Cottage Co-op Nursery School is a non-profit cooperative school serving young students in a small group setting. The school's curriculum embraces creative play and is designed to nurture emotional and social development with an emphasis on contact resolution and parent participation. With a maximum capacity of 62 students, classes have one teacher for every thre or four children, according to age group. The school operates on a 10-month school year, which additional programs offered during the summer.