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Recent drop-in child care reviews in East Boston, MA

Lucy's Family Daycare

5.0

Wonderful, welcoming and accommodating family daycare. After visiting many other daycares nothing compared to the warm trusting feeling i got when leaving my boys with Lucy and her assistants. Not to mention the numerous current and past references that i was given all spoke highly.

- Christina G

Little Mundo Bilingual Family Daycare

5.0

We were a 'structured daycare centers are best' family when we moved and found ourselves on many center waitlists and exploring other options for the "short term." In finding Patricia and Little Mundo, we found what we didn't know we were looking: Patricia is this incredible 'best of both worlds'...

- Audra M.

Ms. Manu's Preschool

5.0

Ms. Manu and her staff are so awesome with the kids and I can't be enough grateful for how they treat my daughter and how happy she is going at daycare every day. She is the most loving and devoted teacher for every kid that goes to her daycare. When I sent my daughter to this daycare she was 11...

- Alda

Tiny Tots Daycare

5.0

My daughter loves Zarqa and Tiny Tots. Zarqa is so organized and so patient ,she spends quality time with each individual students. We are so happy with Tiny Tots Daycare. Overall ,I rate Tiny Tots with five stars!

- Eda L.

Drop-in child care in East Boston, MA

Growing World Learning Center

Growing World Learning Center

956 Saratoga Street, East Boston, MA

At Growing World Learning Center, we know the importance of providing a quality-learning environment for young children to explore and learn. Through creativity in the early years of education, we emphasize the process of learning over the result; teachers facilitate and support children's...

Lucy's Family Daycare

Lucy's Family Daycare

55 S Waverly St, Brighton, MA

3.7

(3)

Lucy's Family Daycare provides childcare for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children in Brighton Massachusetts.We are conveniently located close to the Mass Pike, Storrow Drive and Memorial Drive. We encourage the children's holistic growth through play-based and child-centered...
5.0
"This small family daycare is like leaving your child with family. Lucy and Elaine are loving, trustworthy, and fun!. Our daughter has been with them since she was 3 months old, we'll be sad to leave them when she has to go to preschool. We were not initially...

Charlotte H.


Happy Munchkins Learning Playhouse

Happy Munchkins Learning Playhouse

50 Judson Street, Malden, MA

A newly licensed family childcare provider, open in March 2022. With many years of experience in childcare, I am ready to open in home based childcare. Happy Munchkins Learning Playhouse offers great quality care and some benefits for parents, ie: 1. Low ratio educators to children. 2. Provide 2...

H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio

H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio

284 Broadway, Arlington, MA

H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio specializes in non-competitive fitness for children and families. We provide a safe, nurturing environment for children and families to stay fit, while building self-esteem and instilling the fundamentals of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. H2K offers classes...

Two Little Owls Schoolhouse

Two Little Owls Schoolhouse

501 Cambridge Street, CAMBRIDGE, MA

Starting at $2499/mo

Two Little Owls Schoolhouse is an Infant, Toddler, Preschool, and Pre-K Child care Center in East Cambridge. We are open from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM and are located near the Lechmere T stop, MIT, and many Bio-tech and Pharmaceutical Companies in the heart of Cambridge. Some of our program elements...

DISCOVERY SCHOOLHOUSE INC

DISCOVERY SCHOOLHOUSE INC

101 BLUE HILLS PKWY, MILTON, MA

Starting at $508/mo

Discovery Schoolhouse provides a warm, nurturing, supportive, educational, and enjoyable experience for children from 15 months through kindergarten, all year round, all day long. Our toddler and preschool programs run 7:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening the entire calendar year, with a...

Two Little Owls Schoolhouse

Two Little Owls Schoolhouse

501 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

Two Little Owls Schoolhouse, an Infant, Toddler, Preschool/Pre-K Childcare Center in East Cambridge located at 501 Cambridge Street in East Cambridge and convenient to the Lechmere MBTA station, MIT, and many Pharmaceuticals/Biotech companies. Our mission is to foster each child's emotional,...

