Preschools & Day Care in Great Falls, VA

Great Falls child care is mostly small and local, and a good share of it runs out of a house or a church. This page covers 8 preschools and day care centers in Great Falls, Virginia, all of them in Fairfax County, with 84 Google reviews between them. Georgetown Pike is the road that anchors the trade here: Holy Child Home Daycare LLC works from 11022 Georgetown Pike and May May Child Care from 10240 Georgetown Pike.

The home-based side is the most distinctive part of the town. Holy Child Home Daycare LLC is a Virginia state-licensed home daycare that has cared for infants, toddlers and preschoolers since 2008 and extends through pre-K, with enrollment capped at 7 children. It is rated 4.6 from 10 reviews. May May Child Care is a family daycare established in 2022, taking children from 6 months old to 12 years old and open Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 6 pm. Jumps and Jumps Daycare is a licensed home-based daycare with 18 years of care behind it, and meals there follow the USDA food program. Great Falls Daycare LLC is a licensed provider that runs from infancy through preschool, with after-school care and a summer camp built on outdoor play.

Two church-hosted preschools set the town's weekday rhythm. St Francis Creche Preschool is hosted by an Episcopal church and holds regular chapel services. Its classes are set by age, from 2 to 2 1/2 year olds through 3, 4 and 4 1/2 year olds, with two to five day schedules. Before care runs 8:00 to 9:30, and after care runs 1:30 to 3:30 or 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. It is rated 5.0 from 19 reviews. King's Kids Preschool began in 1991 as a ministry of Christ the King Lutheran Church and has served the community for 35 years, with Spanish, music and movement, chapel, library and physical fitness as specials.

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May May Child Care

5.0(5 reviews on Google)

10240 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls

  • Infants and toddlers
  • Early drop-off or late pickup
  • Enrichment programs
(703) 626-6512

Eastern Ridge Nature Preschool is the school most tied to the land. It is a full-time, year-round forest school on a three-acre property in a quiet Great Falls neighborhood, drawing on Scandinavian Forest Schools and the Reggio Emilia approach, with days spent mostly outdoors. It has three classes, each with one teacher and one assistant, and it is rated 5.0 from 12 reviews.

Village Green Day School - Great Falls is the larger private school here, with infant care, preschool, junior kindergarten and before and after school child care for ages 3 months to 5 years. Its curriculum is built on the Core Knowledge Sequence, and its families come from Great Falls, Reston, Herndon, McLean and beyond. It is rated 3.8 from 31 reviews, the lowest rating on the page and the second largest review count.

Great Falls shares the area with Reston, Herndon, Sterling, Vienna and McLean, and each of those has its own page. Families who work in Fairfax County often look across more than one of them.

Common questions about preschools and day care centers in Great Falls

Who runs home-based child care in Great Falls?

Holy Child Home Daycare LLC is a state-licensed home daycare on Georgetown Pike with enrollment capped at 7 children. May May Child Care is a family daycare for children from 6 months to 12 years. Jumps and Jumps Daycare is a licensed home-based daycare with 18 years of care.

Is there a nature-based preschool in Great Falls?

Eastern Ridge Nature Preschool is a full-time, year-round forest school on a three-acre property. Days are spent mostly outdoors, and it has three classes, each with one teacher and one assistant. It is rated 5.0 from 12 reviews.

Which Great Falls preschools are tied to a church?

St Francis Creche Preschool is hosted by an Episcopal church and holds regular chapel services. King's Kids Preschool began in 1991 as a ministry of Christ the King Lutheran Church. Both are rated 5.0, with 19 and 2 reviews.

Who offers before-care and after-care in Great Falls?

St Francis Creche Preschool offers before care from 8:00 to 9:30 and after care options from 1:30 to 3:30 or 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. Village Green Day School - Great Falls has before and after school child care. May May Child Care offers after school care and is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 6 pm.

Which nearby towns have their own page?

Reston, Herndon, Sterling, Vienna and McLean each have a page of their own. Village Green Day School - Great Falls draws families from Great Falls, Reston, Herndon and McLean, so those pages overlap with this one.

Preschools & Day Care near Great Falls