Educare Springfield

Part of what we get to do each day with children is play. And play is critical to the healthy and progressive development of all children.

This week, we played. And it was wonderful.

Thank you to the staff here who focus so intentionally on play and know how central it truly is in the development of children.

Have a beautiful weekend, everyone, and go play!

Our school family is growing! 🏫

This week, we welcomed Matteo and Delilah as well as their families to our new Infant/Toddler classroom at Educare Springfield! How lucky are we that they chose us to help them learn and grow? What an honor for sure. 🥰

Providing excellent early education and care is something we are so proud to do. 👶🏽

Welcome, Matteo and Dalila, and your beautiful families. 🫶🏼

Parfait All Day! 🫐🍓

Setting the table for and sharing a sweet treat with amazing staff! Thank you for your work each day with children, families and one another. 🫶🏼

And to all of the early childhood educators and allies out there, we appreciate you so much! Keep up the incredible work. 🥰

Early morning water play is on today’s schedule for sure! 💦

We stay safe and cool in our beautiful outdoor playground! 🌞

We have an early dismissal today and are all off tomorrow due to the upcoming July 4th holiday. 🎆

See you on Monday! 🗓️

Part of our work today included an AED training for our staff. Safety trainings like this are essential to the work we do and align with our commitment to excellence.

Our gratitude to Baystate Health and Health New England for their financial support in outfitting Educare Springfield with two AEDs as well as the training to operate them if needed.

Attention family child care providers, early childhood educators and partners. Check out this incredible professional development and networking opportunity!

See the flyer and registration link below:

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Need some joy? We have it in spades here at Educare Springfield!
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The children were soaking up the sun and getting soaked at the same time. ☀️

Enjoy the weekend and be sure to make time for joy.
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Last week we had fabulous time with craze of West Springfield! Thank you, Square One, for bringing this incredible event to our school! We made friends as well as charcuterie boards and boxes! It was delicious!

Every day, no matter what, we look for joy. And every day, no matter what, we find joy in the spaces where children are at Educare Springfield. 🚸

This week we found joy with one of our Local Evaluation Partner researchers, Dr. Vanessa Esquivel from UCONN. 🐺

Dr. Esquivel dedicated four years to helping Educare Springfield gather and analyze data about children, families, educators, relationships and environments as well as assisting coaches think more critically about instructional decisions to help children grow. This is not only joy, but excellence which is what all children and families deserve. 👶🏽

Dr. Esquivel finished her doctoral program and is heading back home to her family. To celebrate her incredible tenure and work with us, we made today “Vanessa Day!” at Educare Springfield full of love, joy, cupcakes, flowers, and some bitter sweet moments. 🫶🏼

Thank you, Dr. Esquivel for the data, the excellence, the care and most of all, the joy that you shared with us. Your work elevates our work and for this we are forever grateful. 🙏

Happy Vanessa Day! 💐

https://youtu.be/tp7QaDRuObM?si=IlBbJ5QPp6JRhoD4

Love is something every child deserves. The power of love and appreciation for all the gifts children bring to the world are core beliefs of Educare. And we love to sing and dance. 💃

And we got to hang out with a pretty cool “cat” this week at Catalyst 2026!

Eric Litwin: Power of Story and Song at Catalyst 26 Day 1 of Catalyst 26, the Educare Network National Summit, was enriched by a joyful, music-filled session with Eric Litwin, original author of Pete the Cat, ...