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Free preschools in Richmond county.

Below are the listings of free and affordable preschools in Richmond county. These preschool can help low-income people by offerring free and discounted rates for child care. We welcome user reviews and corrections of child care listings, as we strive to provide our users with the best and most up-to-date information possible. Simply click on the listing for more information.

Richmond Free Preschools:

Dongan Hills Head Start/doe Universal Pre-kindergarten Center - Staten Island Mental Health Society Head Start Location: Staten Island, NY - 10306 Contact Phone: (718) 987-7755 Details: The SIMHS’s four Head Start/Early Learn Centers serve more than 300 children (at any one time) between the ages of 3 and 5 each year. Pre-K is offered at each Head Start center. To be eligible for Head Start, a family’s income must meet federal guidelines. There are no fees or tuition, and free transportation is provided. The nationally acclaimed, award-winning curriculum focuses on school readiness, and gives each child learning and playing experiences that prepare him or her for school, academically, emotionally, and socially. Bi-lingual teachers assist children for whom English is a second language. Children are also provided with a wide range of health and social services. To support children in the development of skills critical to their future school success, New York State-certified teachers and trained assistant teachers work with parents to develop individual educational plans that advance their child’s readiness in all areas of cognitive development including language and literacy, math, science, critical thinking, and social living. Each child’s social and emotional development, health and nutrition, are also areas of focus. Parents receive detailed reports of their child’s progress three times during the school year. In collaboration with the Society’s Elizabeth W. Pouch Center for Special People, the Integrated Preschool Classroom at the Osgood Avenue Head Start Center provides educational and therapeutic supports to children with special needs who share a classroom with their mainstream peers. Head Start parents receive a wide variety of important child development and support services including family skills workshops, health education, social services, and job development through New York City’s Work Experience Program. A partnership with the College of Staten Island offers parents adult education and English as a Second Language classes at the Kingsley and Osgood Head Start Centers.

Kingsley Head Start/early Learn Center - Staten Island Mental Health Society Head Start Location: Staten Island, NY - 10301 Contact Phone: (718) 442-6680 Details: The SIMHS’s four Head Start/Early Learn Centers serve more than 300 children (at any one time) between the ages of 3 and 5 each year. Pre-K is offered at each Head Start center. To be eligible for Head Start, a family’s income must meet federal guidelines. There are no fees or tuition, and free transportation is provided. The nationally acclaimed, award-winning curriculum focuses on school readiness, and gives each child learning and playing experiences that prepare him or her for school, academically, emotionally, and socially. Bi-lingual teachers assist children for whom English is a second language. Children are also provided with a wide range of health and social services. To support children in the development of skills critical to their future school success, New York State-certified teachers and trained assistant teachers work with parents to develop individual educational plans that advance their child’s readiness in all areas of cognitive development including language and literacy, math, science, critical thinking, and social living. Each child’s social and emotional development, health and nutrition, are also areas of focus. Parents receive detailed reports of their child’s progress three times during the school year. In collaboration with the Society’s Elizabeth W. Pouch Center for Special People, the Integrated Preschool Classroom at the Osgood Avenue Head Start Center provides educational and therapeutic supports to children with special needs who share a classroom with their mainstream peers. Head Start parents receive a wide variety of important child development and support services including family skills workshops, health education, social services, and job development through New York City’s Work Experience Program. A partnership with the College of Staten Island offers parents adult education and English as a Second Language classes at the Kingsley and Osgood Head Start Centers.

