Kindergarten
Eligibility for Kindergarten in Connecticut
- 2025-2026 School Year
- Your child must be five years old by September 1, 2025.
Kindergarten REgistration Information
2025-2026 Kindergarten Registration is now open. Click here for the Hamden Student Registration page.
Hamden Public Schools - Preschool Information Form - Click here to download the Preschool Information Form, which will assist your child's kindergarten teacher in planning appropriate learning and social activities.
Hamden has eight elementary schools. Please click on a school name below for more information.
Hamden Public Schools - Preschool Information Form - Click here to download the Preschool Information Form, which will assist your child's kindergarten teacher in planning appropriate learning and social activities.
Hamden has eight elementary schools. Please click on a school name below for more information.
Before and After school programs
Click here for more information about Before and After Care choices in Hamden.
SChool Readiness
”What is School Readiness?
School readiness involves more than just children. In the broadest sense, school readiness is about children, families, early environments, schools, and communities. Children are not innately “ready” or “not ready” for school. Their skills and development are strongly influenced by their families and through their interactions with other people and environments before coming to school". Read more at "Preparing a School-Reading Child".
Check out the article: "Readiness: Not a State of Knowledge, but a State of Mind".
School readiness involves more than just children. In the broadest sense, school readiness is about children, families, early environments, schools, and communities. Children are not innately “ready” or “not ready” for school. Their skills and development are strongly influenced by their families and through their interactions with other people and environments before coming to school". Read more at "Preparing a School-Reading Child".
Check out the article: "Readiness: Not a State of Knowledge, but a State of Mind".
Resources if your child is not eligible for kindergarten
If your child is not eligible for kindergarten this year, please consider the following resources and programs:
Child Care & Preschools
www.hamdenyoungchildren.org/child-care-and-preschools.html
Hamden Early Learning Program (HELP)
Program Director: Jessica Vega, [email protected]
203-407-2254
www.hamden.org/our-schools/hamden-early-learning-program
Family Resource Center
Program Coordinator: Guadalupe Kuilan, [email protected]
Located at Church Street and Ridge Hill
203-407-3111
https://www.hamden.org/families/family-resource-center
Hamden’s Partnership for Young Children
Coordinator: Sheryl Sadinsky, [email protected]
203-407-7733
https://www.hamdenyoungchildren.org/
Child Care & Preschools
www.hamdenyoungchildren.org/child-care-and-preschools.html
Hamden Early Learning Program (HELP)
Program Director: Jessica Vega, [email protected]
203-407-2254
www.hamden.org/our-schools/hamden-early-learning-program
Family Resource Center
Program Coordinator: Guadalupe Kuilan, [email protected]
Located at Church Street and Ridge Hill
203-407-3111
https://www.hamden.org/families/family-resource-center
Hamden’s Partnership for Young Children
Coordinator: Sheryl Sadinsky, [email protected]
203-407-7733
https://www.hamdenyoungchildren.org/
