Finding a preschool can be challenging and requires a good amount of research and legwork. There are many great schools in the Boston area, but matching them to your child's unique circumstances can take time and effort. Here are some common-sense pointers for finding the right school for you:
Quality of teachers
Look for preschools with well-trained and experienced teachers. Observing how teachers interact with children can give you insight into their teaching style and approach.
Safe and stimulating environment
Make sure that the school provides a safe, clean, and stimulating environment conducive to learning and exploration. Check for age-appropriate toys, books, and materials that encourage creativity and curiosity.
Curriculum and approach
Consider the preschool's curriculum and teaching approach. Look for a program that emphasizes play-based learning, social-emotional development, and hands-on activities that support cognitive growth.
Physical facilities and outdoor space
Check the preschool's physical facilities and outdoor play areas. Adequate indoor space for activities and outdoor play areas with age-appropriate equipment are essential for children's physical development and gross motor skills.
Class size and teacher-student ratio
Opt for preschools with small class sizes and low teacher-student ratios, as this allows for more individualized attention and support for each child.
Featured Private Preschools in the Boston Area
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Sacred Heart STEM School
The Sacred Heart School is a Catholic school located in Roslindale, MA, serving students from…
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Park Street School
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Kingsley Montessori
Kingsley Montessori School is a private school in downtown Boston. It serves students from the…
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Waldorf School of Lexington
The Waldorf High School is a private high school in Belmont, MA. It is part…
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Cambridge Friends School
The Cambridge Friends School is a private school located in Cambridge, MA, serving students from…
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Belmont Day School
Belmont Day School is a private school located in Belmont, MA. It fue fundado en…
Private Preschools in the Boston Area
| Link | Name | Type | Tuition | Academics | Size | Grades | Town |
 | St Benedict Elementary Inc. | Catholic | - |  |  | K-6 | Natick |
| | Bright Future Educare Center | Alternative | - | - | | preK | Somerville |
| | Torah Academy | Jewish |  | |  | preK-11 | Brookline |
| | Eliot Pearson Children's School | Alternative |  | - | | preK-2 | Medford |
| | Hands-on Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-2 | Mansfield |
| | Old Colony Montessori School | Montessori | | | preK-3 | Hingham | |
| | Greater Visions Childrens Center | Alternative | - | - | | preK-4 | Chelmsford |
| | North Shore Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-4 | Rowley |
| | St Joseph Elementary School | Catholic | | |  | preK-5 | Needham |
| | St John Paul Ii Catholic Academy Mattapan Camp | Catholic | | | | preK-5 | Mattapan |
| | St Stephen's Armenian Elementary School | Christian | |  | | preK-5 | Watertown |
| | Hellenic American Academy | Christian | - | - | | preK-5 | Lowell |
| | Islamic Academy Of New England | Islamic | - | | | preK-12 | Sharon |
| | Striar Hebrew Academy | Jewish | - | | | preK-5 | Sharon |
| | Meeting House Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-5 | Braintree |
| | Su Escuela Language Academy | Independent | - | - | | preK-5 | Hingham |
| | South Boston Catholic Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | South Boston |
| | St Theresa of Avila School | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | West Roxbury |
| | Holy Name Parish School | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | West Roxbury |
| | Mount Alvernia Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | Chestnut Hill |
| | St Brendan | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | Dorchester |
| | Our Lady Of Perpetual Help/mission Grammar School | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | Roxbury Crossing |
| | St John School | Catholic | | | | preK-6 | Wellesley |
| | Park Street School | Christian |  | | | preK-6 | Boston |
| | Faith Christian School | Christian | | | | preK-6 | Gloucester |
| | The Chestnut Hill School | Independent | | | | preK-6 | Chestnut Hill |
| | Tenacre Country Day School | Independent | | | | preK-6 | Wellesley |
| | The Advent School | Independent | | | | preK-6 | Boston |
| | The Brighton School | Independent | | | | preK-6 | Framingham |
| | Adams Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-6 | Quincy |
| | Kingsley Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-6 | Boston |
| | Torit Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-6 | Boston |
| | Summit Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-6 | Framingham |
| | Wellan Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-6 | Newton |
| | Fayerweather Street School | Indpendent | | | | preK-8 | Cambridge |
| | St Michael Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | North Andover |
| | Sacred Hearts School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Bradford |
| | Lawrence Catholic Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Lawrence |
| | St Bernadette Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Northborough |
| | St Augustine Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Andover |
| | St Columbkille Partnership School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Brighton |
| | St John Paul Ii Catholic Academy- Neponset Campus | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Dorchester |
| | St Catherine Of Siena School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Norwood |
| | St John The Baptist School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Peabody |
| | Blessed Sacrament School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | East Walpole |
| | St Raphael School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Medford |
| | Cheverus Catholic School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Malden |
| | Quincy Catholic Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Quincy |
| | Trinity Catholic Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Brockton |
| | Our Lady Of Assumption School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Lynnfield |
| | Ste Jeanne D'arc Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Lowell |
| | St John Paul Ii Catholic Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Dorchester Center |
| | St John Paul Ii Catholic Academy Columbia Camp | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Dorchester |
| | St Agatha School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Milton |
| | Immaculate Conception School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Lowell |
| | St Anthony School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Everett |
| | St Patrick Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Stoneham |
| | St Pius V School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Lynn |
| | St Mary Of The Hills School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Milton |
| | St John School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Boston |
| | St Catherine Of Genoa School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Somerville |
| | St Francis Xavier School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | South Weymouth |
| | St Mary's School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Melrose |
| | St Agnes School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Arlington |
| | Immaculate Conception School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Newburyport |
| | St Monica School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Methuen |
| | St Joseph Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Holbrook |
