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If your moving into Duluth with young children, finding a Child Care Facility is very important. We hope you find the following information helpful in your search for the perfect child care provider!

Do you have questions about any area of your child's development? These facilities can help!!!

· Early Childhood Screening Information
· Other Preschool Options/Information

· ABC Child Development Center
· All We Can Be
· Benedictine Early Childhood Program
· Benedictine Developmental Preschool
· Bi-cultural Preschool
· Christ the King Nursery School
· Congdon Creek Preschool
· Cornerstone Preschool & Child Care Center
· Creation Station
· Endion Square Child Care
· Happy Time Day Care Center
· Jefferson Children's Center (3rd St.)
· Jefferson Children's center (Stebner Rd.)
· KinderKorner Preschool
· Lakeside Presbyterian Nursery School
· Lakeview Montessori
· Little Learner Entrichemnt Center
· Little Treasures Center
· Montessori School of Duluth
· Observation Hill
· Raggedy Ann Preschool
· St. John's Preschool
· St. Michael's Montessori Preschool
· St. Paul's Preschool
· Summit School Child Care & Preschool
· University Nursery School
· University Nursery School—Downtown
· Wonder Years
· Woodland Preschool & Toddler Center
· YWCA Early Childhood Center

Early Childhood Screening
Merritt Family Center
510 N. 40th Ave. West

Minnesota Law requires an early childhood screening for all children before entering kindergarten. The screening is offered free of charge through the Duluth Public Schools for any child age 3 1/2 to 5 years of age. (The optimal age for screening is around the child's fourth birthday). Screening is required in the following areas:
¨ Sensory Screening (vision and hearing screening)
¨ Developmental Screening (standardized screening of fine and gross motor, concept, and speech and language development)
¨ Growth Screening (height and weight measurement)
¨ Immunization review
¨ Summary interview with the parent

For further information or to obtain an appointment, please call 628-4907.

Early Childhood Special Education Program
Main Office
1504 Swan Lake Road

Serving children from birth to six years of age.
Services include:
- Screening in all areas of development.
- Assessment in all areas of development including:
- Speech/Language
- Concepts
- Fine & Gross Motor Skills
- Behavior & Social/EmotionalDevelopment
- Audiologicals
- Services to children who qualify in one of the above areas.

Screening, assessment, and services are provided free of charge by the Duluth Public Schools. Call 733-2093 for information.

Early Childhood Special Education Program
Main Office
1504 Swan Lake Road

Serving children from birth to six years of age.
Services include:
- Screening in all areas of development.
- Assessment in all areas of development including:
- Speech/Language
- Concepts
- Fine & Gross Motor Skills
- Behavior & Social/EmotionalDevelopment
- Audiologicals
- Services to children who qualify in one of the above areas.

Screening, assessment, and services are provided free of charge by the Duluth Public Schools. Call 733-2093 for information.

(Source: Duluth Public Schools Early Childhood Program)

Name	ABC Child Development Center	All We Can Be	Benedictine Early Childhood Program	Benedictine Developmental Preschool
Address	102 E. Central Entrance	1617 Jefferson St.	1028 East 8^th Street	935 Kenwood Avenue
Director	Carol Kopp	Tammi Gustafson	N/A	N/A
Telephone Area Code: 218	723 –8954	728-2702	728-1481	723-6419
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
# of Children	34	22	8 Infants 12 Toddlers	50
Age Range	16 months – Kdgtn	6 weeks – 52 months	6 weeks – 33 mos	33 months – 5yrs
Hours	6:30 am – 6:00 pm	7:15 am – 5:15 pm	7:00 am – 5:30 pm	7:am – 5:30 pm
Days	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday
Months	12 Months	12 Months	12 Months	12 Months
Transport	No	No	No	No
Food Service	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack	None	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack
Fees	Variable	Variable	Variable	Variable

Name	Bi-Cultural Preschool	Christ the King Nursery School	Congdon Creek Preschool	Cornerstone Preschool & Child Care Center
Address	1504 Swan Lake Road	4219 Grand Avenue	2310 East 4^th Street	1015 East 11^th Street
Director	Phyllis Stott	Dru Kwapick-Engen	Patti Cane	Diane Shusta
Telephone Area Code: 218	733-2090	624-0641	724-5257	728-3150
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
# of Children	20+	20	20 / Session	36
Age Range	3-5	3 – 5 years	3 – 5 years	6 weeks – 12 years
Hours	8:15-3:00	9:00 – 11:30 am	7:30 am – 5:00 pm*	7:15 am – 6:00 pm
Days	Monday -Thursday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Mon – Friday
Months	September – June	September – May	September – May	12 months
Transport	Yes	No	No	No
Food Service	Snacks & Lunches	No	Snack	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack
Fees		$40 / 2 Days $65 / 3 Days	Variable	Variable
Other	Located at Birchwood School		* 9 – 11:30 am & 1 – 1:30 pm	Located at Lake Superior College

