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
2025-26 school year calendar:
Wed, Sept 3
Tue, Sept 23 - Wed Sept 24
Thu, Oct 2
Mon, Oct 13
Mon, Oct 20
Tue, Nov 4
Tue, Nov 11
Thu, Nov 27 - Fri, Nov 28
Mon, Dec 22 - Fri, Jan 2
Mon, Jan 19
Mon, Feb 16 - Fri, Feb 20
Fri, Mar 20
Thu, Apr 2 - Fri, Apr 10
Mon, May 25
Wednesday, May 27
Thu, Jun 4
Fri, Jun 19
Tue, Jun 23
school year begins, staggered start dates
closed for Rosh Hashanah
closed for Yom Kippur
closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day
closed for Diwali
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 Spring Break
closed for Memorial Day
closed for Eid al-Adha
closed for Brooklyn-Queens Day
closed for Juneteenth
last day of the school year