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RI State Pre-K Lottery

February 20, 2025

Are you interested in hearing when the RI State Pre-K lottery opens? Submit an Interest Form to be notified by the RI Department of Education. If you are interested in signing up to receive email notifications for the release of the RI Pre-K lottery for the 2025-2026 school year, please fill out and submit the […]

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PreK Graduation - Dear Dr. Day Care

PreK Graduation – Dear Dr. Day Care

May 29, 2024

Dear Dr. Day Care, I recently attended my niece’s preschool graduation.  Don’t you think preschool age children are too young for a graduation ceremony? Don’t we have too many ceremonies and “achievements” that they are losing importance? Signed, A Great Aunt Dear Great Aunt, I am a big fan of the ceremony behind a preschool […]

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2024-2025 RI State Pre-K Lottery is open at Dr. Day Care

2024-2025 RI State Pre-K Lottery is open at Dr. Day Care

April 29, 2024

RI Pre-K is accepting applications from families with four-year old children living in eligible communities. To be eligible to attend, children must be 4 years old by 9/1/2024 and be residents of one of the identified RI Pre-K communities. Apply to the Lottery Learn more about RI Pre-K: https://ride.ri.gov/instruction-assessment/early-childhood-education/ri-pre-k Dr. Day Care has five RI […]

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National Accreditation - why does it matter?

National Accreditation – why does it matter?

February 29, 2024

At Dr. Day Care, you may hear “national accreditation” or “NECPA” mentioned often. That’s because we think it is so important! All of our learning centers are held to the same standard of quality, so even if one of our centers is not yet nationally accredited, they are held to the same high standard of […]

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2023-2024 RI State Pre-K Lottery is open at Dr. Day Care

2023-2024 RI State Pre-K Lottery is open at Dr. Day Care

April 7, 2023

RI Pre-K is accepting applications from families with four-year old children living in eligible communities. To be eligible to attend, children must be 4 years old by 9/1/2023 and be residents of one of the identified RI Pre-K communities. Apply to the Lottery   Dr. Day Care has two RI State Pre-K classrooms: Dr. Day […]

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Child's Self Portrait

Child’s Self Portrait

October 20, 2022

Dear Dr. Day Care, My child just turned three years old and is drawing a picture of himself with his head bigger than his body and his legs and arms are coming out of his head!  He didn’t draw any details like fingers or toes.  Should I be alarmed at his portrait of himself? Signed, […]

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