At LNS, we offer programs for children from two years nine months to six years old.
Studio Blue
9am-12pm (core program)
M – TH
With Extended Day programming, children can be at school 8-3 M-F. (See below)
This class is for the youngest children in the school. Up to 14 children may be enrolled. The class is taught by a co-teaching team, with a parent helper each day.
Studio Yellow
9am-12pm (core program)
M – TH
With Extended Day programming, children can be at school 8-3 M-F. (See below)
This class is comprised of up to 16 children of the next age cohort. The class is taught by a co-teaching team, with a parent helper Tuesday-Thursday.
Studio Purple
9am-12pm (core program)
M – F
With Extended Day programming, children can be at school 8-3 M-F. (See below)
This class is comprised of up to 16 four-year-olds, who may go to either Studio Red or Kindergarten the following year. The class is taught by a co-teaching team, with a parent helper Tuesday-Thursday.
Studio Red
M/Tu/Th 9-3
W/F 9-12
With Extended Day programming, children can be at school 8-3 M-F. (See below)
Up to 16 children may be enrolled. The class is taught by a co-teaching team, with a parent helper Tuesday-Thursday.
Studio Red is for children who would benefit from an extra year before kindergarten, particularly children who would be the youngest in their kindergarten class.
The program was launched as a pilot and refined over a three year period, creating a renowned program that has drawn from Lincoln, Arlington, Concord, Weston, Wayland, Acton, Waltham, and Sudbury.
Extended Day
LNS offers four extended day options on various days of the week which parents may sign up for daily or in advance on a contract-basis.
Early Arrival
8am-9am
m – f
Children may be dropped off at school beginning at 8:00 every morning.
Daily Sign-Up Cost: $16/day
Extended Playground
12pm-12:30pm
m – f
Children can continue to play on the playground until 12:30 p.m. Provides parents with some flexibility with pick-up time and is particularly helpful if you are running late.
Daily Sign-Up Cost: $10/day
Lunch Bunch
12pm-1pm
m / t / th / f
Children continue to play on the playground until 12:30 and then have a group lunch* (brought from home) with their teachers and other children until 1:00 pm. Mixed ages.
Daily Sign-Up Cost: $16/day
Stay and Play
12pm-3pm
m / t / th / f
Children play on the playground until 12:40, have a group lunch (nut-free, and brought from home) with their teachers and other children (mixed ages), followed by a 20 minute “rest period”. The remaining time is spent playing in a relaxed environment with materials and activities provided in response to children’s daily interests. Until 3:00 p.m. (pick-up is available beginning at 2:45 p.m.).
Daily Sign-Up Cost: $40/day
Plus Friday
Children in Studios Blue and Yellow may integrate into Studio Purple on Friday mornings, 9-12, with extended day options available.
Extended Day Contract Rates
Contract rates are discounted approximately 20% and are calculated based on the number of school days for any given day (e.g. there are fewer Mondays than Tuesdays, so Monday programs cost less on a contract basis).
| Program | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Early Arrival 8-9am | $480 | $560 | $512 | $560 | $560 |
| Extended Playground 12-12:30pm | $288 | $336 | $298 | $326 | $336 |
| Lunch Bunch 12-1pm | $480 | $560 | N/A | $544 | $560 |
| Stay & Play 12-3pm | $1152 | $1344 | N/A | $1306 | $1344 |
