Neighborhood House Nursery School (NHNS) is operated by the Neighborhood Association, a non-profit, community-based organization. Opened in 1920 and located in a charming Victorian house just one block from Taylor Park, the NHNS provides a home away from home environment where children learn to love the process of learning and discovery. NHNS also creates a unique opportunity to connect learning to our natural environment with the use of our garden area. The pre-school program is open to children of parents who live or work in Millburn/Short Hills and the surrounding communities. Our staff works diligently to prepare each child for the transition to elementary school through fostering confidence, self-awareness and the ability to connect all learning to the world in which we live.
Our school provides the kind of environment and varied "hands-on" experiences that will allow your child to:
  • Make a successful break from home
  • Learn to be with other children
  • Become familiar with a group setting
  • Develop an interest and joy in learning
  • Develop security and a feeling of success
  • Develop self-expression
  • Develop self-control
  • Develop creativity
  • Develop responsibility

News and Events

Registration for the 2019-2020 school year is now open on a first come, first served basis. Summer Camp Registration will begin on Wednesday, February 13 on a first come, first served basis. 
Please click on the Enrollment or Summer Camp Tab to download an application. 

Neighborhood House is pleased to announce that our Chick Hatching Project has begun. Each year we have a dozen eggs that arrive from Quiver Farms in Pennsylvania. The representatives from the farm come with the eggs, a rooster and a hen. They explain the role of each animal on the farm. They then go on to explain that we are going to simulate the mother hen's role. The eggs are placed in an incubator in a stable environment of 100 degrees. On the farm, the mother hen would continually turn the eggs all day long with her feet. In the classroom, we will turn the eggs three times a day so that the baby chicks inside move from side to side. The eggs are expected to hatch into baby chicks the week of February 11. They will remain at school until Friday, February 15. This is an exciting project that the children just love!

The children will be celebrating Valentine's Day in their classrooms on Wednesday, February 13 and Thursday, February 14. 

Please contact Jennifer Langan at neighborhouse@verizon.net or 973-376-0739 for more information. 
Neighborhood House Nursery School
12 Taylor Street
Millburn, NJ 07041
973-376-0739
neighborhouse@verizon.net