Name	Creation Station	Endion Square Child Care	Happy Time Day Care Center	Jefferson Children’s Center
Address	2101 Trinity Road	1823 East Superior Street	203 North 25^th Avenue West	916 East 3^rd Street
Director	Julie Walker	Kim Lynch	Nancy Thomas	Patricia Larson
Telephone Area Code: 218	733-7647	722-0927	722-0927	726-1433
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
# of Children	29	33	85	107
Age Range	33 months – School Age	Infants – 5 years	Infants – 5 Years	16 months – 12 years
Hours	7:00 am – 5:00 pm	6:30 am – 6:00pm	6:00 am – 6:30 pm	6:30 am – 6:00 pm
Days	Mon – Friday	Mon – Friday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday
Months	12 months	12 months	12 months	12 months
Transport	No	No	No	No
Food Service	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack
Fees	$2.25/hour	Variable	Variable	Variable
Other	Latch Key Also	Accredited by NAEYC	Accredited by NAEYC

Name	Jefferson Children’s Center	KinderKorner Preschool	Lakeside Presbyterian Nursery School	Lakeview Montessori
Address	4096 Stebner Road	802 East Central Entrance	4430 McCulloch Street	2029 East 3^rd Street
Director	Jean Christiansen	Bobbi Hoyt	Diane Scott	Lynn Newberg
Telephone Area Code: 218	729-1005	733-9195	525-1967**	724-4570
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
# of Children	103	20/ Session	30 / Session	16
Age Range	6 weeks – 12 years	4 – 5 years	3-5 years	2 ½ - Kdgtn
Hours	6:30 am – 6:00 pm	8:45 am – 11:45 am*	9:00 am – 11:30 am*	7:15 am – 5:30 pm
Days	Monday – Friday	T – W – Th	T-W-Th	Monday – Friday
Months	12 months	October – May	Sept-May	12 months
Transport	No	No	No	No
Food Service	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack
Fees	Variable	$20/ Month	$80 am $55 pm	Variable
Other		*1 – 3:00 pm Must Pre-Enroll	12:30 –3 pm * 525-2653

Name	Little Learner Enrichment Center	Little Treasures Center	Montessori School of Duluth	Observation Hill
Address	714 College Street	1401 East First St.	313 Mygatt Avenue	826 West Third Street
Director	Debra Stack	Peg Johnson	Anne Nephew	Patricia Irving
Telephone Area Code: 218	724-8815	728-2044	728-4600	726-1440
Cert Teachers	Yes		AMI – Montessori	Yes
# of Children	10	7 infants, 11 toddlers	55	70
Age Range	2 – Kdgtn age	6 wks – 33 months	2 ½ - 12 years	6 weeks – 12 years
Hours	7:30 am – 5:30 pm	7:00 am – 6:00 pm	7:15 am – 5:30 pm	6:00 am – 11:30 pm
Days	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday
Months	12 months		12 months	12 months
Transport	Variable		If 5+ years	No
Food Service	Brkf/Lunch/ Snack		Snack	Brkfst/Lunch/ Snack/Dinner
Fees	Variable	Variable	Variable	Variable
Other	Mental Health Center		Nursery School 8:30 – 11:30 am	Night Care

Name	Raggedy Ann Preschool	St. John’s Preschool	St. Michael’s Montessori Preschool	St. Paul’s Preschool
Address	4901 East Superior Street	1 West Chisholm	4628 Pitt Street	1710 East Superior Street
Director	Diane Langlee	Sue Knetsch	Jo Thornley-Cox	Kathy Baumgarten
Telephone Area Code: 218	525-1902	724-9392	525-1931	724-3535
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes	AMS trained	Yes
# of Children	20	15 / Session	18/Session	30
Age Range	3 – 5 years	4 –5 years	3-5 years (by Sept 1)	3-5 years
Hours	8:00 am – 12 pm	12:30 pm – 3:00 pm	8:20 – 11:05 am 12:30 3:15 pm	9:00 am – 11:30 am
Days	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	T-W-Th
Months	September – May	September – June	September – June	September – May
Transport	No	No	No	No
Food Service	Snack	Snack	Snacks	Snack
Fees	$7.50 / 3 hrs	$55/mo – 2 day $87/mo – 3 day	$125/month	$70/4 weeks
Other			Music/PhyEd/ Art Specialists	Sign Interpreter

