Toddler Playgroups
A child’s first opportunity for a positive education experience, setting the stage for a lifelong love of learning.
Playgroups are for toddlers aged 2 to 3 years with a focus on play and positive social interactions.
Our Toddler Playgroups are open to all families looking to give their toddler an educational experience with their peers prior to pre-K or preschool. We serve families in local communities including, but not limited to, Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover.
Our Toddler Playgroups offer a safe, secure, and nurturing environment to help your child with social and emotional learning, developing motor skills, learning through play, and communicating with their peers and other adults.
Our Toddler Playgroups offer families the following benefits.
Seasonal Drop-off sessions typically 12 weeks in duration
Winter
Spring
Summer
a shorter session
Fall
- Morning sessions 2.5 hours in length
- Afternoon sessions 2 hours in length
Flexibility to attend one, two, three, four, or five days per week.
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Most popular choice is 2 times per week (Mon & Wed or Tue & Thu)
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Morning and afternoon options to suit your schedule.
Parent spaces to stay and get comfortable during initial drop-offs
Photos of your child and daily reports so you can share your child’s experience and be assured they are safe and in a positive, happy environment.
Note: If your child turns three years old during one of our sessions (e.g., Winter), we welcome and encourage the child and family to continue to the end of the session.
Now accepting children for our 2025 Winter session!
We are so excited to be moving to a beautiful new space effective January 2025. This space includes beautiful new classrooms, lots of natural light and our own wonderful fenced-in playground.
Email or Call Aimee to secure a spot or schedule a tour.
Rolling enrollment with no enrollment fees and flexible payment options!
Families are invoiced per seasonal session. Costs depend on the number of days per session. Payment is due during the session and can be paid online or via check.
The Benefits to a Toddler of Our Toddler Playgroups
- Learning to separate
- Building relationships with peers and other adults
- Learning they are safe and ok in a new space
- Interacting with others is important for all human beings including toddlers
Learning
Your child will learn a great deal in this first school experience. Prior to attending Pre-K or preschool.
- Routine: toddlers thrive in a routine including learning when to sit for circle time and how to line up to go outside to play. So much is learned in 2.5 hours!
- Following simple directions.
- Play: children learn through play; this is important for their growth and development especially as a toddler.
- Language development.
Integrated Groups
The Toddler Playgroups at Partners in Child Development offer an important experience for children. Our groups are integrated, including children who are receiving Early Intervention Services who attend one Toddler Playgroup each week. As your child’s first school experience, children gain a greater acceptance at an early age of other children’s strengths, differences, and abilities.
An Overview of Our Sessions
Each session includes creative monthly themes planned by our experienced staff who are child development specialists and educators.
Common elements in Toddler Playgroups include:
Free Play
Story Time
Circle Time
Dramatic Play
Music Time
Snack Time*
Sensory Time
Motor Time
Some Statistics and an Overview of Our Toddler Playgroups Staff
Low ratio of 3:1 student to teacher (up to nine children in a group)
High staff retention rates create a consistently nurturing, friendly, and supportive atmosphere.
Highly-skilled and experienced team including teachers and professionals available for on-site consultation as needed. These trained professionals include registered nurses, developmental specialists, speech and language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and feeding/oral motor specialists.
Toddler Playgroup Calendar
