First Years Children's Center

09/01/2026

Trying to match a name to a face? Check out our fabulous teaching staff!

Emily grew up on Bainbridge and began working at First Years in 2003 as a high school student. Upon graduating, she trained with all ages, but was primarily a lead preschool teacher while studying early childhood education. In 2008, she took a few years off to travel and raise her own babies. Emily....

07/23/2026

Check out the amazing raffle and silent auction items, all donated from our favorite local businesses 🎟💗🎟

07/23/2026

Ready for some serious fun tomorrow? Our 5th Annual Carnival and Family BBQ 🌭🌞

07/14/2026

Hello First Years Community,

We wanted to send a heartfelt thank you to all of the families who have purchased items from our classroom supply wish list. Your generosity means so much to us.

Our Amazon Supply Wish List will remain available throughout the year for anyone who would like to contribute. While there is never any expectation to donate, every gift is greatly appreciated and directly benefits our Center. https://a.co/0g7JHXuC

Thank you for your continued support!

🥰Emily and Chrissie

06/26/2026

In this week's news... 🤗

First Years Children’s Center on Bainbridge Island reported they haven’t had to hire new staff in about a year, something that’s not typical in a preschool environment.

05/06/2026

Wonderful start to Farm Camp today at Wardwell Farm 🐓🐐

11/17/2025

Our food and baby drive was a huge success, we loaded up the bus! Helpine was very grateful to our First Years community 💙

11/04/2025

All items can be donated at the front desk🍂

See Emily with questions.

10/14/2025

It's officially fall when we get our annual First Years Pumpkin Patch! This is a beloved fall tradition that started in 2020 during social distancing, and we are so grateful to Town and Country Markets for continuing to donate all these beautiful sugar pumpkins ever since 🍂 🤎🧡🍂

10/10/2025

Don't miss this Island favorite 🚒🥞