Students Work in the Garden
Students and staff are growing lettuces, strawberries, herbs, and flowers outside in the CHILD Center garden. This is a fun way to explore our world and learn about nutrition at the same time. Check out the video below: Gardening day at the Child Center. Lettuces,...
Celebrating Graduation 2020
Today was the Child Center Drive By Graduation. It was a day filled with smiles, cheers, and maybe even a tear or two as we wished our graduates well in kindergarten. We love our kids and our families so much and wish them the best in elementary school! See below for...
The Zucker Center produces “The A to Zs of Early Childhood”
We are proud to partner with the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies. The Zucker Center is currently producing "The A to Zs of Early Childhood" - a resource for teachers, families, and our community to learn more about what we can do to help...
Congrats to our first graduating class!
We love all of our kids, but our very first graduating class will always hold a special place in our hearts. We look forward to seeing where life takes all of these wonderful little people! Congrats from the whole CHILD Center team!
CHILD Center kids participate in countywide Head Start performance
The CHILD Center Head Start classrooms joined all the other Head Start Classrooms in Alachua County this week in a holiday performance! Check out the CHILD Center Facebook page for videos and more pictures!
Special guests visit the CHILD Center
Today, we were lucky to welcome two special guests to the CHILD Center - Mayor Lauren Poe and Gainesville Sun Opinions Editor Nathan Crabbe. The kids were all very excited to have some reading time with these special guests. This is just another example of...
UF expert partners with the CHILD Center to bring best practices to classrooms
UF expert Dr. Herman Knopf is a research scientist at the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies. He works with CHILD Center staff and our partners at ELC to bring the Zucker Center's Practice-Based Coaching model to classrooms across Alachua...
Introducing the CHILD Center’s inaugural class!
CHILD Center is open for business!
The CHILD Center is open! It welcomed its first students on August 13, 2018.
CHILD Center celebrates ribbon-cutting!
The CHILD Center has celebrated the ribbon-cutting for the CHILD Center's new facility with hundreds of our community members!