Child care you can build a work week around.
Licensed care for six weeks through pre-K in Greencastle, open 7:30 to 5:00, all year.
| Age group | Status |
|---|---|
| Infants | Waitlist |
| Toddlers | Openings |
| Preschool | Openings |
| Pre-K | Openings |
Call to confirm — availability changes weekly.
Openings as of September 29, 2026
updated weekly| Age group | Status |
|---|---|
| Infants 6 wks–12 mo | Waitlist |
| Toddlers 1–2 yrs | Openings now |
| Preschool 3–4 yrs | Openings now |
| Pre-K 4–5 yrs | Openings now |
Availability changes weekly. Call 765-653-0841 to confirm before you plan around it.
Join the infant waitlist
Licensed by the State of Indiana · NAEYC Accredited · Paths to Quality Level 4 — Indiana’s highest child care quality rating
View our state license and inspection records →
One schedule, built for a working day
Full Day — 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Our standard program. Drop off on your way to work, pick up after. Before-and-after care is included, not an add-on you assemble separately, and so are lunch and snacks. Available for preschool and pre-K.
$215/week, all in.
School Day — 8:15 AM to 3:00 PM
For families who do not need the full working day.
$175/week
Part Week — 2 or 3 days
Don’t need all five days? Come 2 or 3 days a week instead. Infants through preschool — pre-K is full-week only.
Call 765-653-0841 for rates
All three run all year, not on a school calendar. No summer gap to cover.
Book a TourWhat it costs
| Program | Hours | Weekly rate |
|---|---|---|
| Full Day Preschool / Pre-K | 7:30–5:00 | $215 |
| School Day Preschool / Pre-K | 8:15–3:00 | $175 |
| Infant | 7:30–5:00 | $250 |
| Toddler | 7:30–5:00 | $230 |
Coming 2 or 3 days a week? Part-week rates are available for infants through preschool (not pre-K) — call 765-653-0841 for yours.
No other fees
That weekly rate is what you pay. Lunch, snacks, school supplies, and diaper wipes are all included — you bring the diapers, we do the rest. Registration is $50. Late pickup is $1 per minute. Nothing else gets added. Just bring your child.
Help paying for care
On My Way Pre-K. We accept On My Way Pre-K, Indiana’s preschool assistance program for four-year-olds. Worth knowing up front: the program currently covers up to about $148/week, so for our $215/week program, families pay the difference. It reduces the cost; it does not cover it.
Child care vouchers (CCDF). We accept vouchers. Indiana has frozen new voucher enrollment statewide, with no new awards expected before 2027. If you have an active voucher, call us. If you are waiting on one, join our list and we will contact you the moment the freeze lifts.
Infant and toddler care
Going back to work in six weeks?
We take infants from six weeks old. In Putnam County, that is a shorter list than most parents expect: New Pathways operates the county’s only dedicated infant and toddler rooms1. Everywhere else, infants are cared for in mixed-age home settings alongside children as old as thirteen.
Dedicated rooms mean: teachers whose entire day is infants, a room built for infants, a state-required ratio of one teacher to every four babies, and a curriculum with lesson plans from the very first room. Learning here starts at infancy, not at age two or three.
Our infant room is currently full. Toddler spots are open now. Join the infant waitlist and we will call you as soon as a spot opens or we open a second room.
How we compare to school preschool
The public school preschool is a good program, and for some families it is the right fit. Here is the honest difference:
| Category | New Pathways | School preschool |
|---|---|---|
| Hours | 7:30 to 5:00, one schedule | Morning or afternoon session |
| Calendar | All year | About 180 days, no summer |
| Snow days | No two-hour delays — doors open at 7:30 | Follows the district’s delays and closures |
| Ages served | 6 weeks through pre-K | 3 and 4 only |
| Before and after care | Included | Arrange separately |
| Siblings | Infant and preschooler, one place | Preschooler only |
If you work a standard day, a half-day session and a ~180-day calendar means arranging a second and third form of care, and a new arrangement every time your child ages up. We are one place, all day, all year, from six weeks through the summer before kindergarten.
Already using school preschool? Ask us about covering the other half of the day.
Don’t take our word for it
Our record, in public
Indiana publishes every licensed provider’s inspection history, and ours is open for anyone to read.
Look us up on Indiana’s Child Care Finder →
Choose Search by Name at the top and enter New Pathways. All three of our licenses appear, each with its inspection history at the bottom of its Provider Details.
Our teachers
- years, the average tenure of our lead teachers
- 9
- state-required ratio in our infant rooms
- 1:4
- of classroom teachers hold a CDA or a degree in early childhood education
- 100%
Questions parents ask
$215/week for our Full Day program (7:30 to 5:00), which includes before and after care, lunch, and snacks. Shorter schedules cost less. Full pricing is above, and there are no added fees.
As of September 29: openings in toddlers, preschool, pre-k; infants are waitlisted. Availability changes weekly, so call 765-653-0841 to confirm.
7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, year-round.
Six weeks. We serve children from six weeks through pre-K, and school-age children in some programs.
Yes: 2 or 3 days a week, for infants through preschool. Pre-K runs full-week only. Call 765-653-0841 for part-week rates.
Just your child. Lunch, snacks, school supplies, and diaper wipes are all provided — you bring the diapers. No packing a lunch every morning.
No. New Pathways is screen-free — days are built around play-based learning, not tablets or TV.
The school program is a good one, and for some families it is the right fit. It is also a different product: a morning or afternoon session, about 180 days a year, for three- and four-year-olds only. If you work a standard day, that leaves the other half of the day, the summer, and every district delay and closure to arrange and pay for separately — so the honest comparison is not one weekly rate against another. We are one place, 7:30 to 5:00, all year, from six weeks through the summer before kindergarten, with before and after care included rather than assembled. Full side-by-side comparison above. Already using school preschool? Ask us about covering the other half of the day.
Yes to both. On My Way Pre-K covers up to about $148/week, so families pay the difference. CCDF vouchers: Indiana has frozen new enrollment statewide with no new awards expected before 2027. If you already hold a voucher, call us.
Licensed by the State of Indiana. Our main center is NAEYC accredited and rated Paths to Quality Level 4, Indiana’s highest child care quality rating. Our inspection records are linked above.
Come see us
Booking a tour takes about a minute, and you will see the actual room your child would be in.
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Tour — 30 to 45 minutes, typically 8–10 AM or 3–5 PM, so you see the classrooms in use
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Meet your child’s teacher — before day one
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First day — drop off and watch the learning begin
Prefer to talk? Call 765-653-0841. We respond to tour requests within one business day.
Not ready yet, or waiting on a spot?
One short form, and we will contact you when a spot opens in your child’s age group or when the voucher freeze lifts. We do not send marketing email.
You’re on the list. We’ll be in touch as soon as something opens.