Preschools & Day Care in Annandale, VA

Preschools and day care centers in Annandale are a Fairfax County market where all 29 businesses on this page share the county, many of them clustered along Little River Turnpike and Columbia Pike. Parent cooperatives, church weekday schools, family owned centers and a good number of bilingual home daycares all appear. Reviews across the page total 510, with an average rating of 4.9.

Little River Turnpike is home to two centers with their own STEM-minded curricula. My Baby Steps Academy calls itself an early childhood STEM organization, has opened a new STEM Lab, and groups classes by age from Early Beginners at 6 weeks through Tiny Techs, Rockin' Robots & Scientists, Discoverers, Inventors and Conquerors to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. It is rated 5.0 from 119 reviews. Rising Stars Learning Center at 7601 Little River Turnpike is family owned, has centers across Annandale, Fairfax and Herndon, and uses the STREAMin3 curriculum developed by experts at the University of Virginia. It is rated 4.7 from 56 reviews.

Cooperatives are an old tradition here. Sleepy Hollow Preschool was founded in 1949 and is a private, not-for-profit parent cooperative at 6531 Columbia Pike. It serves children ages 2 to 5 from Fairfax, Falls Church, Arlington, Springfield, Alexandria and Burke, and is rated 5.0 from 30 reviews. Annandale Cooperative Preschool is a part-time parent cooperative that has held NAEYC accreditation continuously since 1987, rated 5.0 from 12 reviews. Grasshopper Green was founded in 1939 in Arlington and now sits on a three-acre campus at 4955 Sunset Ln, just inside the Beltway, on grounds that were originally a farmhouse. It is rated 3.8 from 11 reviews.

Longer-running centers add depth. Carousel Child Development Center has served Annandale families since 1986, with programs from infant care through pre-kindergarten, and is rated 5.0 from 40 reviews. ACCA Child Development Center is a NAEYC-accredited nonprofit, community-based program for children ages 3 months to 5 years, rated 4.5 from 53 reviews. Creative World Learning Center takes children from 6 weeks to 12 years, with locations in Annandale and Alexandria, and is rated 4.7 from 15 reviews.

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Best preschools and day care centers in Annandale

Deba Daycare

4.8(23 reviews on Google)

4894 Sunset Ln, Annandale

  • Infants and toddlers
  • Meals provided
(703) 725-7210

Pepitos Daycare

5.0(9 reviews on Google)

7565 Kingman Dr, Annandale

  • Infants and toddlers
  • Spanish immersion
  • Meals provided
(571) 899-0226

Churches host several weekday programs. AUMC Weekday Preschool operates from Annandale United Methodist Church and is accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, a division of NAEYC. It is rated 4.7 from 6 reviews. Parkwood WEE Center Preschool is a play-based Christian preschool run by Parkwood Baptist Church, near Burke, Fairfax and Springfield, rated 5.0 from 7 reviews. St. Matthew's Weekday School is a Christian preschool for children from 18 months to twelve years. The Griffin Academy is the preschool of Westminster School, for ages 3 to 5. The Christian childcare center at First Presbyterian Church of Annandale operates as Cornerstone Children's Ministry and describes itself as bilingual, for children ages 2½ to 12.

Home daycares carry a lot of the bilingual care. Ohana Inhome Daycare is a bilingual English-Spanish home daycare opened by Sandra and Cristian Hutecker, where two caregivers give full attention to four children at a time. It is rated 5.0 from 10 reviews. Pepitos Daycare cares for children from 2 months to 5 years in Spanish and English, rated 5.0 from 9 reviews. Deba Daycare is a licensed home daycare where Deba Ehsan has cared for a small mixed age group since 2009, rated 4.8 from 23 reviews. Bright Babies Home Daycare is at 3713 Terrace Drive and is rated 4.8 from 13 reviews.

Businesses here name Fairfax, Falls Church, Springfield, Alexandria, Arlington and Burke among the places they serve. Falls Church, Springfield, West Springfield, Dunn Loring and Burke have their own pages.

Common questions about preschools and day care centers in Annandale

Which Annandale parents' cooperatives are there?

Sleepy Hollow Preschool is a parent cooperative founded in 1949 for children ages 2 to 5. Annandale Cooperative Preschool is a part-time parent cooperative with classes for 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds and Pre-K, where parents take an active role in the classroom.

Who licenses child care in Annandale?

The Virginia Department of Education licenses child care in Virginia. Licensing moved there from the Virginia Department of Social Services in 2021. Carousel Child Development Center and Ohana Inhome Daycare are both licensed by the Virginia Department of Education.

Where can an Annandale family find bilingual care?

Ohana Inhome Daycare and Pepitos Daycare both work in Spanish and English. Elena's Family Home Daycare is another Spanish immersion home program. The Christian childcare center at First Presbyterian Church of Annandale describes itself as bilingual.

Which Annandale preschools focus on STEM?

My Baby Steps Academy has a STEM Lab and a STEM Summer Camp. Rising Stars Learning Center uses the STREAMin3 curriculum developed by experts at the University of Virginia. Parkwood WEE Center Preschool also covers STEM or STEAM.

Which nearby towns have their own page?

Falls Church has 45 businesses on its page, Springfield has 44 and Burke has 24. West Springfield and Dunn Loring have 3 each.

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