Here are a few features you can look forward to:
- Hours 6:40 am-5:30 pm
- Large, outdoor playground (the largest in Rapid City)
- Staff training program that is second to none
- Frequent field trips
- Specialized preschool facility
- Reputation for quality care and education Rapid City has received from Little Nest Preschool since 2010
Find more information below, or view our entire Little Nest Preschool Handbook LNP Rapid Valley Handbook 2023-2024
Cost
Age 3 and up Full-Time care and education, Monday-Friday 6:45 am-5:30 pm: $200
Age 3 and up Part-time care and education, Monday-Friday 8:00 am-12:30 pm: $140
Age 24-36 months Full-Time care and education, Monday-Friday 6:30 am-6:30 pm: $210
Age 24-36 months Part-Time care and education, Monday-Friday 8:00 am-12:30 pm: $150
Before/After School-age care and transportation, Monday-Friday: $95
After School Only and transportation, Monday-Friday: $85
(School Age Summer program: $200)
Drop-in all ages $40 per day
School Age Program
Our School Age Program offers before/after school care, and care on no school district days as well as throughout the Summer for students at Rapid Valley and Valley View Elementary. We take frequent field trips throughout the city!
Curriculum
Curriculum is well-rounded with process-based and play-based learning opportunities. It’s always emailed to families monthly and formulated from the SD Early Learning Guidelines https://dss.sd.gov/docs/childcare/early_learning_guidelines.pdf
Excellence
We have a highly developed staff professionalism training program. All staff are placed on leadership career pathways that involve continuing education and opportunities for advancement.
Our staff frequently volunteers in the community, doing fundraisers for the Mission, St Jude, and events at Main Street Square. We also hold community events at our location, like our annual Easter Egg Hunt and Trunk or Treat.
We partner with the school district by serving on the School Readiness Committee and offering internship programs for high school and college students. We are also enrolled in the Preschool Levels of Excellence program.
Need more info? Find our complete parent handbook LNP Rapid Valley Handbook 2023-2024
Contact us for a tour today!
605.430.4268 Ext 1 or 605.858.5739
Little Nest Preschool opened in 2010 as an in-home registered daycare with 12 students. In 2014 we moved to our first licensed commercial child care location at 3459 Jet Drive. We expanded in 2017 to a second location at 2220 5th Street to provide excellent care and education for additional families. We are expanding our services and opening Little Nest Child Care Learning Center for children ages six weeks to twelve years in the Robbinsdale area on St. Patrick Street.
In Rapid City, expectant mothers are often placed on waiting lists months before their child is born. We will help fill a need of providing high-standard options for infants and toddlers living and moving into our community, and preschool education and school-age programming for their older siblings. We will feature a large, state-of-the-art indoor play space, modeled after children’s museum structure. We also have a transport van to accommodate frequent field trips to area parks. The indoor classroom space (not including the office area, bathrooms, or kitchen) is 5689 sq. feet. With limited enrollment, we will be able to create a premier indoor play space to ensure students achieve developmental milestones and enjoy plenty of physical activity year-round.