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To provide an affordable AMI Montessori Education to children ages 18 months through first grade.

First Readers' mission is to “strengthen communities by providing quality books and literacy resources for children and their families to use at home during the earliest stages of development."

The PRC's mission is to provide first connections to young children and their families. We aim to provide early education enrichment opportunities at affordable prices to all of our community's families. Operating in an economically and culturally diverse area, the PRC brings families together in a supportive environment where parents and caregivers can share the joys and challenges of raising young children while their children play, experiment and learn in a safe and nurturing environment.

Cottonwood Preschool is a non-profit corporation, founded in 1981 by a group of dedicated parents who identified a need for a pre-school program that was different than others in the Littleton area. These parents imagined a preschool where their cooperative efforts could create a stimulating and exciting learning environment for their children. They created a school where parents could play a direct role in their child's education. Today, Cottonwood Preschool is one of a handful of parent cooperative preschools in the Denver area. We continue to have a very dedicated group of parents who are committed to carrying on the tradition of excellence at Cottonwood. Cottonwood embraces a developmental, play based philosophy of learning, which supports and respects the child as he/she is. Cottonwood supports the knowledge that children learn best through play and hands-on experiences. Through the guidance of carefully selected teachers, the child will have the opportunity to explore and enrich his/her world socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually toward optimal growth.

First3Years nurtures early relational and mental health of infants and toddlers by collaborating with caregivers, parents and professionals across Texas to cultivate strong early childhood systems, educate our workforce, and advance best practices.Our programs are designed to:• Build awareness of the critical importance of the first three years of life. • Enhance the quality of relationships between infants/toddlers and their caregivers.• Advocate for policies and practices that support the healthy development of young children.• Educate early childhood professionals in best practices

At the Millburn Cooperative Nursery School, parents have the opportunity to participate in their child's first school experience. Founded in 1974, the school is a unique, non-profit preschool located in a one-room schoolhouse on the edge of Taylor Park. Teachers and parents work together to provide a secure, relaxed atmosphere. In our two-year program, children learn through play, in an atmosphere that is warm and supportive. We offer stimulating and varied activities designed to help each child grow physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially at his or her own pace.

Founded in 1952, Broadway Children's School of Oakland provides education programs for preschool age children and their parents. The school's play-based programs are designed to develop all aspects of a child's growth (social, emotional, physical, creative and intellectual) and to prepare children for kindergarten. BCSO is a Family-First school. We combine child-centered learning through creative play with parent enrichment that extends developmentally appropriate learning deep into the home. We then cultivate a committed community that offers families a bedrock of support, knowledge-sharing, and friendship.

Raising A Reader MA partners with regional organizations to help parents with young children to develop, practice and maintain shared reading habits, which foster vocabulary and language skills essential to reading readiness. Raising A Reader MA is an evidence-based early literacy program that helps families of young children (birth through age six) develop, practice, and maintain habits of reading together at home. Our core program model, which both increases access to books and offers support for strengthening the culture of reading at home, is driven by more than 25 years of research that show the most significant factor impacting a child’s academic success is being regularly read to by a parent or other primary adult caregiver before starting kindergarten. Our vision is to equip all parents and caregivers to become agents of change, as their child’s first teachers, to eliminate the opportunity gap that impacts success in school and beyond.

The Madison Cooperative Nursery School (the Co-op) is an educational nursery school founded in June of 1959 by a small collective of mothers who sought to provide a cooperative educational and social preschool experience for their children. Our school remains true to its founding values today, offering parents an opportunity to be actively involved in their child(ren)'s first educational experience. The Co-op is a State-licensed nursery school in Madison, New Jersey offering two, three, and four-day classes for 2 , 3, and 4-year old children. Each class is staffed by two paid qualified teachers and one parent volunteer. The objective of our school is to provide a stimulating and enjoyable educational environment for our students. The uniqueness and individuality of every child is recognized. Emphasis is placed on providing a secure, creative and caring atmosphere in which to guide them toward positive social interactions, emotional maturity, the ability to accept limits and tolerance and acceptance of others. The staff and parents are dedicated to helping each child reach his or her full potential - intellectually, emotionally, socially and physically. A cooperative program is unique since both parents and teachers play an integral role in the education process. Parents participate on a rotating basis enabling them to observe and share in our learning activities and social situations. Parent involvement on the Board of Directors and various committees makes for a true school community.