Norfolk County

Daycare and child care in Brookline, MA

Licensed programs
53
48 centers · 5 home-based
Take infants
22
centers; family child care homes may take babies too
Typical infant price
$2,879
a month at centers in the state’s Metro Boston region · prices by region
Take financial assistance
23
Child Care Financial Assistance · How it works

Brookline, including Chestnut Hill, has 53 licensed child care programs: 48 centers and 5 home-based programs in Norfolk County.

Room for young children nearby

More spots than most of MA

1.5children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles

About 82,980 children under 5 live in MA within 10 miles of Brookline (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 56,120, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. MA overall: 1.7. See the 2178 programs nearby

All 53 licensed programs in Brookline

Clinton Path

Center · 18 children

Preschool

Takes financial assistance

Early Risers

Center · 61 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool

Kazuko Dyas

Home-based · 6 children

Ages not listed by the state: ask

Meena Bhambi

Home-based · 10 children

Ages not listed by the state: ask

School is Cool

Center · 13 children

Infant · Toddler

Takes financial assistance

School is Cool

Center · 24 children

Toddler · Preschool

Takes financial assistance

Solbe Learning

Center · Chestnut Hill · 97 children

Toddler · Preschool

Takes financial assistance

Solbe Nursery School

Center · Chestnut Hill · 50 children

Infant · Toddler

Takes financial assistance

Wei Wang

Home-based · 10 children

Ages not listed by the state: ask

Child care near Brookline

2,178 more programs within 10 miles, in Boston, Newton, Cambridge and 28 other towns. Closest first.

Our Future Learning Center

Center · Brighton · about 1.2 mi · 61 children

Infant · Toddler · Preschool

Takes financial assistance

Sara Salzberg

Home-based · Brighton · about 1.2 mi · 10 children

Ages not listed by the state: ask

Takes financial assistance

BOPN@ Arnold Arboretum

Center · Boston · about 1.4 mi · 69 children

Toddler · Preschool · School age

Takes financial assistance

See all within 10 miles

Daycare in Brookline by age

Toddler care in Brookline

32 programs take toddlers, and 5 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).

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Preschool in Brookline

35 programs take preschoolers, and 5 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).

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Before- and after-school care in Brookline

16 programs take school-age children, and 5 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).

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Nearby towns

From the state’s list of licensed child care programs (Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, on the state’s Education-to-Career data hub), retrieved Oct 27, 2026. The state updates its list once a month. It gives each program’s licensed capacity, not its openings or prices. Always confirm details with the program. This page’s details last changed Oct 27, 2026.