Preschool Tours

Navigating the world of preschool enrollment can be overwhelming, so we’re here to help with the Busy Little Bee Preschool Series! Not only have we rounded up all the info you need to know about over 100 schools, but we’ve reinvented what it means to “visit” a school by offering virtual tours of some of the best local programs. Take a look below to be transported into the buildings of these schools, and find out what makes them so special.

This guide is a curated list of favorites from our much-loved Preschool Directory. You can always view our full database of schools by clicking here.

  • Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford, & Wilton, Connecticut
  • Ages: 6 weeks to 6 years old
  • About: High-quality education and child care, trusted by parents and organizations around the world, made to fit the way people learn, live, and work today. Designed by experts; facilitated by educators; created with working parents in mind. For more than 30 years, Bright Horizons has helped children discover their individual talents and strengths and become confident learners for life.
  • Admission Events:
    • Tours available by appointment
Take a tour of Bright Horizons at High Ridge Park!
Take a tour of Long Ridge Road Child Development Center!
Take a tour of Bright Horizons at Wilton!
  • Stamford, Connecticut
  • Ages: 3 months to 5 years old
  • Contact: cpkids@chelseapiersct.com
  • About: CP Kids is a place for young children to learn through play and actively develop their language, cognitive, social/emotional, and motor skills. Children are given concrete experiences to encourage them to interact with the world around them and explore new ideas and materials. An integrated curriculum is utilized to reinforce themes and understanding. The CP Kids toddler and preschool children participate in several extracurricular activities each week. These activities bring them into the Chelsea Piers facility daily and allow them to exercise their bodies so that their minds are ready to learn!
    • Multi-Sport Classes
    • Creative Movement
    • Music Class
    • Spanish Class
    • Gymnastics Class
  • Admission Events:
    • Tours available by appointment
Take a tour of CP Kids Early Learning Center!
  • Rowayton, Connecticut
  • Ages: 2 to 5 years old
  • Contact: director@fmrns.com
  • About: Five Mile River Nursery School provides a warm, nurturing and engaging atmosphere allowing children to be creative and adventurous learners. Our school focuses on the development of the whole child: intellectual, social, emotional and physical. Our goal is to inspire self confidence, a love of learning and a meaningful engagement with the world. Five Mile River Nursery School follows an evolving mix of Bank Street Method, Creative Curriculum and the Emergent Curriculum. Our goal is for children to develop a frame of reference of ideas, knowledge, problem solving, motor and social skills that will prepare them for a lifetime of learning.
  • Admission Events:
    • Open House on 1/8 at 2:00pm
Take a tour of Five Mile River Nursery School!
  • Westport, Connecticut
  • Ages: 3+ years old
  • Contact: vsylvester@gfacademy.org
  • About: Greens Farms Academy, an independent day school in Westport has an exceptional Pre-Kindergarten program for children ages 3+. Our dynamic classroom is a place of joy and agency, where the learning is driven by student interest and imagination. Children engage in guided discovery, where academics are connected to things that matter most to them. With the freedom to explore, children are encouraged to follow their passions and curiosities, which often lead to very impressive long-term projects, such as the Magic Potion Machine, the Snow Cone Factory, the Oyster Quest Mini-golf Course, and the Super Scientist Exhibit at Earth Place here in Westport. During these projects, children dive deeply into their learning and apply science, technology, math, art, and language skills.
  • Admission Events:
    • Tours available by appointment
  • Application Deadline: 1/21
Take a tour of Greens Farms Academy!
  • Darien, Connecticut
  • Ages: 2 to 5 years old
  • Contact: agreene@darien-ymca.org
  • About: The mission of Holly Pond School is to foster the growth of independent and confident scholars who respect themselves and others through active learning experiences that extend their knowledge in the classroom and beyond. The learning environment is experiential, interactive, and collaborative, with an emphasis on educating the whole person— fostering the intellectual, socio-emotional, and physical growth of each child. At Holly Pond, children follow a consistent daily schedule with learning goals in mind. This is believed to help children feel secure (because they know what comes next) and independent (because they move from one activity to another easily and confidently). Being located within the Darien YMCA allows extra opportunities for active enrichment, including swimming and gymnastics.
  • Admission Events:
  • Application Deadline: 1/19
Take a tour of Holly Pond School!
  • Stamford, Connecticut
  • Ages: 3+ years old
  • Contact: admission@kingschoolct.org
  • About: King School sets a better standard for education. Students in grades PreK through 12 engage in an expansive curriculum focused on student-driven inquiry and experiential learning. King School’s teaching methodology is guided by educational best practices and focused on strong relationships with faculty — creating a foundation for courageous thinking. King opens minds and encourages lifelong curiosity. They value diversity and are inspired by different backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences. King students chart their own path and arrive at the nation’s top colleges confident, prepared, and ready to make an impact. King graduates are better prepared to better the world. When young learners see education as a place to experiment, create, construct, and connect, they develop a more expansive mindset about what school can offer them. They experience education as a path of discovery, understanding, wonder, and joy. These ideas are grounded in the Reggio-Emilia inspired, project-based teaching and learning practiced at King School. We encourage our PreKindergarten, starting at age 3, and Kindergarten learners to collaboratively explore intentionally created vibrant classroom spaces where children are actively engaged in the process of learning from the earliest ages.
