Growing Green Child Development Center

Growing Green Child Development Center is a preschool in Kenosha, WI, serving children from 18 months through 12 years old. The center offers preschool, school-age, and summer camp programs, and operates as an early childhood learning center built around environmental health and eco-friendly practices. It holds a rating of 4.60 from the families who have reviewed it.

The center is built on a philosophy of combining hands-on learning with environmental awareness. Its approach focuses on the whole child, supporting both mind and body through nature play, sensory activities with sand and water, gardening, creative arts, and music. The facility itself was designed to feel warm and home-like rather than institutional, an intentional choice meant to comfort children who are away from their families for the first time. Programs run for children ages 18 months through 12 years and integrate an environmental component aimed at protecting children's health while teaching them to respect natural resources. The staff place a strong emphasis on family relationships and maintain open communication between home and the center. Growing Green has earned NAC accreditation and holds a 5-star Youngstar rating. Curriculum goals include fostering intellectual growth, positive self-worth, social adjustment, respect for others and the environment, and physical stamina and healthy habits.

The center sits on Green Bay Road just blocks north of the intersection with Highway 50. Stocker Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, and Carol Rikli Boys and Girls Park is a similar distance to the south. The surrounding Stocker neighborhood is roughly 0.4 miles away, with Indian Trail High School about 0.6 miles to the north and Johnson Highlands Park a comparable distance beyond that.

Its NAC accreditation and 5-star Youngstar rating place it among a small group of early childhood programs in southeastern Wisconsin recognized for meeting elevated standards of care and education.