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Accreditation

As you make your phone calls, ask the providers if they are an accredited program. Here is why:

Accredited family child care homes and group child care centers have taken steps to measure up to standards of quality set up by national child care organizations. Programs that are accredited have gone beyond minimum licensing standards. They have made a commitment to provide the kind of care, attention, and activities you and your children require.

Why choose an accredited program? Providers in accredited programs:

  • take part in on-going training
  • are more likely to understand children’s needs at different ages
  • interact with children in a warm and stimulating way
  • plan age appropriate activities
  • are more likely to provide positive guidance for children

 

 
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PRESCHOOL ENRICHMENT TEAM OFFICE
If you get lost or the doors of the building are locked, call 736-3900 and press ext. 120
Mass Pike Exit 6 - Springfield, at light at end of ramp turn left onto Rt. 291. Follow Rt. 291 to Exit 2B Dwight Street Exit, at end of ramp take left at light (this is Dwight St.). Through 4 sets of lights, turn right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.
From Rt. 91 South Exit 7 Downtown Springfield - stay in left lane and turn left at light, then left again onto E. Columbus. Turn right onto Worthington, through one light (Main St.) turn right onto Stearns and right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.
From Rt. 91 North Exit 4 Broad St., you are on East Columbus. Go through lights, turn right onto Worthington, right onto Stearns, right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.