Educational Playcare

educational playcare, a leader in high-quality childcare in connecticut since 1986 has been awarded the 2016 top workplaces honor by the hartford courant. we are extremely proud to have gained this honor and we hope to continue to merit this honor in future years as well! today, the importance of positive childhood experiences, starting from infancy, and their relation to future success in life is universally understood. it wasn't so when we began in 1986. when we originally selected the name "educational playcare", it was because of our understanding of the importance of play in order for learning to take place. we also knew the importance of providing a nurturing, secure, joyful and stimulating environment. children learn best through direct experience. we believe that this direct experience is best gained through play, for play is the work of children. it is through play that children develop concepts about themselves and the world around them. our goal is to provide the ideal envir