Milwaukee Area Preschool Guide 2023

We’re lucky to have so many fabulous Milwaukee, WI preschools!

Our Milwaukee Mom’s Preschool Guide is sponsored by Casa de Corazón. Casa de Corazón provides quality Spanish immersion child care in a safe, encouraging, and educational setting. Through Spanish immersion curriculum, sustainable practices, and an emphasis on social responsibility, instructors prepare children for their future endeavors both inside and outside scholastic settings.

Many thanks to Casa de Corazón for sponsoring our guide this year!

Below you will find a comprehensive list of Milwaukee, WI preschools, sorted by location. We’ve highlighted some of our favorites with extra details you’ll find helpful as you search.

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This is our 6th year running this guide and one of our most viewed and most searched for posts each year. We appreciate our featured preschools who through their partnership have helped make this guide possible and we are happy to answer any questions you may have as you begin searching for the perfect school for your child(ren)!

If you are a local preschool – interested in being featured, please reach out to: [email protected] and if you have a favorite school – be sure to comment below.

Be sure to also check out our Guide to Private Schools in Milwaukee, WI.

Casa de Corazón provides quality Spanish immersion child care that families turn to for their children’s first educational experiences. We provide safe, encouraging, and educational child care services that parents trust to engage their children while they are at work. Through Spanish immersion curriculum, sustainable practices, and an emphasis on social responsibility, we prepare children for their future endeavors both inside and outside scholastic settings.

At Casa de Corazón, we offer:

• Bilingualism: Language immersion in early childhood fosters creativity, confidence and critical thinking. As one of the leading providers of Spanish immersion day care, we encourage second language immersion in all our early childhood classes from the start.
• Farm to Childcare: We prepare balanced meals from fresh, organic and wholesome natural ingredients sourced from local farms, neighborhood co-ops, and farmers markets. Our centers each house commercial kitchens, certified by local health departments, to carry out this priority.
• Loving Teachers: The feedback we get the most is how much parents love the way our nurturing teachers interact with the children. We embrace our core value of Extended Family through creating strong and loving connections between all people throughout our centers.
• Earth Friendly Setting: At Casa de Corazón, because we care for children, we also care for the earth they will inherit from us. By supplying our own cloth diapers and reusable dishware and bottles, we make things easier for you – and the planet.

Ages: Infant-5 years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming

This guide is conveniently organized by geographical location. Select a region below to jump to listings of Milwaukee preschools, childcare & early education providers in your area.

Be sure to also check out our Guide to Private Schools in Milwaukee, WI.

At University School of Milwaukee, our Preschool is grounded in the belief that children are competent and capable, and our vision is to create a community where children approach each day with wonder, joy, and curiosity. Along with passionate teachers, students embark upon intentional explorations, balanced with purposeful play and meaningful academic skills.

Within a safe and nurturing environment, children build relationships and develop the social-emotional competencies of kindness, empathy, and respect. Through the strong collaboration of our families and teachers, children will grow to be successful learners, leaders, and citizens. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a young child who loves to come to school each and every day.

Ages: 2-5+ Years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time, Half Days, Full Days

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming

At Aemilian Preschool we believe in the power of play and natural learning experiences to help even the youngest children gain knowledge and understanding of the world in which they live. All of our teachers have 4 year degrees in education. Our new location provides us with a thoughtfully planned environment that matches our high-quality program. Our goal is to be outside every day and our new outdoor play space provides us with a natural environment to explore, jump, slide, and create.

Ages: 2-5 Years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time, Half Days, Full Days

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming

At Aemilian Preschool we believe in the power of play and natural learning experiences to help even the youngest children gain knowledge and understanding of the world in which they live. All of our teachers have 4 year degrees in education. Our new location provides us with a thoughtfully planned environment that matches our high-quality program. Our goal is to be outside every day and our new outdoor play space provides us with a natural environment to explore, jump, slide, and create.

Ages: 2-5 Years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time, Half Days, Full Days

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming

Casa de Corazón provides quality Spanish immersion child care that families turn to for their children’s first educational experiences. We provide safe, encouraging, and educational child care services that parents trust to engage their children while they are at work. Through Spanish immersion curriculum, sustainable practices, and an emphasis on social responsibility, we prepare children for their future endeavors both inside and outside scholastic settings.

