Childcare

Day Early Learning at Eastern Star Church provides high-quality preschool and pre-K for three-to-five-year-olds. Located within Eastern Star Church’s main campus on the east side of Indianapolis, the center is run by Day Early Learning with our non-faith based curriculum. All families are welcome to enroll.

Day Early Learning at Fort Harrison provides high-quality early care and education for infants to pre-K on the far east side of Indianapolis. Located in the heart of Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence, our center works with many military families, DFAS employees and families within the community.

Our Day Early Learning Center for Infants & Toddlers is one of our newest centers. It focuses exclusively on implementing best practices with respect to the development and care of children ages 6 weeks to 36 months, including through the implementation of a model early childhood and family support program called Early Head Start. Located just one mile west of Methodist Hospital, we are conveniently located for families working at IU Health, as well as families who work at or attend IUPUI and Ivy Tech, and families who live on the near-West side of Indianapolis. The center offers several unique features, including a practice where teachers and children stay together during the child’s whole time at the center. Lasting relationships are particularly important for a young childss development and the practice we have adopted allows strong bonds to form between children, their teachers and parents. Strong relationships facilitate a young child’s thinking, risk-taking, confidence and involvement. The center is a Paths to QUALITY Level 3 location and an Early Head Start site. Early Head Start is a model early childhood program for infants and toddlers that offers high-quality classroom teaching, strong family support and engagement and coordinated health services. Uniquely, […]

Day Early Learning Federal Building is in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. It’s our center with an urban feel (the kids can see skyscrapers from their playground) and many of the children attending have parents who work in the federal government. Because of the location, the children are able to go on walking field trips to the main library, the farmers market at City Market and the holiday parades on Pennsylvania Street. It’s also a small center, with lots of individual attention for children and a family feel. Because it’s in the Minton-Capehart Federal Building, parents and children go through security every day, including a metal detector.  

IU Health Day Early Learning Center is located just north of the IU Health Methodist Hospital on 21st and Senate. Because we are affiliated with the hospital, we offer extended hours to both hospital and non-hospital employees. We offer the added convenience of serving an evening meal to those children who are with us after 6 p.m. Our location is convenient for hospital employees, university students, as well as those who work downtown.

6 weeks to Pre-Kindergarten and after school care The Little Lamb Christian School is a home away from home for children 6 weeks to pre-kindergarten. Since 1987, we have been the go-to private preschool for Carmel families who are interested in a Christian education. We are a place where children can learn, explore, create, grow and play!