**Spaces available at our Hamden campus for Fall 2025. Join us**
Kindergarten at Alphabet Academy & The Nest
Our all-day Kindergarten program is child-driven, including elements of Reggio-Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf and outdoor learning while also meeting Connecticut educational standards. Students explore the great outdoors in our large, outdoor classrooms and expand their palates with our nutritious food program. Your child will make the transition from preschool to elementary school in a nurturing, creative and challenging environment.
- Full-day Kindergarten (7am-6pm)
- Enriching outdoor program
- In-house, chef-prepared cuisine
- Amazing, inspiring teachers
- Low teacher-to-student ratio (1:10)
- Strong home-school connection
- Bi-weekly yoga
- Gardening
- Expansive outdoor and indoor classrooms
Kindergarten locations:
North Campus, 2389 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, 203-361-3340
The Nest Shoreline Campus, 56 Stony Creek Road, Branford, CT, 203-208-4429
Our kindergarten program encourages learning in a warm, nurturing atmosphere with hands-on activities that include art, music, storytelling, science, math, a weekly yoga class, as well as reading and writing. These experiences take place during small group activities, learning centers and at morning meeting. Self-expression and creativity are enhanced daily through classroom projects, imaginative play and self art.
