Daycares

The Children's Center of Western North Carolina is a nonprofit early education center on Old Haywood Road in Asheville. According to its website, the center serves children ages one through five, grouped into four classrooms by age. It describes a state-approved curriculum that builds social skills such as confidence, empathy and communication through play and daily routines, with an emphasis on close relationships and lower teacher-to-child ratios. The center says it was established in 1977. Families can contact it to ask about classroom openings, waitlist enrollment and facility tours.

Irene Wortham Center is a nonprofit on West Chapel Road in Asheville that serves children and adults with disabilities or financial need. According to its website, it has been working in the Asheville area since 1961. Its programs include an Adult Day Activity Center, residential homes, supported living and an Early Learning Center. The website says the Adult Day Activity Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). The Early Learning Center enrolls children from 6 weeks to pre-K. Per the site, children with and without developmental disabilities learn together in an integrated setting, and the program follows NC Foundations, the course of study it names for infants through preschool.