[RP TownTalk] Looking for child care options near home

[Sarah Wayland]

We had LOVELY experiences with the Greenwood School in Hyattsville (
http://www.greenwoodschoolmd.org/). I am forever grateful to Laurie
Klinovsky, the director of Greenwood School, for her support for our kids
over the years.

When our kids were little, we used local in-home daycare providers who are
sadly no longer living in the area.

​In addition to the state-run Locate ChildCare service of Maryland Family
Network (​http://www.marylandfamilynetwork.org/programs-services/locate/).
I'd recommend contacting these two groups for more information:

   - Prince George’s County Family Child Care Association. www.pgcfcca.com
   - Professional Child Care Provider Network of Prince George's County,
   Inc. http://www.pccpnpgc.com/testimonials.html

Make sure you do your due diligence when you research providers (which you
are clearly doing by sending out queries like this one.)  This is a great
guide to how to find a good place:

http://www.marylandfamilynetwork.org/resources/choosing-child-care/

As to a local Riverdale Park parent group, Krista Molino had the same
thought many years ago, and ended up partnering with a parent in Beltsville
(Ann Sterling) to form the PGParents listserv (
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/pgparents/info). That said, Hyattsville
has their Hyattsville Nurturing Moms group; I'd love to see something
similar for Riverdale Park! (I'm not sure if we can join the Hyattsville
Nurturing Moms group, because they say you have to live in the Hyattsville
boundaries. But perhaps someone else knows?)

-Sarah




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On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Amy Jordan <amybuffjordan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> My husband and I are expecting our first child and have been in Riverdale
> Park a little less than a year. We're wondering if anyone has strong
> opinions about any of the daycare centers nearby or recommendations for in
> home daycare providers nearby?
>
> Also, is there a parent group for Riverdale Park?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Amy and Casey
>
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