Elemeno (CLOSED)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Hours
9AM-6PM

Membership
3, 6, and 9-visit monthly packages or unlimited visits for $189/month

Childcare
Up to 3 hours/day with a specially-trained “Play Buddy”

Fees
$12/hr

Website
https://elemeno.club/

Elemeno offers modern co-working with flexible seating areas and private phone rooms, plus family amenities such as bookable events spaces and a live camera feed of children’s play areas.

AMENITIES

Partner with Tippi Toes DC to offer dance classes for children (ballet, jazz, tap)
STEM family lounge includes activities selected to encourage science, technology, engineering, and math skills
Bookable spaces for birthday parties and other events

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The Little Wing SoHo (CLOSED)

Location: New York, NY

Hours
M-F, 10am-6pm
Also open on weekend mornings for free play
* Parents must always be on site

Membership
Must be a Wing member (starts at $185/month)

Childcare
Certified babysitting (max 2 hours at a time, up to 3 hours a day, up to 8 hours a week) for children 6 months to 6 years old

NOTE: Parents must remain on site

Fees
$25 for 2-hour babysitting session
$28 per child enrichment class

Website
https://www.the-wing.com/the-little-wing/

The Wing, a female-focused co-working space with multiple locations, has created The Little Wing, a play space for children in its SoHo location. The Wing members can drop their children off (max 2-hours at a time) while they co-work in the building.

Plans are underway to open a second Little Wing location at The Wing’s LA spaces.

AMENITIES

Certified babysitting (max 2 hours at a time, up to 3 hours a day, up to 8 hours a week)
Art, movement, and music classes
Parent-centric programming (topics include sleep and toilet training, sibling relationships, queer parenting, etc.)

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Mother Magazine
Pioneering women’s co-working space The Wing has answered the prayers of many a working mother with the debut of The Little Wing. Yep, that’s right. The Wing is now serving up co-playing for the minis—or, more accurately—child care for mothers while they work at The Wing.

Glamour
In December, as part of the expansion of The Wing's location in New York City's Soho neighborhood, members will be able to access quality on-site child care—or "Wing-sitters"—while they spend time working and networking. This support system is meant to offer flexibility and an affordable option to women so that they don't have to miss out on important meetings, deadlines or projects.

Vogue
For little ones, childhood enrichment options will include Sensory Art, Big World of Little Dude (mindfulness and social emotional learning), Theatre, and STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art, and math), plus classes for parents and their kids such as prenatal yoga, postpartum yoga, dance and movement, and music.

New York Family
Most notably, the Little Wing will also offer parent support groups and workshops with an emphasis on creating connections and community among working moms.

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Play, Work or Dash

Location: Vienna, VA

CLOSED

Play, Work or Dash was a co-working space offering childcare in Vienna, VA. Opened in 2016, it closed in 2018.

Website
https://twitter.com/playworkdash

Nido (CLOSED)

Location: Durham, NC

Hours
M-F, 8:30AM-12:30PM
M-TH, 1-5PM

Membership
$200/month

Childcare
Preschool serving children 6 months - 6 years (half-day program during the school year as well as full-day programs during the summer)

Fees
Ranges from $300-$900 monthly depending on age of child and number of days booked

Website
https://www.nidocoworking.org/

Nido is a nonprofit coworking space with an on-site Montessori preschool. They blend coworking and childcare to form a supportive, inclusive space.

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Kids & Company (Kidco Work) (CLOSED)

Location: Boston, MA

Hours
M-F, 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Membership
Available free to any parent who has a child enrolled with Kids & Company on a regular basis ($2,890/month)

Childcare
Offered by their childcare facility for newborns through 12 years old

Website
https://us.kidsandcompany.com/locations/boston-seaport/

Kids & Company is a childcare provider that provides childcare and early learning. At their Seaport location in Boston, they recently opened a co-working space: Kidco Work.

Image Credit: The Boston Globe

Giocare Play Spot (CLOSED)

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Hours
M-F, 9am-1pm

Membership
Not needed

Childcare
Children can play in the play room with teacher supervision

Fees
Open play is $12 per visit

Daily rates for “work+play” start at $55 for the first child + $25 for each additional child; monthly rates range from $215-$475 depending on number of days booked

Website
https://giocareplayspot.com/

Giocare Play Spot is affiliated with Giocare Play School, a licensed preschool. The Play Spot has two rooms - the front room is a children’s play room, and the back room is a workspace for parents and caregivers.

