Kids Cottage Drop-In Play and Learning Center

🎃👻 Last night’s Trunk or Treat was a huge success! Thank you to all of our Kids Cottage families who came out—we loved seeing everyone’s amazing costumes and all the spooky fun! 🕸️✨

A huge shoutout to our incredible staff for making this event possible. Your creativity, hard work, and dedication make Kids Cottage such a special place. We’re so lucky to have the best team ever! 💛

We already can’t wait for next year! 🍬🎉

Congratulations to the Sollie family!

We are thrilled to share the wonderful news that Morgan has welcomed a beautiful baby girl!  Welcome to the world Haven Lee, born on September 15th at 6:21 PM. She weighed 6.3 pounds and was 19 inches long. Mom and baby are both doing great! Please join us and sending love and congratulations to Morgan and her family as they celebrate this special new addition. 

20 years of Preschool, Summer Camps, Pre-K Graduations, Water Days, learning, laughter, and fun. 💙 We had to scroll way back through our Facebook archives to find some of these throwback photos (and could have shared so many more!).

Over the past two decades, we’ve been through a lot together—celebrating milestones, adapting to challenges, and supporting one another through it all. Even during COVID, when so much was shut down, we kept our doors open for the children of essential workers.

We are beyond grateful to have served our amazing families for the past twenty years. Kids Cottage wouldn’t be what it is today without YOU—our families, teachers, and kiddos who have been part of this journey. 🌟

We’d love to see the memories you have of Kids Cottage over the years! Share your favorite stories or photos in the comments below, and let us know how your kiddos are doing now. And don’t be afraid to stop by for a visit—our doors are always open! 💙

Here’s to 20 years of growing, learning, and playing together… and many more to come! ✨

We’re so excited to share that Ms. Bobbi welcomed her sweet baby boy on July 31st. Both Mama and baby Jett are doing well and are resting up at home, soaking up the last few weeks of summer! ☀️

We can’t wait to snuggle our newest member of the KC family! 🥰🩵

Still need a spot for your child this school year?

We have openings in our Half Day Pre-K Program for the 2025-2026 school year!

📅 Runs September – May
🕘 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
📆 Choose 3 days or 5 days a week

📌 Requirements:
✔️ Child must be 4 years old by August 31st
✔️ Potty trained

Give your child the perfect balance of learning, fun, and friendships in a nurturing environment! 🌟

📞 Call us today at 302-644-7690 to learn more or reserve your spot!

Ashley Avelleyra - Winner, 2025 DIEEC Excellence in Early Childhood Awards (Center-Based Educator Category) - Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood The Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) is honored to celebrate Ashley Avelleyra, a dedicated educator at Kids Cottage, as the winner of the 2025 Excellence in Early Childhood Awards in the center-based educator category. With 10 years of experience in the early childhood fi...

Our garden has been thriving this year!!!🪴We’ve already harvested lots of squash, cucumbers and peppers. The Dolphin class even got to do a taste test! They got to try some of our homegrown cucumbers and cooked up some squash to try in class — and they loved it!

Stay tuned to see what else our garden grows! 🌼🍅

Last night we had the honor of celebrating our very own Ms. Ashley A. at the Excellence in Early Childhood Awards in Dover! 🏆

She was named Center-Based Classroom Educator of the Year, recognized alongside two other incredible winners from different categories and runner-ups from across the state.

Ms. Ashley’s passion, dedication, and love for her students shine through in everything she does and we are so very proud of her and all she’s accomplished! 💛✨

Please join us in congratulating Ms. Ashley on this well-deserved honor!

We have spaces available in our Half-Day Pre-K Program starting this fall! Give your child a fun and enriching preschool experience in a warm, supportive environment designed to help them learn, grow, and thrive.

📞 Call us at 302-644-7690 to learn more or to reserve your spot today!

Spots are limited—don’t wait!

We are beyond proud to share that our very own Ms. Ashley A. has been named DIEEC CENTER BASED CLASSROOM EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR!!!!!!! 🤩🎉🩵💚

Ashley was nominated by her peers and selected from a pool of exceptional educators across the state of Delaware by a board of panelists. This recognition is incredibly well-deserved!

Ms. Ashley has been a valued part of the Kids Cottage team since 2019. A Towson University graduate with a Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education, Ashley has brought her passion, creativity, and dedication to our 3-year-old and Pre-K programs as an Assistant Teacher. For the past three years, she’s also led our Math and Science Enrichment, crafting fun, exciting, and engaging lesson plans that spark curiosity and joy in her students.

She supports her lead teachers, helps manage the classroom with care and structure, and always ensures that every child feels welcomed, included, and seen. Her strong relationships with families, her positive energy, and her warm, team-oriented spirit make her not only a phenomenal educator, but also a beloved coworker and friend.

Ms. Ashley, we are SO proud of you and thrilled to see you receive the recognition you so deeply deserve. Congratulations on this incredible honor! 🩵💚

Join us as we celebrate the incredible educators recognized in the 2025 DIEEC Excellence in Early Childhood Awards! We’re thrilled to announce the winners and runners-up who demonstrate outstanding commitment to early childhood education. Congratulations to our winners, and a special thanks to the nominees, review panelists, and those who donated and contributed to this year’s awards! Visit our website to learn more about this year’s winners at: www.dieec.udel.edu/dieec-excellence-in-early-childhood-awards

Today we welcomed Kid Singer Jim for one of our end-of-the-year celebrations, and the kids had an absolute blast! He put on an energetic and entertaining performance that had everyone singing and dancing along. 🎶

After the show, we cooled off with sweet treats from the Cup R’ Cone ice cream truck—what a perfect way to end the week!

The fun doesn’t stop here—Kid Singer Jim will be performing in our area this summer! Catch him live at the Freeman Stage and check out his puppet show on the Bethany Beach Boardwalk. 🎭

🎵 Find his tour dates at: childrensmusic.com and on Instagram