Childhood Program begins with Nature Nursery, where our youngest students develop a love of learning in a largely outdoor-based program.
Ages: early childhood: Nursery-Kindergarten
Schedule: full-day only; before & after care available
Friends' Central School: Early Childhood Program
228 Old Gulph Road Wynnewood, PA 19096
Phone: 610-642-1018
Email: admissions@friendscentral.org
The mission of the Phebe Anna Thorne school is to provide play based, developmentally appropriate, child centered programs for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. On our Bryn Mawr Campus, we offer part time programs for toddlers, part and full day programs for preschoolers and language enrichment programs for children with speech language delays.
Ages: Preschool ages 2 1/2 - 6 years
The Phebe Anna Thorne School
at Bryn Mawr College
1029 Wyndon Ave. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Email: aulrich@brynmawr.edu
Phone: 610-526-7913
The Wetherill School offers a warm and secure first-school experience that fosters independence and responsibility in each child. A strong, interdependent community feeling characterizes the relationships among the children and staff. Children spend the morning in mixed-aged classrooms where teachers work with small groups as well as individual children. In the afternoon classes, children are divided into four-year-old and kindergarten groups. Three-year-old children leave school at noon.
Ages: Preschool through Kindergarten
Schedule: Morning Preschool (3-year-olds): Mon-Fri or Tues-Thurs 9am - 12pm
Kindergarten Readiness (4-year-olds): Mon-Fri or Tues-Thurs: 9am - 3pm
Kindergarten (5-year-olds): Mon-Fri 9am - 3pm
The Wetherill School
1321 Beaumont Drive Gladwyne, PA 19035
E-mail: info@wetherillschool.org or inquire here
Phone: 610.649.2299
