Each EarlystART campus is home to nurturing, stimulating, and educational spaces where students develop positive behaviors, a healthy sense of self, and a connectedness to caring people who support and encourage them. The EarlystART curriculum is a magical mix of visual, musical, and dramatic arts that come to life in our classrooms, art studios, and venues around the community.
Infants and Toddlers (ages 6 weeks to 3 years)
The infant and toddler classrooms focus on sensory experiment and development. This is the first step in helping infants grow into curious children. Social and emotional development and individualized interactions with these students readies them for future exploration and learning.
Pre-School Students (ages 3 to 5 years)
The EarlystART Pre-School years are a time for children to grow in empathy and understanding as they learn to socialize with others, solve problems, and develop self-confidence. Students achieve positive and large gains in vocabulary knowledge, listening, and receptive language skills while bolstering their social and emotional development.
About Mariah Roady: With a background in the arts and nonprofit development and marketing, Mariah Roady leads fund development, donor engagement, and communications initiatives at EarlystART’s Family and Child Development Centers. She is a fierce advocate for children through her participation on the Kids Win Missouri Family Leadership Circle, Kauffman Education Fellowship, and as a recent Parent Leadership Training Institute graduate. She is also involved with local performing arts organizations. While Mariah is an artist by training and an advocate by personal mission, everything she does is inspired by her role as “Mama” to her four year-old daughter. Creating a brighter and more just future for her drives her decisions and fuels her fire. Her greatest desire is that her daughter, and all children, realize the indelible power they hold to influence change and possibility.
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