Show+Tell is a first-of-its-kind online, interactive event showcasing the most promising innovations in early childhood.
Our second Show+Tell focused on promising programs increasing access, affordability and quality of child care.
Featured ventures and experts include Wiggle Room, Winnie, Louise Stoney (Opportunities Exchange), C.C. Busy, Wonderschool-NECC Partnership, Rebecca Gomez (Raising Child Care Fund), Let's Grow Kids, Build Up San Mateo, Neighborhood Villages, Chad Dunkley (New Horizon Academy). Featured ventures and experts include Kith and Kin, ParentChild+, Bridget Hamre (Teachstone), LENA, Wildflower Schools, Gail Joseph (EarlyEdU Alliance), Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation, Massachusetts-New Profit ECSO Partnership.Caregiver Voices
How Caregiving Feels
Family Child Care Providers
How Support Leads to Growth
Why I Love Children
Expert Talks
Gail Joseph, PhD, Founding Director
EarlyEdU Alliance
Expert Video
Rebecca Gomez, EdD, Program Officer, Heising-Simons Foundation, The Raising Child Care Fund
Expert Video
Louise Stoney, Co-Founder
Opportunities Exchange
Expert Video
Bridget Hamre, PhD, CEO & Research Professor
Teachstone
Expert Video
Chad Dunkley, CEO
New Horizon Academy
Expert Video
Innovator Demonstrations
Kith and Kin, Joyceline Ravelo
Demo Video | Venture Profile
All Our Kin, Jessica Sager
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Build Up San Mateo, Christine Padilla
Demo Video | Venture Profile
C.C. Busy, Shimira Williams
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Let’s Grow Kids, Aly Richards
Demo Video | Venture Profile
LENA, Jess Simmons
Demo Video | Venture Profile
ECSO Partnership, Aaron Lieberman
Demo Video | Venture Profile
University of Massachusetts, Anne Douglass
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Neighborhood Villages, Lauren Kennedy
Demo Video | Venture Profile
ParentChild+, Sarah Walzer
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Wonderschool, Mia Pritts
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Wildflower Schools, Matt Kramer
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Winnie, Anne Halsall
Demo Video | Venture Profile
Wiggle Room, Jaime-Jin Lewis
Demo Video | Venture Profile
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A Show+Tell Pop Up Series
Tinkergarten | MathTalk | Ready4K | WeeCare | USC Telehealth
Teaching Strategies | Home Grown | Let’s Grow Kids | The Lourie Center
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Across the country, roughly 12 million of our littlest learners who have not yet entered the K-12 system are at home now because preschools, childcare providers, public Pre-K programs and Head Starts are closed. Families are under an unprecedented level of stress as they face uncertainty, economic hardship, and a lack of social supports.
But there are stories of hope! Over the next few weeks we will feature organizations and businesses doing inspirational work to support our nation’s youngest and most vulnerable learners and their families. A series of short events followed by a one-and-a-half-hour session in coordination with The Campaign for Grade Level Reading, will provide:
insight into some of the great work and stories of adaptation happening across the field, including home visiting, child care, early education, parent support and more
opportunities to support organizations with partnerships and/or resources to accelerate their work
reflections on learnings from this time that will impact the field of early childhood well beyond this crisis
Tinkergarten, a tech-enabled network of leaders that brings families together in a natural environment in their community for classes where children learn through play, has shifted their focus to supporting families at home. With free DIY activities (available in English and Spanish) using common household objects, Tinkergarten at Home enables families to support their children’s continued growth and learning while they are following social distancing guidelines and sheltering in place. They are also supporting a very active, online community made up of families and Tinkergarten leaders across the country and they’re hosting weekly live online classes.
MathTalk strives to inspire adults and children, particularly in economically distressed communities, to embrace and enjoy math everywhere! Since families are at home now, MathTalk saw a need to bring the mathematical learning and engagement they had been doing through their outdoor installations into families homes. By speeding up technology development work, MathTalk has developed content-rich, interactive, AR experiences that allow children to build their math skills at home. This technology is a component of the overall MathTalk strategy which includes: an online platform for families; physical installations in public spaces; hotspots; and AR experiences.
Ready4K leverages the behavioral sciences and consumer technologies to create simple tools for great parenting.
WeeCare is an online child care marketplace helping families find verified home-base childcare, and helping childcare providers manage their businesses.
USC Telehealth delivers an evidence-based parent education and family support model through interactive video conferencing.
Organization Structure: Non-profit
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
Teaching Strategies is empowering early childhood educators with integrated, research-proven instructional tools
Organization Structure: For profit
Year Founded: 1988
HQ: Washington DC
Stage: Mature
Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care
Organization Structure: Non-profit
Year Founded: 2019
HQ: National
Stage: Early
FTEs: 2
Let’s Grow Kids is leading a movement to secure affordable access to high-quality child care in Vermont by 2025.
Organization Structure: Non-profit
Year Founded: 2000
HQ: Burlington, VT
Stage: Mature
FTEs: 35
The Lourie Center is working to democratize access to a proven, trauma-informed preschool with Project ECHO.
Organization Structure: Non-profit
Year Founded: 1983
HQ: Rockville, MD
Stage: Growth
FTEs: 200