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Daycare and Preschool Moving in Colorado Springs

Cribs, cots, and child-size classrooms moved on a short closure, with the new rooms set early enough for your director's licensing walk-through.

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Planning a Daycare & Preschool Move

A child care center cannot close for a month the way a school closes for summer. Working families need care on Monday, so most centers aim for the shortest closure the new site allows. The catch is that a Colorado child care license is issued for a specific location, so the new site needs its own approval from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood before children attend there. Your director works that process with the licensing specialist, and the move has to leave room for it.

That usually means furnishing the new rooms before the last day at the old center, so they can be set up and walked through while care continues. We start with what the old center can spare: storage, the staff room, and duplicate classroom furniture. The infant room, nap cots, and daily materials come last, on the closing weekend. Every piece carries the name of its age-group room, because a toddler table in the preschool room is the kind of thing a director catches at setup.

Who usually signs off
Center owner or director, with the licensing contact and property manager involved in the new site's readiness
Timing that works
Families rely on care year-round, so closures are usually a long weekend or a few days; reopening waits on the new site's licensing with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.

What typically moves

  • Infant cribs, including wheeled evacuation cribs Moved as assembled frames where doorways allow; staff strip bedding first and check each crib in its new room.
  • Nap cots and cot carriers Stacked on their carrier and labeled with the age-group room, so each room's count matches its nap plan.
  • Child-size tables and chairs Kept in sets by age group, since toddler and preschool heights differ.
  • Freestanding cubbies and coat units Set along the wall the director marks, clear of exits and doorways.
  • Dramatic-play kitchens and block shelves Emptied into labeled bins by staff; the wooden units are padded and carried upright.
  • High chairs and feeding tables Cleaned by staff, then moved with the infant or toddler room they serve.
  • Director's office and family files Desk and cartons move together, with enrollment and family records sealed under staff control.

Access and scheduling

Work backward from the licensing visit and the reopening date the director wants to give families. The earlier the rooms are set, the more slack there is for an inspection follow-up. We load what the old center can spare while care continues, then take the working classrooms on the closing weekend.

While children are on site, the truck stays clear of the drop-off lane and the playground gate, and the crew never props an exit or a secured entry door. The director names the door the crew uses and when. Centers in shopping plazas share parking with other tenants, so a Saturday load competes with retail traffic, and a center in a converted house may have one front door and a short driveway. A landlord at a leased site may require a Certificate of Insurance from us ahead of move-in.

Protection and handling

Everything in a child care room will be handled by small children again, so the crew wraps furniture in clean pads and keeps it off bare floors. Cribs and cots ride upright on their own carriers, low shelves are padded at every corner, and bagged hardware is taped to its unit so nothing small ends up loose in a classroom.

Staff pack what the crew should not sort: toys and learning materials, bedding and children's belongings, medications, first-aid kits, food, and child records. We carry sealed cartons to the room written on them. Freestanding furniture goes to the director's room sketch, and the director settles the final arrangement against licensing guidance. The crew can disconnect the office computer and printer and hook them back up in the director's new office, with your provider handling internet and any door-entry system.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Licensing of the new site
The director works with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and its licensing specialist and decides the reopening date. We set up furniture in time for that process.
Playground equipment and anchored outdoor structures
A playground installer or contractor removes, moves, and re-anchors them. Our crew moves loose outdoor toys and storage bins.
Kitchen appliances, sinks, and door-entry systems
Licensed trades and your security provider handle anything plumbed, wired, or keyed. We move the freestanding pieces.

Not part of our work

  • Judging whether the new site meets licensing rules or can reopen; the licensing specialist and the director decide.
  • Handling medications or children's records, which staff pack and carry under the center's own procedures.

Around Colorado Springs and El Paso County

Colorado Springs child care centers sit in shopping plazas along Powers Boulevard and Academy Boulevard, in converted houses near downtown, in church education wings, and in newer neighborhoods on the north and east sides toward Briargate and Falcon. Each changes the carry: shared plaza parking, steps at a house's front door, or a church wing with its own Sunday calendar.

The crew that shows up

Padded door frame and a floor runner laid out before a moveTwo iHaul iMove box trucks backed in with their rear doors openTwo iHaul iMove movers raising a large wood tabletop together

Daycare & Preschool Moving FAQs

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When can we tell families the new center will open?

Treat any date as tentative until your director has heard from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood about the new site. We can set the rooms early, so a walk-through can happen while care continues at the old address and any follow-up items get fixed before closing. The center decides what it tells families, and when.

Can we move furniture out before our last day of care?

Yes, and it usually helps. We start with spare furniture, the staff room, storage, and duplicate classroom pieces, so the new rooms can be set and checked while the old center still runs. The director chooses what can go early. Cribs, cots, and daily materials move on the closing weekend.

How do cribs and cots end up in the right rooms?

Each age-group room is named on the floor plan for the new center, and every crib, cot carrier, and table set is labeled with it. Staff strip bedding and pack personal items first. At delivery, the room lead counts cribs and cots against that room's plan before the crew starts the next one.

Who moves the playground equipment?

Anchored climbers, swings, and shade structures belong to a playground installer or contractor, who takes them out and re-anchors them. The crew handles the loose outdoor toys, trikes, and storage bins. If the new playground is a fresh install, the installer's schedule may set the reopening as much as the indoor rooms do.

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