Community Education: Day Care Facilities

Day Care Facilities, Pre-schools & Play Groups

*Day Care Facilities*
Gloucester Learning Center Day Care & Pre-school 2457 Hayes Road Hayes, VA 23072 642-2000 Open 5 days per week from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. Accepts children from 0 - 12 years Before and after school care available.	Gloucester Learning Center Day Care & Pre-school Meredith Drive (Located beside Walter Reed Hospital) Gloucester, VA 23061 693-1000 Open 5 days per week from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. Accepts children from 0 - 12 years Before and after school care available.
Grand Kids 3152 Hickory Fork Road Gloucester, VA 23061 693-2660 Open 5 days a week from 6:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Accepts children from 6 weeks to 12 years. Before and after school care available. Offers van service to and from school for Botetourt and Petsworth.	Little Lights Childcare Center 4299 George Washington Memorial Highway Hayes, VA 23072 684-0713 Open 5 days a week from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. Accepts children from 6 weeks to 12 years Before and after school care available. Offers van service to and from school for most schools. Summer programs available.
Stephenson's Child Care & Learning Center (Located beside Abingdon Elementary School) Powhatan Drive Hayes, VA 23072 642-2174 Open 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. Accepts children from 6 weeks to 11 years Before and after school care available. Offers van service to and from school for Abingdon, Achilles, Walker, and Botetourt Elementary Schools	For information about in-home childcare contact: InterCounty Childcare Connection/ChildNet Kathy B. Sauter 3292 Rich Ln. Saluda, VA 23149 phone/fax 804-693-9446 e-mail: ksauter@vt.edu
Pre-schools
Gloucester Montessori School, 693-6455 Independent school for ages 2 1/2 through 9 years of age. Middle Peninsula Head Start, 693-3497 For income qualifying families with children ages 3 & 4 years old	Newington Courthouse Pre-school, 693-2349 For ages 3 & 4 including half day kindergarten. Petsworth Baptist Pre-school, 693-7627 Developmentally appropriate education for ages 3 & 4 and half day kindergarten. Ware Academy, 693-3825 Independent school for Pre-K through 8th grade.
Play Groups
The Family Room, 693-3821 is a non-denominational playgroup for families with young children held at Ware Episcopal Church, Rt. 14, 2 miles from Main Street Gloucester. Our Goal is to provide a network of support and friendships in a rural area as we share the joy and challenges of parenting today. For families and caregivers of children ages newborn to five. Any questions please contact our director, Sister Colleen Magill through the Ware Episcopal Church: 693-3821.