At Casa de Corazón, we offer:

• Bilingualism: Language immersion in early childhood fosters creativity, confidence and critical thinking. As one of the leading providers of Spanish immersion day care, we encourage second language immersion in all our early childhood classes from the start.
• Farm to Childcare: We prepare balanced meals from fresh, organic and wholesome natural ingredients sourced from local farms, neighborhood co-ops, and farmers markets. Our centers each house commercial kitchens, certified by local health departments, to carry out this priority.
• Loving Teachers: The feedback we get the most is how much parents love the way our nurturing teachers interact with the children. We embrace our core value of Extended Family through creating strong and loving connections between all people throughout our centers.
• Earth Friendly Setting: At Casa de Corazón, because we care for children, we also care for the earth they will inherit from us. By supplying our own cloth diapers and reusable dishware and bottles, we make things easier for you – and the planet.

Ages: Infant-5 years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming

Ebenezer offers preschool, 3K and 4K programs designed to ensure that your child will have the skills necessary to be prepared for kindergarten. Our goal is to make this an interesting, amazing, and enjoyable time for your child. We want all children to be excited about learning. In addition to setting up an atmosphere of excitement, exploration and discovery, the teachers will:

• Provide small group activities such as creating structures, conducting experiments, categorizing results
• Offer a wide variety of creative opportunities including writing, coloring, pasting, painting, cutting, puzzles
• Encourage cooperation, problem solving, negotiation
• Set up simple math experiences such as sorting, categorizing, measuring, sequencing
• Read stories and have children dictate stories to increase their vocabulary, comprehension, letter recognition, letter sounds
• Help increase literacy skills through writing, music, movement, create art, imaginative play
• Incorporate “Virtue” language and role model virtues such as: cooperation, cleanliness, thankfulness, honesty and patience just to name a few
• Plan self-directed, yet closely supervised activities that promotes all areas of development
• Schedule indoor and outdoor activities to develop large muscle skills and coordination

At Aemilian Preschool we believe in the power of play and natural learning experiences to help even the youngest children gain knowledge and understanding of the world in which they live. All of our teachers have 4 year degrees in education. Our new location provides us with a thoughtfully planned environment that matches our high-quality program. Our goal is to be outside every day and our new outdoor play space provides us with a natural environment to explore, jump, slide, and create.

Ages: 2-5 Years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time, Half Days, Full Days

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming

Curiosity Corner is a play-based preschool for 2.5-5 year olds. We offer an inviting environment for children for hands-on learning in our classrooms. We focus on building skills in socialization, large and fine motor development, art and dramatic play. Our teaching staff are well-qualified and experienced in early childhood education.

Ages: 2-5 years

Schedules: Part Time

Other Programming Available: 4K

Elmbrook Preschool is a private, independent, half-day school with a warm, welcoming environment that promotes the development of the whole child. Our play-based curriculum encourages practice in friendship, empathy, creative thinking and everyday challenges. The outside play area provides a place for daily exercise and nature exploration, and music and movement classes add extra fun and learning. Our teachers make sure each day is an important experience for their students. We would love to show you our school and why we have been successful for more than 70 years!

Ages: 2-5 years

Schedules: Half Days, Mornings

Other Programming Available: 4K

Brookfield Academy Preschool provides an excellent foundation for your child’s educational journey. Ranked the #1 Private School in Wisconsin the last three years in a row, BA offers small classes and experienced teachers who nurture each student’s curiosity while instilling a lifelong love of learning. Brookfield Academy’s instructional approaches are time-tested and classical, focusing on educational basics like phonics, reading, grammar, mathematics, history, science, while providing much more along the way.

Ages: 2-5+ years

Schedules: Full Time, Part Time

Other Programming Available: 4K

Curiosity Corner is a play-based preschool for 2.5-5 year olds. We offer an inviting environment for children for hands-on learning in our classrooms. We focus on building skills in socialization, large and fine motor development, art and dramatic play. Our teaching staff are well-qualified and experienced in early childhood education.

Ages: 2-5 years

Schedules: Part Time

Other Programming Available: 4K

Heritage Christian Preschool’s exceptional teachers provide 3K and 4K education in a loving, Christian environment. Our goal is for every student to explore and develop a healthy self-concept consistent with being created in God’s image, preparing them academically for their next stage in life. Join us for our regular academic year classes or our dynamic summer program!

Ages: 2-5+ years

Schedules: Academic Year: Full Days; Half Days: Select the number of days per week. Summer Program: Full or Half Day; 1, 2 or 3 Months

Other Programming Available: Summer Programming