Child & Day Care in Reston, VA

Definitely Common Ground Childcare. My 4 year old daughter has been there since 16 weeks and we've been delighted.

I second Common Ground!

Common Ground, the Simon Center, Reston Children's Center, and Herndon Children's Center all have very different things to offer, but they are safe, good places. Laurel Learning Center is also non-profit, but they serve exclusively low income families with funding through Cornerstones/Reston Interfaith. Common Ground has been around for 40 years and has a long history in Reston, having been established as part of the original Reston values. It is an amazingly loving place. Teacher tenure is as high as 35 years with, I believe, somewhere around 10 years on average. It also has (and was the first in the county to obtain) a 4 star VSQI rating, which measures both curriculum and teacher-child interaction. I honestly can't say enough good things about the center. The children are happy, well loved, and learning by excellent teachers. There are (included) Spanish classes for the older children (2 and up I believe) and the center is often below mandated teacher:child ratios.

2 of my friends were really happy with Common Grounds. On the other hand, I would definitely avoid Kindercare and Chesterbrook in Herndon.

I've heard good things about First Baptist of Herndon's Weekday preschool, but they start at 2 and a half, not newborn. http://www.fbcherndon.org/weekday/

My kids go to [Reston Children's Center](http://restonchildren.org/) and we really like it. when my daughter started at 3, the difference between her daycare was night and day. she learned so much and was a lot better at communication and social interaction.

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Winwood and Simon Center are both great

We're on a waiting list at another school's SACC program, but the waiting list seems to be going faster than I expected. If you haven't tried it yet, perhaps consider getting on the list. Our other option is Reston Children's Center (I've heard good things, but holy heck is it expensive for the time we'll need it). We're in the Terraset area too, but my daughter is in the Japanese immersion program at Fox Mill, so we can't use the buses so I've looked into a few programs. I think Lopez Studios (at Isaac Newton Square) picks up at Terraset and there's a karate place at South Lakes shopping center that does as well. You can also call the school and ask which after school programs pick up there. Best of luck!!