Osgood Head Start/early Learn Center - Staten Island Mental Health Society Head Start Location: Staten Island, NY - 10304 Contact Phone: (718) 420-6138 Details: The SIMHS’s four Head Start/Early Learn Centers serve more than 300 children (at any one time) between the ages of 3 and 5 each year. Pre-K is offered at each Head Start center. To be eligible for Head Start, a family’s income must meet federal guidelines. There are no fees or tuition, and free transportation is provided. The nationally acclaimed, award-winning curriculum focuses on school readiness, and gives each child learning and playing experiences that prepare him or her for school, academically, emotionally, and socially. Bi-lingual teachers assist children for whom English is a second language. Children are also provided with a wide range of health and social services. To support children in the development of skills critical to their future school success, New York State-certified teachers and trained assistant teachers work with parents to develop individual educational plans that advance their child’s readiness in all areas of cognitive development including language and literacy, math, science, critical thinking, and social living. Each child’s social and emotional development, health and nutrition, are also areas of focus. Parents receive detailed reports of their child’s progress three times during the school year. In collaboration with the Society’s Elizabeth W. Pouch Center for Special People, the Integrated Preschool Classroom at the Osgood Avenue Head Start Center provides educational and therapeutic supports to children with special needs who share a classroom with their mainstream peers. Head Start parents receive a wide variety of important child development and support services including family skills workshops, health education, social services, and job development through New York City’s Work Experience Program. A partnership with the College of Staten Island offers parents adult education and English as a Second Language classes at the Kingsley and Osgood Head Start Centers.

Port Richmond Day Nursery Head Start/early Learn Center - Staten Island Mental Health Society Head Start Location: Staten Island, NY - 10303 Contact Phone: (718) 494-0400 Details: The SIMHS’s four Head Start/Early Learn Centers serve more than 300 children (at any one time) between the ages of 3 and 5 each year. Pre-K is offered at each Head Start center. To be eligible for Head Start, a family’s income must meet federal guidelines. There are no fees or tuition, and free transportation is provided. The nationally acclaimed, award-winning curriculum focuses on school readiness, and gives each child learning and playing experiences that prepare him or her for school, academically, emotionally, and socially. Bi-lingual teachers assist children for whom English is a second language. Children are also provided with a wide range of health and social services. To support children in the development of skills critical to their future school success, New York State-certified teachers and trained assistant teachers work with parents to develop individual educational plans that advance their child’s readiness in all areas of cognitive development including language and literacy, math, science, critical thinking, and social living. Each child’s social and emotional development, health and nutrition, are also areas of focus. Parents receive detailed reports of their child’s progress three times during the school year. In collaboration with the Society’s Elizabeth W. Pouch Center for Special People, the Integrated Preschool Classroom at the Osgood Avenue Head Start Center provides educational and therapeutic supports to children with special needs who share a classroom with their mainstream peers. Head Start parents receive a wide variety of important child development and support services including family skills workshops, health education, social services, and job development through New York City’s Work Experience Program. A partnership with the College of Staten Island offers parents adult education and English as a Second Language classes at the Kingsley and Osgood Head Start Centers.

Richmond Early Learning Center - The Children's Aid Society Location: Staten Island, NY - 10310 Contact Phone: (917) 426-0300 Details: Pre-school programs instill a respect for others and a lifelong love of learning. The Children’s Aid Society uses a comprehensive approach to the education of our youngest children - from birth to age five - that enables us to serve more than 1,000 pre-school children in 14 different programs. Helping children develop a greater sense of self, a respect for others and a lifelong love of learning are the guiding principles of our work with pre-schoolers. Improving parental engagement in their children’s education is also a priority. Our inclusive programs focus on meeting the social, emotional, physical and cognitive needs of the child as a whole. The curriculum enriches children’s development while being sensitive to individual abilities and learning styles. We recognize that each child’s family, culture and community play a vital role in their whole development. Children learn through active exploration in their environment and through meaningful interactions with peers and adults. Children's Aid currently serves children through our Early Learn NYC, Early Head Start, Head Start, UPK and private fee-based programs in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. All Children's Aid Early Childhood Programs are licensed by The New York City Department of Health.

