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Your Child’s Early-Learning Home With Exceptional Care In A Family Atmosphere

Experience an environment where every child feels included. Teachers greet kids and families by name and treat everyone like family, building bonds that extend beyond the classroom and school hours.

Your Child’s Early-Learning Home With Exceptional Care In A Family Atmosphere
Cultural Diversity & Inclusivity Promote Compassion, Understanding, & Equality
Cultural Diversity & Inclusivity Promote Compassion, Understanding, & Equality

Cultural Diversity & Inclusivity Promote Compassion, Understanding, & Equality

Early exposure to all kinds of diversity grows kindness and understanding. Witnessing friends of all races and nationalities playing together is a beautiful thing, and through celebrating others your child learns to embrace their own differences.

Children are exposed to different cultures and backgrounds through activities such as:

  • Viewing picture books that portray different nationalities, ethnicities, races, religions, & languages
  • Observing different traditions such as Cinco de Mayo, Hanukkah, & Ethiopian New Year
  • Celebrating Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Women’s History Month, & more
  • Center-wide international day celebrations with lively displays of traditional dress, delicious food, ethnic music, & of course, many different languages

Multilingual Early Care Fosters Learning In English, Spanish, & French

Learning more than 1 language boosts brain development and is a real-life skill best started young. Your child receives interactive, age-appropriate French enrichment classes twice a week and learns Spanish every day, building fluency in 3 languages.
Trilingual Early Care Fosters Learning In English, Spanish, & French
Child-Directed Learning With Expert, Loving Guidance
Child-Directed Learning With Expert, Loving Guidance

Child-Directed Learning With Expert, Loving Guidance

Whether it’s a few quiet moments of independent reading or creating a fun block tower with friends, your child happily explores their own interests. This fluid, exploratory, child-led learning style is less disruptive and boosts your child’s natural curiosity.

Other benefits of giving children the freedom to explore with gentle teacher guidance include:

  • Expanding executive function
  • Reinforcing social-emotional & communication skills
  • Teaching cooperation
  • Supporting critical thinking skills

Engaging Curiosity For Future School Success

School readiness is about more than skill mastery. Without curiosity there’s no need for inquiry and discovery. Even the youngest infants in the Pooh Nursery have time each day to learn through exploration, building interests and learning organically.
Engaging Curiosity For Future School Success
Fun & Creative Enrichments Included in Tuition
Fun & Creative Enrichments Included in Tuition

Fun & Creative Enrichment Programs Included In Tuition

Kids absolutely love all the music, movement, and expression that happen every day. Visiting instructors, who are experts in their fields, come and teach specialty classes onsite.

Enrichment opportunities taught in-house by specialized instructors include:

  • Weekly physical education including yoga, soccer, & zumbini, a fun child-focused form of zumba
  • Monthly harambee drumming by Baba Ras D
  • Drama with The Wolf Trap Institute For Early Learning Through The Arts™, which provides children birth to age 5 with early exposure to drama, music, & movement.
  • Monthly librarian visits for storytime

Proud To Be A National Accreditation Commission For Early Care & Education Programs Quality-Rated Center

Awesome Organic Food Program Fuels Learning & Play

Your child enjoys gourmet plant-based meals and snacks prepared daily in-house by Chef Annie! All children deserve the very best start with good food, nutrition, and health. Learn more about our school-based and community food program here.
Awesome Organic Food Program Fuels Learning & Play

Amazing Outdoor Play Areas Get Everybody Learning & Moving

The onsite playground and outdoor classroom are every child’s favorite place! There is loads to do every day, from playing and exploring to music and science. Age-separated areas let the littlest babies and big kids both experience daily outdoor adventures.
Amazing Outdoor Play Areas Get Everybody Learning & Moving
Protecting Your Child’s Safety For Your Peace Of Mind

Protecting Your Child’s Safety For Your Peace Of Mind

Your child’s safety is our top priority. Secure entry systems allow only authorized users with a PIN code, while state-of-the-art video surveillance tracks visitors. Webcams livestream the day, so pop into your child’s class whenever you want.

Stay Connected With The Line Leader App

Stay a part of your child’s day with the brilliant Line Leader app. Your child’s teachers record diapers, bottles, meals, naps, and activities, as well as provide pictures, videos, and reminders for supplies and upcoming events.
Stay Connected With The App
Green Cleaning & Satitization Ensures Your Child’s Health

Green Cleaning & Sanitization Ensures Your Child’s Health

Eco-Healthy Child Care®-certified spaces and a ZONO© Sanitizing Cabinet show that your child’s health comes first. Everything from the air and learning surfaces to toys and crayons are completely germ- and toxin-free to keep the community safe.

Living, Working, Playing, & Serving The Community

At Bright Start, the community is the #1 priority. Whether it’s having a Family Fun Night for school families, highlighting community visitors, or partnering with a local farmer’s market, it’s not just talk.

Some recent community highlights include:

  • City blossoms’ early growers program, which runs an onsite school gardening program that lets your little one tend to herb and veggie gardens
  • Classroom visitors like medical and dental health experts who talk about health and wellness
  • A community food program that lets busy families purchase chef annie’s delicious meals, enough to feed 4 people and take some stress out your nights
Living, Working, Playing, & Serving The Community
Living, Working, Playing, & Serving The Community

Hear What Parents Have To Say...

"The Camera Surveillance Is A Huge Plus..."

