Academy for Learning and Character Development
- Preschool program
- Infants and toddlers
- Early drop-off or late pickup
Huntsville's preschools and day care centers are almost all in Madison County. This page covers 76, with 74 in Madison County and one in Morgan County, Lacey's Spring Head Start, based in Laceys Spring. Review counts run high at the top of the page: Academy for Learning and Character Development holds 4.8 from 142 reviews, and A Perfect Start Learning Center on Bob Wallace Avenue holds 4.5 from 133.
Pulaski Pike NW is one stretch where several centers sit close together. Visions of Learning Academy at 1622 Pulaski Pike NW teaches children from 6 weeks to 12 years, and T.H.E Kids at 1747 and 1749 Pulaski Pike NW is open Monday to Friday, 6:30am to 10:30pm. Elsewhere, Stepping Stones Learning Center is at 12815 Memorial Pkwy SW, Childcare Network is at 6210 Robinhood Lane, Learning Zone Watercress is at 2615 Old Fairway Rd NW, and The Cove Childcare & Preschool serves South Huntsville.
Curriculum choices here are varied. Ardent Preschool & Daycare at Redstone and at Jones Valley teaches the Abeka curriculum with faith based character training. A Perfect Start Learning Center draws on The InvestiGator Club, Abeka and Frog Street, runs an Alabama First Pre-K class and adds Bible study once a week. Learning Zone Watercress is NECPA accredited and uses its own C3 Curriculum for hands-on STEAM learning. KLA Schools of Huntsville is Reggio Emilia inspired and serves families in Huntsville, Madison, Decatur and Athens, while Little Genius Learning Academy offers Spanish immersion with STEM.
Church-based weekday programs are a steady part of the picture. Faith Presbyterian Church houses a preschool founded in 1988. Lincoln Village Ministry runs Little Linc Preschool for three-year-olds and pre-K students, who must be three or four by September 1. Covenant Presbyterian Church runs Covenant Weekday Preschool near Jones Valley Elementary and Randolph School, open Monday through Friday, twelve months a year. Hope Presbyterian Playschool, Hillwood Baptist Preschool and Ascension Lutheran Preschool are other church-based preschools in town.
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Kingdom Heights Preparatory is a Christian school on the historic Butler High School campus, with an Early Learning Academy for K2 through K4 children and a Hillsdale College K-12 curriculum. Kidtopia is an indoor playground about 10 minutes from downtown whose Little Learning Academy takes children from 6 weeks to 5 years, with day camp for ages 5 to 12. O2B Kids Monrovia serves infants, toddlers and Pre-K children, with afterschool for ages 5 to 13.
Institutional programs round out the mix. YMCA Southeast Early Childhood Education Center, YMCA Downtown Early Childhood Education Center and YMCA Northwest Early Childhood Education Center all accept child care subsidies and serve meals, and Bradford KinderCare and Bailey Cove KinderCare accept subsidies as well. UAH Early Learning Center and Huntsville Hospital CDC serve the university and hospital communities. Williams Elementary Head Start and Lacey's Spring Head Start are Head Start sites.
KidTowne runs several centers across Madison and Huntsville, with phone numbers for North Huntsville, South Huntsville, Hughes and Highway 72. KidTowne Huntsville holds 3.4 from 68 reviews and Bailey Cove KinderCare 2.9 from 41. Madison, Harvest, Brownsboro, Meridianville and Hazel Green each have their own page for families outside the city line.
KLA Schools of Huntsville is a Reggio Emilia inspired preschool with classes from infants through kindergarten and a summer camp. Little Genius Learning Academy offers Spanish immersion alongside STEM and enrichment programs.
YMCA Southeast Early Childhood Education Center, Bradford KinderCare and Bailey Cove KinderCare all accept child care subsidies. YMCA Downtown and YMCA Northwest Early Childhood Education Centers accept them too.
Visions of Learning Academy is at 1622 Pulaski Pike NW and takes children from 6 weeks to 12 years. T.H.E Kids is at 1747 and 1749 Pulaski Pike NW and is open Monday to Friday, 6:30am to 10:30pm.
Kidtopia runs a day camp for ages 5 to 12 with excursions and rock wall climbing. O2B Kids Monrovia has afterschool for ages 5 to 13, and Visions of Learning Academy offers after school care for ages 5 to 12.
Ardent Preschool & Daycare at Redstone and Jones Valley is faith based and uses Abeka. The Cove Childcare & Preschool in South Huntsville is faith-based and open 6:30 am to 5:30 pm, and Lincoln Village Ministry runs Little Linc Preschool with a Christ-centered setting.
Madison, Harvest, Brownsboro, Meridianville and Hazel Green each have a page of their own. KidTowne and KLA Schools of Huntsville both serve Madison along with Huntsville.