6 Wks - 12 Mths
Infants
Each baby has a primary caregiver and a personal care plan built with parents. Sign language, puppets, flannel board stories and a soft astroturf playground.
Infants detailsBonita Springs · Fort Myers · Mon-Fri 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Growing Room Child Development Center, preschool and daycare from six weeks old through eighth grade
Two centers, on Bernwood Drive in Bonita Springs and Gladiolus Drive in Fort Myers. Programs run by age from six weeks to eighth grade, and breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack come with tuition.
How old is your child?
Six rooms, from six weeks old to eighth grade
Start with your child's age. Each program below has its own page with the curriculum, the enrichments and what's included, and you can see any of them in person on a tour.
ToddlersCreative Curriculum® with weekly themes, small teacher-to-child ratios and three age-divided astroturf playgrounds.Toddlers
2s, 3s & 4sSTEAM blended with Creative Curriculum®, a colorful small-town interior, and the computer lab twice a week.2s, 3s & 4s
Voluntary Pre-KFlorida's Voluntary PreK year, with a STEAM and Creative Curriculum® blend that the center says promotes literacy and kindergarten readiness.Voluntary Pre-K
School AgeBefore and after school care, cooking projects and science experiments, plus Drop-In Care On School Holidays including Spring Break.School Age
Summer CampTwo swim days a week, field trips, arts and crafts, music and games, with breakfast, lunch and snack included.Summer Camp
A day at Growing Room
Doors open at seven and close at six. Here is what the center includes in the hours between.
7:00 AM
Doors open, Monday to Friday, at both centers.
Breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack
Included in tuition, in a nut-free and peanut-free building.
Livestream video and the Procare app
Watch in on your phone and get daily updates, photos and videos, with an open-door policy on top.
Enrichments
Spanish, art, dance, yoga, soccer and karate, music with scarves and instruments, and the computer lab.
Onsite speech and behavioral therapy
Speech and behavioral therapy are offered onsite, in the same building as your child's classroom.
6:00 PM
Doors close. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Walk the Bonita Springs center
The tour, in the order you'd take it
Three stops inside 25151 Bernwood Drive, photographed as they are. Book a tour to walk them yourself.
The lobby
A small town, indoors
Families come in past a painted tree mural and a banner that says Welcome and ¡Bienvenidos! The center describes its interior as a colorful small town with shops and streets.
The hall
The Growing Room Way
A street-style sign inside reads The Growing Room Way. Classrooms follow the Creative Curriculum® with weekly themes, and the older preschool rooms blend in STEAM and a character focus on integrity, respect, responsibility, caring and fairness.
The yards
Astroturf playgrounds, divided by age
Outside, the center describes fenced play yards coated in soft astroturf and divided by age group. Enrichments named on the site include coached sports, karate and dance. Swimming is only available at the Fort Myers center.
What parents wrote
Parent reviews of Growing Room
I was honestly so unsure and nervous about starting our sweet little angel at a new daycare, but after just his first day at The Growing Room, I can already say I couldn’t be happier with our decision. As a worried momma, leaving your child somewhere new is so hard, but the constant updates throughout the day have given me such peace of mind. Not only is The Growing Room a nut-free facility, but you can genuinely tell that the people who work here actually want to be here.
4.5
On Google at both centers: 72 reviews for Bonita Springs and 57 for Fort Myers.
“One of the biggest benefits has been their focus on helping him get two naps a day, and they’ve also played a huge role in supporting him in meeting his milestones each month.”
Michael Mills, Google review, Bonita Springs
“I get numerous updates through the Procare app including photos and videos, and any questions I have throughout the day are answered promptly through the app.”
Carly Ferranolo, Google review, Bonita Springs
Preschool & Daycare Serving Bonita Springs & FT Myers, FL
Two centers, the same hours, the same programs by age
Bonita Springs
25151 Bernwood Dr
Bonita Springs, FL 34135
Near S. Tamiami Trail and off Old 41
- Phone
- (239) 495-0045
- Hours
- Mon-Fri, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Fort Myers
8950 Gladiolus Dr
Fort Myers, FL 33908
Near the corner of Winkler Rd. and Gladiolus Dr.
- Phone
- (239) 466-6646
- Hours
- Mon-Fri, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Can't visit yet? Take the Virtual Tour.
Growing Room filmed its own walk through the classrooms, so you can look around before you book the real thing.
Questions parents ask first
Before you book the tour
Straight answers from what Growing Room publishes. Anything else, the front desk answers on the phone.
The infant room takes babies from 6 weeks to 12 months. Each baby has a primary caregiver, and the center builds a personal care plan with parents. Bonita Springs also offers Part Time Infant Care two or three days a week: Tuesday/Thursday or Monday/Wednesday/Friday.
Yes. Breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack are included, and the center describes its meals as nut-free and free of harmful preservatives. The building is a nut-free and peanut-free environment. Monthly menus for each center are posted in the Parent Corner.
Parents get livestream video on a smartphone app and daily updates, photos and messages through the Procare app. The center also keeps an open-door policy.
Growing Room does not publish tuition prices. Pricing is given in person on a tour. The center accepts Florida's School Readiness Program and Voluntary PreK, and the Tuition Support page covers child care tax credits and employer benefits.
Yes. The School Age program (K - 8 Years) offers Drop-In Care On School Holidays and breaks, including Christmas and Spring Break, with no need to book in advance, as well as before and after school care.
Swimming is only available at the Fort Myers center as an enrichment. Summer Camp includes two swim days each week.
Pricing is given in person
Come see the rooms before you decide
Growing Room doesn't publish tuition online. Pricing is given in person, so book a tour to get the details. The center accepts Florida's School Readiness Program and Voluntary PreK.