A National Model of Excellence in Toddler, Preschool, and School-Age Care and Education
125 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Children’s Village is a non-profit educating young and school-age children, current and future teachers, and families. Children’s Village is distinguished by teaching excellence, a comprehensive and holistic framework and its focus on inclusion and diversity. Working together with children, families and the community, we promote a society that is fair, compassionate and economically vibrant.
A non-profit organization, Children’s Village relies on your support. Today, more than 400 children are learning, exploring, sharing, discovering, and creating with us. Our high-quality program prepares them for school—and for life. But we can only do so with you. Read more»
“Our goal is to nurture a more diverse and inclusive generation of young children who thrive through their experience of equitable learning opportunities in early learning programs. We aim for each child to ‘express comfort and joy with human diversity; to increasingly recognize injustice; and to have the will and the skills to act against prejudice.’ We find ourselves pressing for the same for each adult in our nation today.” –We Stand Together, A Message from Ann McClain Terrell and Rhian Evans Allvin, NAEYC
As we struggle with the horrific death of George Floyd and the institutional racism that continues in our country, Children’s Village urges you to read this message from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and NAEYC’s position statement “Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education.”
We are joing the National CACFP Association Sponsors to advocate for emergency aid that would deliver financial relief to the CACFP community, including child care providers like Children’s Village.
Updated- 5/19/ 2020 A heartfelt hello to you, dear Children’s Village families. Please know that all of the Children’s Village teachers and staff are thinking about… Read more»
Children benefit most from teachers who are highly qualified and experienced. Each of our classrooms is headed by two full-time teachers: a lead teacher and an assistant teacher. Learn more»
Children’s Village encourages artistic expression. One former student took the lessons to heart; she now attends Moore College of Art and Design.
Former students often invite their Children’s Village teachers to their high school graduation.
I know we selected the right school for our preschooler. Today, he asked what ‘indigenous’ means. My wife and I looked at each other in surprise!
A parent who had seen our class at the park followed us back to Children’s Village to complete an Enrollment Application for her own child.
Children’s Village graduates often return to complete required high school community service hours here.
Our library books have to be replaced, not because they’re lost but because they’re worn. We encourage life-long readers and learners.
We are a LGBT family, and never once have we felt set apart or not included in anything, and our child has exposure to learning about all different types of families and is supported with ours.
The Nutrition Program introduces many children to new foods. Parents often ask our chef for the recipes.
Children’s Village offers an extremely diverse environment and they are very intuitive and dedicated to your child’s educational process.
I love the way Children’s Village is so accommodating to immigrant families and families new to the area. I learn a lot because of this outreach.
A parent told me that, if she had 6,000 children, they would all attend Children’s Village.
