LITTLE NEST LEARNING CENTER | BROOKLYN, NY
enrollment options:
full-time:
part-time:
5 days per week (monday - friday)
3 days per week (monday - wednesday)
2 days per week (thursday - friday)
program hours:
full day
9:00 am arrival
4:00 pm departure
extended hours:
early drop-off: 8:00am - 9:00am
extended day: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
12 students per class
teaching teams of 2 lead teachers, 1 assistant teacher
student-teacher ratio: 4:1
classroom age range:
18 months to 3 years old
mixed age classes
class composition:
daily schedule:
8:00 am early drop-off
9:00 am all students arrive, free play and table stations
9:45 am circle time, yoga practice
10:00 am music/movement and group imaginative play
10:15 am story time (curriculum-based)
10:30 am snack time, outside playtime in backyard
11:30 am art or small group activity time
12:00 pm lunch time
12:30 pm wind-down and independent reading time
1:00 pm nap/rest time
3:00 pm end of nap/rest time, free play and table stations
4:00 pm end of regular day
5:00 pm end of extended day
2026-27 school year calendar:
Wed, Sept 9
Mon, Sept 21
Mon, Oct 12
Tue, Nov 3
Wed, Nov 11
Thu, Nov 26 - Fri, Nov 27
Mon, Dec 21 - Fri, Jan 1
Mon, Jan 18
Mon, Feb 15 - Fri, Feb 19
Tues, Mar 9
Fri, March 26
Thu, Apr 22 - Fri, Apr 30
Wed, May 17
Mon, May 31
Fri, Jun 10
Thu, Jun 24
school year begins, staggered start dates
closed for Yom Kippur
closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day
closed for Election Day
closed for Veterans Day
closed for Thanksgiving Break
closed for Winter Break
closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
closed for Mid-Winter Break
closed for Eid al-Fitr
closed for Good Friday
closed for Spring Break
closed for Eid al-Adha
closed for Memorial Day
closed for Brooklyn-Queens/Anniversary Day
last day of the school year