Name	Summitt School Child Care & Preschool	University Nursery School	University Nursery School – Downtown	Wonder Years
Address	1600 North 8^th Avenue East	301 West Street Marie Street	515 West 1^st Street	2501 Woodland Ave
Director	Jane Hammann	Kathy Das	Diane Sorenseon	Jamie McNulty
Telephone Area Code: 218	724-4912	728-1888	723-1667	728-4229
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
# of Children	40	80	42	6 per session
Age Range	16 months – Kdgtn	16 months – 12 years	33 months – 9 years	2 ½ - Kngtn
Hours	7:00 am – 5:30 pm	7:00 am – 6:00 pm	7:30 am – 5:30 pm	9:00 – 11:45 am 12:30 – 3:15 pm
Days	Monday – Friday	Monday – Friday	Mon – Friday	Mon – Friday
Months	12 Months	12 Months	12 months	September – June
Transport	No	No	No	No
Food Service	No	Snacks	Snacks	Snacks
Fees	Variable	$2.50/hour school age/pres $2.75/hour toddlers	$2.50/hr Preschool	Variable
Other	Spanish/Music Specialists	Latch Key Toddler Program

Name	Woodland Preschool & Toddler Center	YWCA Early Childhood Center
Address	145 West Winona	214 West Superior Street
Director	Cindy Hill	Lynn Henderson
Telephone Area Code: 218	724-3647	722-7425
Cert Teachers	Yes	Yes
# of Children	20	40
Age Range	3 – 5 years	16 months – 5 years
Hours	9:00 am – 11:30 am	7:15 am – 5:30 pm
Days	T-W-Th	Mon – Friday
Months	Sept – June	12 months
Transport	No	No
Food Service	Snack	Brkfst/Lunch/Snack
Fees	$60/month	Variable

Other Preschool Options/Information

Community School Nursery Schools
Nursery school experience for preschool children from 3 1/2 to 5 years of age.

Birchwood School
1504 Swan Lake Road
M-W-F, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
T-Th, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Laura MacArthur School
725 N. Central Avenue
M-W-F, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
T-Th, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Call 628-4891 for registration and information

Duluth Head Start
Head Start serves low-income families with children ages 3-4 who live within the Duluth city limits.

Services: Social Services, Parent Involvement Education, Services to Children with Special Needs, Health and Nutrition.

September - June

Program Options:
Home Base serves primarily 3- year-olds. Weekly visits of
1 1/2 hours with parent and child.

Center-base serves primarily
4-year-olds. Half day sessions, 4 days/week at various sites in Duluth. Snack, lunch, and transportation are provided.
For further information, please call 733-2084.

Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE)
ECFE is a program of information and support for parents and their young children from birth to kindergarten age. ECFE is staffed by qualified teachers who are licensed in Early Childhood and/or Parent Education.

Purpose: ECFE's purpose is to help strengthen families by providing support to parents as they work to meet their child's developmental needs.

Locations: Congdon Elem., Barnes Early Childhood Center, Copeland Community Center, Merritt Family Center, and Stowe Elementary.

Services: Parent-group discussion, parent-child activities, early child education, toy and book lending libraries, parent/infant programming, and home visiting services.
Call 628-4899 for more info.

Learning Readiness
Learning Readiness Prekindergarten program serves children the year prior to their kindergarten enrollment. Children must be 4 years old by September 1st. Learning Readiness Prekindergarten classes are located at:

· Rockridge
· Piedmont
· Laura MacArthur
Elementary Schools

Parent education and special events for families are also offered.
For more information call 733-2084.

Arrowhead Child Care Resource and Referral
Child Care Resource and Referral provides individualized referrals to licensed family day care homes, child care centers, and preschools in the seven-county region - Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itaska, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis. We do a computer search based on hours needed, age of children, type of care, location, and other criteria such as smoke-free, pet-free, small group, ect. This is sponsored by St. Louis County Social Services Department. Call 1-800-450-0450 for referrals.

Arrowhead Head Start Services
Located at Gnesen Community Center.

1-800-662-5711

Any child 3-5, with preference to children 4 years old by September 1st who:

1. Meet federal income guidelines
2. Are within service area
3. May have special need ordisabilities

Arrowhead Head Start is a Program of AEOA, Inc.

Kid Connection
For School-age children Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Hours: 6:45 am to 5:45 pm
Chester Park
(728-7416)
Congdon Park
(728-7407)
Lowell School
(733-2089)
Laura MacArthur
(628-4911)
Nettleton School
(733-2183)
Piedmont School
(733-2188)
Rockridge School
(525-0827)

Financial Assistance The Child Care Fund
Subsidy Programs help parents pay for child care when they are working or going to school.

For more information, call St. Louis County Social Services at
· 726-2173
· 726-2170
· 726-2495
· 726-2113
· 726-2138

(Source: Duluth Public Schools Early Childhood Program)

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