AMENITIES

Classes include story time, crafting, sensory exploration, and sing-alongs
Also available for private party bookings

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Work and Play (CLOSED)

Location: South Orange, NJ

Hours
M-F, 9AM-3PM (to 5PM for work)

Membership
$25/day with additional monthly packages ranging from $75-$275

Childcare
Licensed childcare - 4 or 6 hours each day

Fees
$15/hour

Website
https://workandplaynj.com/

Work and Play offers co-working and licensed childcare, as well as workshops and networking events. Work and Play has two locations (19 Prospect Street and 12 South Ave).

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Workafrolic

Location: Washington, D.C.

CLOSED

Workafrolic was a co-working and childcare concept based in Washington, D.C.

Website
https://www.workafrolic.com/

Equal Play (CLOSED)

Location: San Mateo, CA

Hours
M-F, 8:30AM-5PM

Membership
$400/month, but membership is not required

Childcare
Offers childcare as well as drop-in options for “infants through school-age children”

Fees
$15/hr

Website
https://equalplay.space/

The Garden by Equal Play is a co-working system that includes fully equipped office space and play-based childcare. The Garden is designed with biophilic principles in mind, drawing on nature and including green elements and natural light.

AMENITIES

Pumping and nursing area
Mixed-age cafeteria

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The Jane Club (CLOSED)

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Hours
M-F, 9AM-6PM

Membership
$250-$500 per month; application required

Childcare
Available to children 3 months and older at The Nest

Fees
Childcare included with membership

Website
https://www.janeclub.com/

The Jane' Club “takes care of the woman who takes care of everything else”. It is a community and workspace with onsite childcare that is designed with amenities needed by mothers - a workspace, child care and an entire suite of services, experiences and products. Its childcare area is called The Nest.

AMENITIES

Visits with an on-call doctor, wellness visits, and breast exams
Pilates and yoga classes

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Harper’s Bazaar
But what sets The Jane Club apart is its socially conscience commitment to making a difference in the world, and in women’s lives, says co-founder Jess Zaino. The venture is about building an eco system, and that includes partnering with brands that align with The Jane Club’s mission to create a village that values and centers on the work women do: their careers, care taking, and community building.

Hollywood Reporter
”The Jane Club is demanding that motherhood is not seen as a branding tool, but rather a political weapon. We are demanding that women are not forced into motherhood, that they are not stigmatized if they choose not to be mothers and if they choose to be mothers, that their children are not seen as a liability or a line item.” - Founder Diane Raphael

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The Inc. (CLOSED)

Location: Seattle, WA

Hours
M-F, 9am-1pm
* Parents must remain on site

Membership
$50/quarter

Childcare
Offers childcare for children 1-5 years old

Fees
$15/hr (drop-in hourly rate; 2-hour minimum in the toddler room and 3-hour minimum in the preschool room)

Website
https://nextdoor.com/pages/the-inc-coworking-playschool-seattle-wa/

The Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit space simplifying work and childcare needs for parents. It’s a one-stop shop for working parents interested in coworking, flexible, drop-in childcare for children 1-5 years old, career support and building community.

The Inc. offers three spaces:

Co-working (parents only)
Playschool (children only)
Cowork + coplay (parents and children)

The Inc. has two Seattle-area locations - its original, in Greenlake, and its newer location in West Seattle

AMENITIES

Parent-only coworking room
Cowork + coplay community room
Member events, workshops, and classes
Coffee, tea and snacks
Printer access

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Red Tricycle
The Women’s Business Incubator launched The Inc. Community Coworking + Playschool in February 2017 in Green Lake with the mission to foster a positive, child-friendly workplace culture that would inspire connection, confidence and growth for parents at any stage of their career development or entrepreneurial journey. Created by mothers, the coworking concept originated with pop-up working events where moms who were transitioning back to work could come together to work and bring their children along to be cared for by nannies.

The Seattle Collaborative Space Alliance
”What makes us unique is that access for a coworking spot and a Playschool spot is all packed into one price. Whatever you pay for the preschooler or toddler rooms also gives you access to the coworking room. The affordability piece is really important to us so we do our best to consider this when we set pricing. It’s a constant juggle as our model evolves but we want to be able to serve a range of parents.”

Image Credit: The Inc.