I Recommend Bright Start To Any Family Members Looking For A Great School Environment For Their Little Ones😇 The Safety Is Top Tier. They Provide Healthy Meal Option, Help With Potty Training. The Camera Surveillance Is A Huge Plus And I’m Very Grateful And Blessed To Have My Little Ones Attend This School. The Teachers Are Patient And Kind They Actually Teach Our Little Ones And Love Them As Their Own. Hope That It Can Be More Daycares/Schools That Are Safe And Kind Like This One😇

- Erickiasha Davis

"The staff is incredibly friendly and genuinely cares..."

We’ve had a wonderful experience with Bright Start Daycare. The staff is incredibly friendly and genuinely cares about the children. They offer a diverse range of activities that keep my daughter engaged and learning. One of the highlights is their balanced menu, which ensures she gets nutritious meals every day. I also really appreciate the amount of outside time she gets. I highly recommend Bright Start to any parent looking for a nurturing and stimulating environment for their child.

- Ravon Venters

"Communication with everyone is easy and efficient..."

For anyone hesitant to start daycare, we can’t recommend Bright Start enough. Our daughter started here at 8 months and her development has skyrocketed since then. Everyone who works here is so caring and go far out of their way to feel comfortable and feel a part of the larger daycare community. They do lots of enrichment activities and provide nutritious foods. Communication with everyone is easy and efficient. You’ll feel you can trust this daycare with your child.

- Lauren Stuart

"They have music class, yoga, theater..."

Bright Start is a great place if you want your child to be in a loving and nurturing environment. They have music class, yoga, theater and so much to keep the students active and engaged. I highly recommend Bright Start NOMA. They have a wonderful outdoor area, the students are always doing fun projects, they eat really nutritious meals and they have a nice parent app.

- Teapot Murdock

"they create a community/ family atmosphere..."

I can honestly say that Bright Start has had a special impact on my son’s education. He has been attending Bright Start for over a year now and his vocabulary has extended so much! I love the staff; they create a community/ family atmosphere. My son is always excited to go to school and talks about his teachers Ms.Alexis and Ms.B all the time at home; which I love them and appreciate them both!

- Asia Collins

"His teachers genuinely care for him..."

We love it here at Bright Start Noma! My son joined just as he turned two and it’s been a great experience. His teachers genuinely care for him and are excited to see him each day. We receive daily feedback and updates and do not have any complaints so far. I love the clean, safe space they have created and we’re excited about how much he has grown since then.

- Grace Amalu

"we truly appreciate ALL of the teachers..."

We Love this school. The Campus, teachers and curriculum. We are so thankful and we truly appreciate ALL of the teachers they are Amazing so friendly, caring, nurturing and attentive!!!!!! Since my daughter started here for summer camp and Prek4 Ms.Lucy and Dexter has been by far amazing and making our process and experience fantastic!!! Very happy to have our daughter attend here.

- Jae Love

"They take great care of the kids..."

We have truly enjoyed the time my child had in BrightStart! The small setting they have for children has been a great help. My child when he first attended was unable to talk as much now that he has completed the year he is non stop saying words and singing. They take great care of the kids and give them outside time with walks to different areas. Thank you BrightStart for caring and teaching my child.

- Sophie Salmeron

"We love their playground and daily reports..."

Bright Start is the best preschool in DC! My daughter is excited to go to school every morning & loves her teachers very much. The environment is cozy and every person who works here is extremely friendly. We love their events. We love their playground and daily reports about how long our daughter slept for, how much she ate from each delicious meal and how many times she went to the bathroom.

- Barbora Pavelkova

"They do lots of enrichment activities..."

We can’t recommend Bright Start enough. Our daughter started here at 8 months and her development has skyrocketed since then. Everyone who works here is so caring and go far out of their way to feel comfortable and feel a part of the larger daycare community. They do lots of enrichment activities and provide nutritious foods. Communication with everyone is easy and efficient. You’ll feel you can trust this daycare with your child.

- Lauren Stuart

"great school for progressing my son’s skills..."

So far, Bright Start has been a great school for progressing my son’s skills all around. He started in the summer at 3years old and I changed his school during that time; enrolling him as a PreK student because he loved the teachers and I love the curriculum. Everyone is welcoming and tends to my son’s specific needs. We appreciate you!

- Deja Harrison

"Our daughter is thriving at Bright Start..."

Our daughter is thriving at Bright Start. She loves her teachers and is excited to go each morning. They have really thought of everything I could possibly want from a childcare center - from serving healthy, fresh meals to providing diapers, lots of outside play time, music, and fun, engaging lesson plans - all in a warm, family environment. I highly recommend Bright Start to other DC families!

- Morgan Cottle

"The teachers and staff are caring, thoughtful..."

Our daughter began attending Bright Start at 18 months old and she is now four. The teachers and staff are caring, thoughtful, and passionate about nurturing children’s emotional, social, and educational development. We felt secure in knowing that our daughter was safe and well-cared for and we are grateful for the stability and continued growth Bright Start provided her. Our daughter loved going to Bright Start and truly thrived here in all ways!

- Tina Suliman

"Her teachers are very loving and attentive..."

Our 2 year old daughter has been going to Bright Start for 2 months and she absolutely loves it. Her teachers are very loving and attentive and she has made some wonderful friends. She particularly enjoys the Zumbini classes. Bright Start takes great precautions against COVID and does an excellent job of communicating with the parents. Watching our child thrive and seeing how excited she is to go to daycare every morning makes it worth every penny!

- Karen Drozdiak

How Old Is Your Child?

Infants

Pooh Nursery
0 - 12 Months

Younger Toddlers

Wobblers Class
13 - 18 Months

Older Toddlers

Discovery Class
19 - 24 Months

Young Preschool

Explorers Class
24 - 35 Months

Preschool

Innovators Class
3 - 5 Years

Before & After School

Pooh Nursery
3 - 8 Years

Summer Camp

3 - 5 Years
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