| | The Saints Academy | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Beverly |
| | Sacred Heart Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Weymouth |
| | St Charles School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Woburn |
| | St John The Evangelist School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Canton |
| | St Mary Of The Assumption Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Brookline |
| | St Peter School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Cambridge |
| | Immaculate Conception | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Revere |
| | St Bridget School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Abington |
| | St Joseph School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Wakefield |
| | East Boston Central Catholic School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | East Boston |
| | St Mary's Catholic School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Mansfield |
| | St Paul Elementary School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Hingham |
| | St Patrick School & Education Center | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Lowell |
| | Greater Boston Academy | Christian | | preK-8 | Stoneham | ||
| | Community Christian Academy | Christian | | | | preK-8 | Lowell |
| | First Baptist Christian School | Christian | | | | preK-8 | Weymouth |
| | North Shore Christian | Christian | | | | preK-8 | Lynn |
| | Berea Sda Academy | Christian | - | | | preK-8 | Mattapan |
| | Brockton Area Sda Academy | Christian | - | - | | preK-8 | Brockton |
| | The Imago School Association I | Christian | | | | preK-8 | Maynard |
| | Mullein Hill Christian Academy | Christian | - | | | preK-8 | Lakeville |
| | Hope Christian School | Christian | | | | preK-8 | Hanson |
| | St Herman Of Alaska Christian School | Christian | | | | preK-8 | Allston |
| | The Park School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Brookline |
| | Shady Hill School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Cambridge |
| | Brookwood School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Manchester |
| | Dedham Country Day School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Dedham |
| | Meadowbrook School Of Weston | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Weston |
| | Nashoba Brooks School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Concord |
| | Belmont Day School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Belmont |
| | Tower School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Marblehead |
| | Waldorf School Of Lexington | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Lexington |
| | Lesley Ellis School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Arlington |
| | Charles River School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Dover |
| | Atrium School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Watertown |
| | Delphi Academy | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Milton |
| | Odyssey Day School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Wakefield |
| | The Islamic Academy For Peace | Islamic | - | | | preK-8 | Methuen |
| | Malik Academy | Islamic | - | - | | preK-8 | Roxbury Crossing |
| | Malik Academy/ Al Bustan Preschool | Islamic | - | - | | preK-8 | Cambridge |
| | New England Hebrew Academy | Jewish | | | | preK-8 | Brookline |
| | Metro West Jewish Day School | Jewish | | | | preK-8 | Framingham |
| | Riverbend School | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Natick |
| | Woodside Montessori Academy | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Millis |
| | Andover School Of Montessori | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Andover |
| | Bay Farm Montessori Academy | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Duxbury |
| | Inly School | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Scituate |
| | Lexington Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Lexington |
| | Thacher Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-8 | Milton |
| | Cambridge Friends School | Quaker | | | | preK-8 | Cambridge |
| | The Sage School | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Foxboro |
| | Waldorf School At Moraine Farm | Independent | | | | preK-8 | Beverly |
| | Oak Meadow School | Homeschool | - | - | | preK-8 | Littleton |
| | The Fessenden School | Independent | | | | preK-9 | West Newton |
| | Fay School | Independent | | | | preK-9 | Southborough |
| | The Pike School | Independent | | | | preK-9 | Andover |
| | Shore Country Day School | Independent | | | | preK-9 | Beverly |
| | Easton Country Day School | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | North Easton |
| | Little Theatre School Nursery And Kindergarten | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Lynn |
| | Meadowbrook Child Garden | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Marlborough |
| | Hollow Reed School | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Jamaica Plain |
| | South Shore Conservatory Of Music Preschool | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Hingham |
| | Beginnings Child Development Center | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Weston |
| | Kindercare Learning Center - Westford | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Westford |
| | Lowell Day Nursery | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Lowell |
| | Mrs Alexander's School | Alternative | - | - | | preK-K | Beverly |
| | Cuvilly Arts & Earth Center | Catholic| Alternative | | | | preK-K | Ipswich |
| | Walnut Park Montessori | Catholic| Montessori | | | | preK-K | Newton |
| | Hilltop School | Christian | - | - | | preK-K | Haverhill |
| | Burlington Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Burlington |
| | Ebridge Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Westborough |
| | Tara Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Manchester By The Sea |
| | Childrens Montessori Center | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Danvers |
| | King's Wood Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Foxboro |
| | Reading Montessori School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Reading |
| | Childrens Own School | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Winchester |
| | Childrens Workshop Montessori | Montessori | - | - | | preK-K | Marblehead |
| | Newburyport Montessori School | Montessori | | - | | preK-K | Newburyport |
| | Greater Quincy Child Care Center | Independent | | - | | preK-K | Quincy |
| | Knowledge Beginnings | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | North Billerica |
| | Apple Orchard School | Independent | | - | | preK-K | Brookline |
| | Kindercare Learning Center | Independent | | - | | preK-K | Burlington |
| | Glcac Child Care Center | Independent | | - | | preK-K | Lawrence |
| | Cole Harrington School Age Enrichment | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Canton |
| | The Tobin School | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Natick |
| | The Ridge Hill School | Independent | - | | | preK-K | Norwell |
| | Boston Children's School | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Boston |
| | Klub Kid Too | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Chelmsford |
| | The Cottage Childrens Center | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Marlborough |
| | Tender Learning Centre | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Burlington |
| | Kinder Care Learning Center | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Stoneham |
| | Step Ahead Kindergarten | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Braintree |
| | Kindercare Learning Center | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Newburyport |
| | Knowledge Beginnings | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Chelmsford |
| | Clarke School Boston | Independent | - | - | | preK-K | Canton |
| | Great Beginnings Learning School | Independent | | | | preK-K | Danvers |
| | Sacred Hearts STEM School | Catholic | | | | preK-8 | Roslindale |
