Top 5 Best Sites for Information on Finding High Quality Preschools or Daycare Facilities in the East Bay (Contra Costa County)

For parents with infants and toddlers in the East Bay, in cities like Walnut Creek, Concord, Pittsburg and Antioch, there are many choices for daycare sites for infants and toddlers. The hard part is narrowing down the choices to see which ones work best for where you live, work or both.

It can be very hard to find affordable daycare centers in Contra Costa County that offer a quality environment that has some educational content and also is not too expensive. The key word is affordable. If you do not have family or friends to babysit on a regular basis, you will need to find an East Bay daycare center or preschool for your child or children.

Here are my choices for great websites that can help you find quality daycare sites and preschool sites or schools in Contra Costa County cities in the East Bay.

1. Contra Costa Child Care Council. This website has an excellent system to help you get in contact with staff to help you find local child care. The CDE website has other contact info for this organization.
2. State of California Licensed Facility Search. Maybe you want a list of licensed child care facilities in Contra Costa County. You can get that through the State of California website. For the first question, find Child Care Center in the dropdown box. Then in the second question, pick Contra Costa County as the county. Then press search and you will get a list of licensed daycare / preschool providers for this East Bay county.
3. WASC accredited schools list.  To narrow your list some more, you definitely want to make sure your site or school is accredited because then you can be confident in the curriculum and standards for your site. Review the WASC website and search for your county, then it will provide a list of schools that are accredited by WASC. Pick from one of those if possible.
4. ASCI accredited schools list. If you want to go to a Christian school, simply use the ASCI schools directory website to narrow your choices.
5. Berkeley Parents Network. The website of Berkeley Parents Network has lots of helpful information that can direct you to a great preschool or daycare center near where you live.

Remember, accreditation can really make the difference in determining quality in a preschool or daycare facility. Conversely, the lack of accreditation says something too. Try and use the websites on this list to find schools and daycare facilities with quality teachers and quality curriculum.