Branford Early Learning Center Inc. (BELC) is a State Department of Education funded agency providing the children of working parents with high quality, affordable child care and early childhood education. Our NAEYC accredited center concentrates on the whole child: nutritional well-being, physical and emotional health, social relationships and academic growth. 

By achieving these goals for children in a warm, caring environment, the center allows parents to reach their goals of self-sufficiency with full confidence that their children are safe and well cared for.  We support positive relationships among children, parents and staff by realizing that parents are their child’s first teacher and we need to work together to provide the best future for “our” children.

We are monitored by the State Office of Early Childhood (OEC), licensed by the Department of Public Health, and accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and take pride in our efforts to meet and exceed high standards of care and academic enrichment. 

Kindergarten readiness is more than the ability to say the ABC’s, count, identify colors, and write your first name. The BELC philosophy is that readiness isn't just knowing the academic basics. It means a child has a willing attitude and confidence in the process of learning: a healthy state of mind. BELC & families help their children gain this state of mind by being responsive to all areas of their children’s development—physical, emotional, social, cultural, language, and cognitive.