By investing in school readiness, promoting healthy development, and strengthening families, Associated Early Care and Education gives students the opportunity to reach their full potential. Explore to learn more about how Associated nurtures a love of learning and creates a brighter future for the children, families, and neighborhoods we serve!

For over 130 years, Associated has provided the highest quality early care and education programs for the communities of Greater Boston.  Today, we are serving over 1,500 children in need, from birth to age five, through our programs and services.

State-of-the-Art Learning Center at Bromley-Heath

We are currently embarking on our single most ambitious project yet: developing and building a state-of-the-art Learning Center in the Bromley-Heath housing development in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood to serve as the flagship of a unique campus of care and education.  The center incorporates the most creative thinking and evidence-based practices from a variety of fields to create a unique and comprehensive neighborhood-centric early childhood education program that will serve families as well as their children.  We have raised 91% of the $14 million needed to construct the Learning Center, and aim to break ground in Bromley-Heath in summer 2012.  Interested in more information or donating to the project?  Contact Ellen Meltzer at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 617-695-0700 x266.

Associated’s New Health and Wellness Blog

We’re pleased to announce that our new Health and Wellness Blog is live!  Check it out at AssociatedFamilies.com. 

The blog, also translated into Spanish, is primarily a resource for our parents to find healthy recipes, free wellness-related local events for the family, notes and photos from lessons in our classrooms, and lots more.  Even if you don’t have a child at Associated, check it out anyway!  You’re sure to learn something new.

If you are a parent in one of our daycare centers, you can go to the blog to fill out a brief survey about what kinds of healthy changes you and your family have made in the past month.  Simply filling out the survey will earn you a free cookbook!  Go to your child’s center to pick up your cookbook – offer ends April 30th.

Thank you to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for generously funding this project!

Associated President in Boston Globe

Wayne Ysaguirre wrote a Letter to the Editor that appears in today’s Boston Globe.  The letter concerns the possibility of a partnership with Boston Public Schools and community-based early education programs such as ours.  Read the article on the Boston Globe’s website here.