The Early Childhood Department

• Inspires families to discover and develop their child’s talents
• Empowers parents to become active participants in their child’s learning.
• Engages parents, early educators, and community partners in collaborating to support young children and their families’ development prior to kindergarten.

The Lowell Early Childhood Department has four objectives:

1. Engage families in educating their children at home, school, and in the community.
2. Support early childhood community and educators in providing adequate, equitable, and safe early learning programming through public and private partnerships and on-going collaborative professional development. 
3. Provide authentic learning opportunities to young children in formal and informal settings to support the development of the whole child.
4. Foster children’s language, literacy, social & emotional, physical, and cognitive development through rich content at home, in school, and in the community.

Kindergarten Readiness Statement