The preschool years are a time when your child is ready to take chances, tackle new challenges, and experiment with new things. Finding the right preschool is essential to support their exploration. You want a program that gives you complete confidence in every aspect of your child’s education – from health and safety, to caring teachers, to a proven curriculum that prepares the way for your child’s journey to kindergarten and beyond.
Preschool Child Care with Bright Horizons
Explore your options as your child gets ready for Kindergarten
Bright Horizons is a premiere child care provider, offering environments and experiences that capture the joys of childhood while paving the way for success in school and life. Our approach fosters individualized education and inspires children to be curious and creative learners. In our preschool programs, we offer balanced care to support your child's cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development.
Search by Zip to find daycare preschool at a Bright Horizons near you!
What to look for in a preschool
The Bright Horizons® Difference
We offer a unique early education experience built on 30 years of
expertise, and on what working families have told us they want and need
for preschool...and for themselves. Child care and early education
isn’t just what we do – it’s who we are.
Proven Approach to Preschool
Research-informed curriculum designed by experienced educators to inspire children not just to learn, but to think, wonder, and question on their own.
Inspired Teachers
Dedicated early childhood professionals fully engaged in teaching careers, who benefit from our award-winning training and ongoing support.
Support for the Whole Family
Thoughtfully and carefully designed centers, programs, and schedules – all created with the needs of both children and parents in mind.
What you need to know about preschool care
Most Bright Horizons centers have preschool care for children up to 6 years old. Learn about tuition, openings or schedule a meeting to visit our:
- Albany preschool
- Atlanta preschool
- Austin preschool
- Baltimore preschool
- Boca Raton preschool
- Boston preschool
- Brookings preschool
- Charlotte preschool
- Chicago preschool
- Columbia preschool
- Columbus preschool
- Connecticut preschool
- Dallas-Fort Worth preschool
- Denver preschool
- Des Moines preschool
- Detroit preschool
- Fort Myers preschool
- Grand Rapids preschool
- Hartford preschool
- Houston preschool
- Jacksonville preschool
- Los Angeles preschool
- Louisville preschool
- Madison preschool
- Miami preschool
- Milwaukee preschool
- Minneapolis preschool
- NYC preschool
- Nashville preschool
- New Orleans preschool
- Oklahoma City preschool
- Omaha preschool
- Orlando preschool
- Philadelphia preschool
- Phoenix preschool
- Pittsburgh preschool
- Providence preschool
- Raleigh-Durham preschool
- Richmond preschool
- Rochester preschool
- Sacramento preschool
- Salt Lake City preschool
- San Diego preschool
- San Francisco preschool
- San Jose preschool
- Scranton preschool
- Seattle preschool
- Tampa preschool
- Trenton preschool
- Tulsa preschool
- Washington preschool
- Westchester preschool
- Wilmington preschool
- Woodbury preschool
Or, search by zip to find a Bright Horizons child care center in your local city.
Our early education programs offer more than daycare. Our goal is not just to help children learn, but to cultivate the joy of learning. We are currently enrolling families in our:
- Infant care: Our newborn and baby care programs provide safe spaces, welcoming environments, and inspired caregivers that support all your baby’s developmental milestones.
- Toddler care: Our toddler preschool programs provide a place to test out and learn new skills, make new friends, and celebrate the joy of wonder and discovery.
- Preschool program: Our preschool classes are designed to prepare children for kindergarten and all the big steps ahead, supporting inquisitive young minds as they tackle new challenges, take chances, and experiment with new things.
- Pre-Kindergarten: Our kindergarten preparation programs support children during a time of enormous and exciting growth, building the academic, social, and physical skills that will get them ready for school.
- Summer camp: Through Summer Explorations at Bright Horizons®, your child will have the opportunity to enjoy everything summer has to offer.
It can be hard to choose care for your preschooler. Advice from other parents, web searches through search engines, or online web portals from state or local governments can provide lists of child cares to consider. For a parent whose company provides on-site child care, back-up care or summer camp as a benefit, the human resources department will be able to provide information. If your company provides a child care benefit through Bright Horizons, please log into your account to access your benefits. If your company does not provide this benefit, search by zip to find a Bright Horizons center near you.
Yes. Parents of preschoolers should schedule an appointment if they want to visit a preschool. No parent would want any adult to be able to enter the facility without warning, and thus care facilities should require an appointment. At Bright Horizons, we offer Zoom and in-person visits so we can understand what your family needs for child care, including when you would start your first day of child care, what your schedule would be and how old your toddler will be at the time you plan to start child care. We also want to allow ample time for you to ask questions about our early education and preschool programs.
Depending on where you live, and schedule you need for care, you may see waitlists. You can select and register with up to three Bright Horizons child care locations, including the center in which you are most interested. By registering, you are confirming interest in all three centers. Once registered, we will add you to our waitlist and offer you a space as soon as one becomes available. Our goal is to accommodate families as soon as space allows, and so during the entire process, we will keep in touch with you regarding your status. While waiting for a space to become available at the first-choice location, many families enroll at their second or third choices temporarily until space becomes available at their first-choice centers. Enrolling at another location will not only solve your immediate child care needs, but will provide you priority access to your first preference.
Different child care programs have different ideas about how a child should grow. A parent should familiarize themselves with the early childhood learning philosophies a child care center uses before entrusting a child to that facility. Learn more about what makes the Bright Horizons curriculum different in its approach to support early learning and the support Bright Horizons provides to working parents and teachers.
Child Care Checklist
Comparing different care options? Print out our checklist to make it easy to make comparisons and choose the best care for your family.
What's special about Bright Horizons' preschool?
At Bright Horizons early education and daycare centers, you’ll find:
- Well-rounded programs that help children grow socially, emotionally, physically, and academically
- A ready-for-school curriculum designed by experts in early education
- Observant teachers who adapt their approach to each child
- Convenient locations and extended hours to accommodate the schedule of a working family
- Joyful spaces that encourage safe exploration
Get Started Today
Find a center near you to get started with Bright Horizons
Or call us to start the conversation 877-624-4532
Bright Horizons offers more than a traditional daycare. It helps parents looking for education-based Boston daycare, NYC daycare, Chicago daycare, Washington, DC daycare, Los Angeles daycare, San Francisco daycare, Seattle daycare and local daycares in other cities. It also provides back-up daycare and elder care, employer-sponsored child care, employer tuition assistance, workforce education, and student loan repayment programs. Bright Horizons Global Headquarters is located in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.