  • Admission Events:
Take a tour of King School!
  • New Canaan, Connecticut
  • Ages: 3 to 5 years old
  • Contact: gcoven@nccpreschool.org
  • About: At New Canaan Community Preschool, we believe that children learn through active exploration that takes place during their play. Our role is to provide children with developmentally appropriate experiences that will prepare them for Kindergarten. Center-based classrooms provide opportunities for children to make choices, learn to socialize, function in a group setting, and become independent and confident individuals.
    • We offer a 36-week school year vs. a 32-week school year allowing us to be aligned with the New Canaan Public Schools.
    • NCCP is situated on over one acre within the twelve acres of Kiwanis Park, with two playgrounds and a Nature Path that are structured to encourage curiosity, inspire creativity and foster play.
    • Our newly enhanced Nature Path with interactive paths, outdoor instruments and new plantings creates an outdoor classroom that encourages children to explore the natural environment.
    • Family participation is part of the school’s strong spirit of community as it builds the connection between home and school and between NCCP Families.
    • Our Green Initiative includes: schoolwide recycling, rainwater collecting, water conservation and planning in our Community Garden.
    • The children participate in a variety of community service programs.
  • Admission Events:
    • Tours available by appointment
Take a tour of New Canaan Community Preschool!
  • New Canaan, Connecticut
  • Ages: 3+ years old
  • Contact: admissioninfo@countryschool.net
  • About: Inquiry is at the heart of our teaching and learning in Early Childhood. We encourage children to wonder and explore, to step into the unknown, to take risks and to be unconstrained by right answers. Teachers pose questions to help children connect to previous learning, to engage conversations and to deepen and extend understanding. Our curriculum is deliberately designed to develop our students’ intellectual capacity and nurture their insatiable curiosity. We stretch our students and offer them opportunities to innovate, create and play together within a community of learners. In Early Childhood we are passionate about children believing in themselves and their great potential. We encourage children to work independently as well as collaboratively and to understand that they are the primary directors of their own learning. We devote time every day to creating a classroom community where children feel welcome, valued, known, seen and heard. We guide children to further their respect for the rights of others; and most importantly instill a lifelong passion for learning.
  • Admission Events:
  • Priority Application Deadline: 1/15
Take a tour of New Canaan Country School!
  • Darien, Connecticut
  • Ages: 2 to 5 years old
  • Contact: office@npns.org
  • About: Our inspiration is the Reggio Emilia teaching philosophy. This approach is rooted in the belief that children are competent learners with a pre-existing knowledge base. Our teachers are companions on the learning journey and the environment is an important prompt through which teachers, parents and the community engage children in the joy of exploration and inspiration. Our children are always encouraged to try new things, think out of the box, succeed, fail, regroup and try again. When we applaud the process, respect the effort and value the work as accomplishment itself, we teach children the importance of trial and error. At the same time, we provide emotional support through applause, encouragement and modeling healthy relationships. Early childhood education is not a sterile environment, but rather a well-tuned balance of challenging and loving support of children.
  • Admission Events:
    • Orientations on 12/1 & 1/5 at 12:30pm and 12/2 & 1/6 at 7:00pm
  • Application Deadline: 1/7
Take a tour of Noroton Presbyterian Nursery School!
  • Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Ages: 3+ years old
  • About: Open your heart. Explore your faith. Find your true self. Since 1848, Sacred Heart Greenwich has been empowering girls and young women to live with passion and purpose. Here, learning is both an intellectual and moral adventure that encourages girls to become the best versions of themselves. Come explore our 110-acre Greenwich campus and learn more about the programs, faculty, and community that set Sacred Heart Greenwich apart.
  • Admission Events:
  • Application Deadline: 2/1
Take a tour of Sacred Heart Greenwich!
  • Rowayton, Connecticut
  • Ages: 2 to 5 years old
  • Contact: director@unitedchurchnurseryschool.org
  • About: For over 55 years, the preschool program at UCNS has guided children on their early childhood educational journey. Through active and intentional exploration alongside interaction with adults, peers, and materials that are developmentally appropriate, our goal continues to be the social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional growth of every child in our care.
  • Admission Events:
    • Tours available by appointment
Take a tour of United Church Nursery School!

Additional Preschools

Visit our preschool directory here to view a complete list of local schools.