Child's World

It was 19 years ago, on January 2, 1994 that A Child's World began its quest to be the finest provider of early care and education. It began with the dream of it's founder, Dr Andrea Seidman, to bring the world a new pedagogy that would make teaching the way the brain learns the new paradigm in education. Our journey to be the best began before our doors ever opened. Andrea was a gifted and talented educator. She was education director for schools where she developed curriculum for children from pre-school age through high school grades. Unfortunately at the time, there was no place she felt comfortable placing our then, infant daughter, as her school did not offer an infant program. However, fortunately for us, we were able to find a partner that would finance Andrea's dream to establish an early childhood school that truly created an educational environment for optimal learning opportunities from birth. After several months of hard labor refurbishing an old building, off the corner of Edison Furlong and Rt. 611, sending out direct mail flyers (by even bringing them to every family gathering to stuff and address envelopes), by hiring staff together with the endless details that goes into creating such a venture, we were ready to greet our first young students. Andrea was among the first educators in the nation to recognize that learning begins at birth and therefore, a child's educational journey should also begin at birth. Latest research now tells us that this is common knowledge. She was an innovator who brought many firsts to the childcare community. New initiatives began with teaching sign language to infants who could not even speak. Parents and educators alike showed some skepticism. The reality was that a baby's hands, fingers, and brain were developed enough even though speech development may not have been. Parents in particular were in awe of the ability of their pre-toddler children to communicate without speech. Imagine how their frustration level for inability to communicate decreased for both ...