The annual Northeast Ohio Parent Choice Awards seeks to gather the opinions of local parents on everything family-friendly in the region. Our readers and online followers voted for their favorite businesses, attractions, family services and more.
Here are the winner and runners-up in the “best daycare/preschool” category.
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Winner: Mandel JCC’s Early Childhood Center
Mandel JCC’s Early Childhood Center offers programs for children ages 8 weeks old through pre-kindergarten in Beachwood. For more than 50 years, it has been committed to offering an exceptional child care and preschool curriculum and experience, as evident by its 5-Star Step Up To Quality designation from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ tiered quality ratings and improvements system. What makes up those stars are the teachers and staff who are passionate about early childhood education. They are lifelong learners who regularly participate in professional development and create an environment in each classroom that feels like home.
mandeljcc.org/earlychildhood
Runners-Up:
Goddard School
At Goddard School, every day is filled with fun learning experiences. Caring and attentive teachers provide your child with countless opportunities to grow academically, socially, emotionally and physically in a safe and loving environment. Each classroom gives your little one the chance to grow in big ways. These safe and caring spaces have been designed to encourage discovery and spark imagination in everyday learning opportunities, exploring new subjects, developing lasting skills, and having fun while learning with their enrichment activities. This diverse range of supplemental programs provides your child with more ways to learn and grow. Multiple locations.
goddardschool.com
The Music Settlement
The Music Settlement provides accessible, life-enhancing music and arts experiences to people of all ages and abilities. Its Center for Music delivers first-class music instruction in a variety of musical styles in private lessons, ensembles, immersion programs and performance opportunities. Its Center for Early Childhood is a top-rated, 5-Star Step Up To Quality program that uses music and the arts in preschool, kindergarten and summer camps. Its Center for Music Therapy utilizes specially-designed, music-based interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional. Regardless of age, background, artistic ability or economic circumstance, The Music Settlement is improving the quality of life for those they serve and building healthy, thriving communities.
themusicsettlement.org
YMCA
The YMCA has always focused on meeting the social, emotional and academic needs of young learners so they can grow into the changemakers of tomorrow. The Y’s early learning, child care and out-of-school offerings are staffed with people who understand the cognitive, physical and social development of kids, the support parents and families need, and the importance of maintaining a safe, clean environment for children to learn and thrive. At the Y, infants develop trust and security, preschoolers experience early literacy and learn about their world, and school-age kids make friends, learn new skills and get help with their schoolwork. Multiple locations.
ymca.org