Golden Chickpea Part-Time Preschool

Golden Chickpea Part-Time Preschool

224 Washington Street, BROOKLINE, MA

Starting at $1200/mo

Join us at the GoldenChickpea part-time preschool with your little one. We offer an individualized and unique child care service that allows kids to be themselves, discovering their own passions, abilities and interests. Centered on developing self confidence, comfortably sharing the world of...

Top Tots Learning Center

Top Tots Learning Center

1560 Beacon St, BROOKLINE, MA

Starting at $2400/mo

You can call us a preschool. You can call us a daycare, or a childcare center. Just don’t call us average. TOP TOTS is Brookline’s newest hybrid Learning Center. We offer a continuum of education and childcare for Toddlers, Pre-school and Pre-Kindergarten age students. TOP TOTS Learning Center may...

Our Future Learning Center of Brighton

Our Future Learning Center of Brighton

320 Washington Street, Brighton, MA


Our Future Learning Center- Allston

Our Future Learning Center- Allston

1420 Linden Street 3rd Floor, Allston, MA

At Our Future Learning Center, we believe that children should be happy, confident, and enthusiastic about their future. We value creative thinking and curiosity and make it our priority to create environments that nurture these characteristics. Our spacious, indoor gyms allow children to explore...

Giant Panda Academy

Giant Panda Academy

124 Watertown Street, Watertown, MA

Giant Panda Academy has an open house at 10:am -4:00pm on Sunday March 8th , Register on site to get 15% for toddlers enrollment and 10% for preschool enrollment! Giant Panda Academy is a newly opened bilingual child care center providing a safe stimulating environment in which children can grow...

Little Bees Lab Preschool Center

Little Bees Lab Preschool Center

525 Main Street, WATERTOWN, MA

Starting at $1900/mo

Little Bees Lab Preschool Center is unique for shaping little minds and helping them become creative Learners, Education focus and emotionally matured. The owners Marie Mathieu St Joy and Miche St Joy are both wonderful experienced educators, easy to work with and understanding of children of all...

Shai's Share and Care

Shai's Share and Care

1 Everett Street, Allston, MA


Kids On The Hill Preschool Of The Arts

Kids On The Hill Preschool Of The Arts

129 Lexington St, Belmont, MA

Open 7:30 am - 5:30 pm $60 a day, 9-1 pm $30 a day

Little Mundo Bilingual Family Daycare

Little Mundo Bilingual Family Daycare

115 Bayrd Rd., Malden, MA

4.0

(8)

Dear Families of Malden and surrounding areas, Little Mundo is a home based bilingual childcare Program in Malden, Massachusetts, dedicated to offer the best in early education and care for children, 6 months of age to 5 years old. In our school house, we are truly passionate about the field of...
5.0
"We feel so lucky to have found Patricia and Little Mundo. Our child had a difficult transition having been cared for by only family and had limited interaction with other kids. Patricia made sure to stay in communication with our family about our child's...

Erica


5.0
"Where do I begin? There is so much I want to say about Ms. Manu but there are not enough words to express my gratitude and respect I have for this teacher. Both of my kids started at Ms. Manu's daycare since they were 5 months old. It is one of the most difficult...

Nensi Z


Tiny Tots Daycare

Tiny Tots Daycare

54 Loring Avenue, Winchester, MA

5.0

(10)

In home daycare w/ more than 15 years experience.
5.0
"I love Mrs. Z! she is amazing with the kids my son who is 1 and a half now has been with this daycare since he was was 3 months old. He has learned so much already and he has made so many friends here. There is children from infants to 5 years old and i feel as...

Paige G.


Huguette Juste-Dessalines

19 Mountain Ave, Dorchester, MA

Huguette Juste-Dessalines provides bilingual preschool for children in Dorchester, Massachusetts. They encourage the children's holistic growth through play-based and child-centered activities in order to develop their social skills, emotional growth, and physical coordination. Huguette...

DONNA SWALES

61 Paris St, Medford, MA

Donna Swales owns and operates a licensed childcare facility located at 61 Paris Street, Medford, Massachusetts. The facility can accommodate a maximum of eight children and can participate in Subsidized Child Care Program. Donna Swales offers full-time, part-time, drop-in and before/after-school...

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