Toddler PlayGroups

Early Intervention

A child’s first opportunity for a positive educational experience, setting the stage for a life-long love of learning.

Playgroups are for toddlers ages 2 to 3 years of age with a focus on play and positive social interactions.

We offer a safe, secure, and nurturing environment to help your child with social and emotional learning, developing motor skills (fine and gross motor), learning through play, and communicating with their peers and other adults. Playgroups include circle time, story time, music and movement, art exploration, and sensory play.

Our Toddler Playgroups – Open to All Toddlers

Our Toddler Playgroups are located in Lawrence, MA with beautiful classrooms, lots of natural light, and our own wonderful, fenced-in playground.

Location
Toddler Playgroups are open to all families looking to give their toddler an early educational experience with their peers prior to pre-K or preschool. Toddlers come from communities throughout the Merrimack Valley including Andover, Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen, North Andover, and Tewksbury. All are welcome!
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Thank you for fostering such a thoughtful and supportive environment for families. From the very beginning it was clear how much care goes into making playgroup a welcoming place where children can build confidence, develop new skills and feel successful.

-Alice, mother, North Andover, MA

Integrated Playgroups

Lawrence, MA Toddler Playgroup
Our Toddler Playgroups are part of Partners in Child Development’s Early Intervention Services program, offering an important learning experience for local toddlers. Our playgroups are integrated, meaning children who are receiving Early Intervention Services are eligible to attend one Toddler Playgroup each week.

Integrated playgroups offer a valuable experience for all toddlers as they learn to play and interact with their peers and at an early age learn empathy and acceptance of other children’s strengths, differences, and abilities.

Lawrence, MA Toddler Playgroup
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I wanted to personally thank you for all your help and guidance over the past year. You have been an incredible support throughout Thomas’ EI journey. Our family will forever be grateful. We will see you in Playgroups when John is two years old!

-The Paolera Family, Andover, MA

Conveniently Located

Any family is welcome to contact us to enroll their toddler as we are conveniently located off I-93 and Route 495 and on the bus line. Just minutes from the Andover and North Andover town lines, we are conveniently located near shopping plazas. Additionally, we have plenty of parking and a convenient café in the building should you choose to relax or work while your toddler plays.

Offering families flexibility to choose a schedule that work best for you!

Location
439 S. Union Street
Bldg. 1, Suite 101
Lawrence, MA 01843

Our drop-off sessions offer flexibility designed for parents and caregivers.

Choose from morning or afternoon and number of days per week

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Morning sessions are 2.5 hours in duration

PM

Afternoon sessions are 2 hours in duration

Choose to attend one, two, three, four or five days per week

Most popular choice is mornings two days per week.

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Seasonal Sessions

typically 12 weeks in duration
Winter Toddler Playgroups

Winter

Spring Toddler Playgroups

Spring

Summer Toddler Playgroups

Summer

a shorter session
Fall Toddler Playgroups

Fall

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Note: If your child turns three years old during one of our sessions (e.g., Winter), we welcome and encourage the child and family to continue to the end of the session.

Secure a Spot or Schedule a Tour

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Contact Group Coordinator Aimee:
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Families are invoiced per seasonal session.

Costs depend on the number of days per session.

Please contact us via email or at 978-701-9630 if ability to pay is a concern.

Benefits of our Toddler Playgroups

Lawrence, MA Toddler Playgroup

Social and Emotional Learning

  • Learning to separate
  • Building relationships with peers and other adults
  • Learning they are safe and ok in a new space.
  • Interacting with others is important for everyone, including toddlers.

Learning

Your child will learn a great deal in this first school experience. Prior to attending Pre-K or preschool.

  • Routine: toddlers thrive in a routine including learning when to sit for circle time and how to line up to go outside to play.
  • Following simple directions.
  • Play: children learn through play; this is important for their growth and development especially as a toddler.
  • Language development.
Lawrence, MA Toddler Playgroup
Lawrence, MA Toddler Playgroup
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We can’t thank you all enough for your support, care, and understanding of Maisie over these last several months. She has grown significantly since attending drop-off group (Toddler Playgroups), from crying each time to not even turning around to say goodbye! We are incredibly grateful and are feeling more confident about her starting school this fall.

-Maisie, Kaitlyn, Josh, and Harper, Methuen, MA

A Special Learning Environment with Highly Trained Professionals.

3:1 ratio
Low ratio of 3:1 student to teacher (up to nine children in a group)
Multilingual staff

Multilingual staff

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High staff retention rates create a consistently nurturing, friendly, and supportive atmosphere.
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Highly skilled and experienced teams including teachers who are developmental specialists.

Secure a Spot or Schedule a Tour.

Contact Group Coordinator Aimee:
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Download a PDF overview of our program in English and Spanish