Welcome!
The Children's Place Preschool has been providing loving care and quality education to children in the Philadelphia area for over 24 years. Beginning with our first daycare center, SMYK Learning Center in Port Richmond in 1996, we have since expanded to many other areas of Philadelphia and now have a total of 3 main locations.
For information about our curriculum and programs, please click here. If you would like to know more regarding tuition information, please call the facility you're interested in and schedule a tour of the facility with the director.
Prior to registering, please download and fill out the forms located on the Contact page, and bring these with you on your tour or when you are interested in registering with us.
All of our locations participate in Keystone STARS, a Pennsylvania Child Care quality improvement program. Our certification means that our facilities meet or exceed Pennsylvania's standards when it comes to quality child care at that level.
In addition to accepting CCIS funding, many of our locations also now participate in the PHLpreK program. Please call a center to speak with the Director directly to find out how to participate in these programs.
For employment opportunities please visit our Careers page.
Below are the addresses of our various locations, as well as contact information and programs they participate in:
The Children's Place Preschool - Lawncrest Location
STAR 4 FACILITY
6006 Colgate Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111
(215) 722-1378
and
6016 Colgate Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111
(1/2 block from bus #18 at Rising Sun Avenue and Comly Road)
This facility participates in:
- CCIS
- Keystone Stars
- PHLpreK program
The Children's Place Preschool - Port Richmond
STAR 3 FACILITY
3211 Cedar Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134
(215) 426-7380
This facility participates in:
- CCIS
- Keystone Stars
- PHLpreK program
The Children's Place Preschool - Mayfair Location
4416 Longshore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19135
(215) 333-2211
This facility participates in:
- CCIS
- Keystone Stars
- PHLpreK program
about us
We believe that wholesome learning with an emphasis on creativity is necessary for children to develop socially, intellectually, and emotionally, especially since today's technology reduces a child's need to get creative in order to entertain themselves. At The Children’s Place Preschool, we believe that the skills a child needs to be successful when they are older should be developed as soon as possible. This is why creativity remains a strong element throughout our curriculum. A few examples that show this philosophy are our yearly winter performing shows, countless art projects, trips, puppet theaters, and much more.
Ready to register your child? Simply click on "Contact Us" to download the necessary registration forms. Fill them out, call us to schedule a time to come in, and simply bring them with you and your child to any of our centers.
Please check out our "Event Calendar" tab to get a full list of all the activities we have planned out for the year, as well as our closings calendar. Don't forget to "like" us on Facebook!
news and updates
April 7th, 2021
We are excited to announce that we are opening a new daycare facility in the heart of Port Richmond, that will be conveniently located next to the entrance to I-95 South and North.
Fill out the form below if you are interested in being put on the waitlist to enroll at our NEW facility once we are ready to open. We will be doing tours throughout May and will reach out to you to schedule a tour and see if you are still interested.
You can also call us at 215-480-8535 and leave a voicemail with your name, the # of children + age to request to be added to our waitlist for the new facility.
If you are interested in our other facilities please fill out the form on this page.
November 11th, 2020
Hello all!
As you all know, our doors have been open since the end of July. As of now, we are proud to share that we have had zero COVID-19 cases since our opening.
Moving forward, we will continue to be transparent about our COVID-19 safety precautions, and alert our families if there is a positive case within our facilities.
We also wanted to share some very promising data that has been coming out regarding the link between school openings and COVID-19 cases. We have linked a few articles below that have looked at and analyzed the data, and we hope that this promising news will help underscore the fact that school openings have largely not been associated with any COVID-19 outbreaks (of course, pending whether precautions have been taken into account at those schools):
Are The Risks Of Reopening Schools Exaggerated? (NPR)
10 facts about school reopenings in the Covid-19 pandemic (Vox)
October 26th 2020
October 12th, 2020
- All of our staff members wear masks inside the facility, without exception.
- All preschool age children are required to wear a mask.
- We installed UV light sterilizers into our air conditioning unit to sterilize and kill viral particles.
- We disinfect our facilities daily (at the end of the day) with a Protexus electrostatic sprayer. It sterilizes high-contact surfaces.
- We have a no contact sign-in policy in place through our software.
- We adhere to and follow all OCDEL and CDC guidelines as they are updated.
- We conduct daily temperature checks on all staff members and children entering our facility.