Early Childhood Education

Wonder Happens Here

Collaborative for Children is an early childhood education  organization dedicated to providing innovative learning opportunities for all children, ages 0-5

At Collaborative for Children, we understand that early childhood education is the education of a lifetime. It shapes futures. Fosters leadership. Prepares kids to deal with – and overcome – the challenges that await them in the future. But it is also a journey that must begin at the right time in the right way, and that’s our focus: To make sure that every child, in every community, has the learning skills they need to achieve great things from the moment they start school.

Collaborative for Children Early Childhood Education Is Passionate About Empowering Families And Teachers

Children are the workforce and the leaders of tomorrow, gaining an early learning experience that will prepare them to overcome the challenges and solve the problems that confront the world in the 21st century. Endlessly curious, creative, and inventive, they are developing the vital next-generation skills that foster lifelong success. And yes – any child can become a Collab Kid.

Measuring What Matters

Collaborative for Children continuously collects, assesses, and operationalizes critical data in real time. Rather than making educated guesses or assumptions, we analyze the facts we have gathered from multiple sources to get a better look at what practices are performing best. Using that aggregated knowledge, we can expand or improve early childhood education programs and resources we offer; enhance our own decision making; and improve outcomes and results for children & early childhood education.

Rolling To a Neighborhood Near You

Collab-Lab is a mobile early childhood education classroom that brings critical, future-focused early childhood education directly to the community at no cost. Designed to be convenient for families, it connects parents and their youngest children with experts, educators, resources, and proven programs whose goal is to make sure that kids have the skills essential to learning from the moment they walk into kindergarten for the first time.

COLLAB-LAB USES OUR CORE I WONDER CURRICULUM, APPLYING AN INNOVATIVE, HANDS-ON, AND PROJECT-BASED APPROACH THAT UTILIZES 21ST-CENTURY LEARNING FOCUSED ON REFLECTION, CRITICAL THINKING, TECHNOLOGY, AND PROBLEM-SOLVING.

The curriculum is a year-long program divided into five parts that correspond to the five general attributes that Collab Kids demonstrate: a global learner, an innovative creator, a leader, a digital learner, and a problem-solver.

The curriculum primarily addresses social emotional development while also bolstering positive child outcomes in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We use a learning program that concentrates on:

• Regulating reactions to emotions like frustration or excitement
• Calming down after something exciting or upsetting
• Focusing on a task
• Refocusing attention on a new task
• Controlling impulses
• Learning behavior that helps children get along with others

Visit our website for additional information or questions regarding early childhood education.