Silver Lake Head Start - Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Location: Staten Island, NY - 10301 Contact Phone: (718) 815-4488 Details: YVY’s Early Head Start program began in 1998 with a grant from the federal government to serve infants and toddlers ages 0–3 years. EHS center base services 112 children in 14 classrooms at 4 sites. The Staten Island locations provide center base classrooms for one year old and two year old children. The Brooklyn locations provide center base care only for two year old children. In all classrooms there are two caregivers for a maximum of eight children. Early Head Start supports the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of each child. Parent involvement and supporting positive parent – child relationships are a cornerstone of the program. All caregivers receive training in developmentally appropriate practice in caring for infants and toddlers. Caregivers must meet requirements for Child Development Associate credential. Head Start, both center-based and home-based applications, and Early Head Start form the core of YVY’s Early Learning Center. They serve more than 1,300 children. Both the Head Start and Early Head Start programs offer the core services associated with the program, including special needs screening and follow-ups, medical needs screening and tracking and other social service supports. The federally funded center based Head Start program is full day (6-plus hours) and part day (3.5 hours). It services children three to five years old and is designed to give income-eligible children a quality preschool educational experience. The curriculum is designed to nurture the development of the whole child in the social, emotional, linguistic, cognitive and physical domains in an environment which supports social and emotional development. Learning is child centered within the framework of teacher planning. Teachers work on language and literacy development, encouraging the ability to read and write fluently. Number concepts are taught at an age-appropriate level. Science, physical activity, social and emotional development, friendship and sharing, are all incorporated into the Head Start curriculum. Nutrition, health and safety are topics that are also integrated into the lesson plans as well as addressed directly. To promote interaction and language use, YVY employs teachers who speak the children’s native language and offers literacy classes for the parents as well. In accordance with the NYCDOH requirement, YVY hires teachers in the classrooms with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. In addition, each site must have at least one teacher with a NYS certificate in early childhood education. For the special needs children as per NYSDOE requirements YVY hires only professional educated and clinical staff to provide those services. YVY utilizes curricula that are aligned with state developed K-12 academic content standards to improve school readiness into the public and private school systems.

Silver Lake Head Start Ii - Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Location: Staten Island, NY - 10304 Contact Phone: (718) 720-0090 Details: YVY’s Early Head Start program began in 1998 with a grant from the federal government to serve infants and toddlers ages 0–3 years. EHS center base services 112 children in 14 classrooms at 4 sites. The Staten Island locations provide center base classrooms for one year old and two year old children. The Brooklyn locations provide center base care only for two year old children. In all classrooms there are two caregivers for a maximum of eight children. Early Head Start supports the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of each child. Parent involvement and supporting positive parent – child relationships are a cornerstone of the program. All caregivers receive training in developmentally appropriate practice in caring for infants and toddlers. Caregivers must meet requirements for Child Development Associate credential. Head Start, both center-based and home-based applications, and Early Head Start form the core of YVY’s Early Learning Center. They serve more than 1,300 children. Both the Head Start and Early Head Start programs offer the core services associated with the program, including special needs screening and follow-ups, medical needs screening and tracking and other social service supports. The federally funded center based Head Start program is full day (6-plus hours) and part day (3.5 hours). It services children three to five years old and is designed to give income-eligible children a quality preschool educational experience. The curriculum is designed to nurture the development of the whole child in the social, emotional, linguistic, cognitive and physical domains in an environment which supports social and emotional development. Learning is child centered within the framework of teacher planning. Teachers work on language and literacy development, encouraging the ability to read and write fluently. Number concepts are taught at an age-appropriate level. Science, physical activity, social and emotional development, friendship and sharing, are all incorporated into the Head Start curriculum. Nutrition, health and safety are topics that are also integrated into the lesson plans as well as addressed directly. To promote interaction and language use, YVY employs teachers who speak the children’s native language and offers literacy classes for the parents as well. In accordance with the NYCDOH requirement, YVY hires teachers in the classrooms with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. In addition, each site must have at least one teacher with a NYS certificate in early childhood education. For the special needs children as per NYSDOE requirements YVY hires only professional educated and clinical staff to provide those services. YVY utilizes curricula that are aligned with state developed K-12 academic content standards to improve school readiness into the public and private school systems.