Established in 2004, Alphabet Academy has grown to four schools (Hamden, New Haven, Branford) to satisfy the high demand for its unique and joyful progressive early learning experience. Using RIE as the foundation for our social and emotional teaching practice, we partner with families with children from 6 weeks through kindergarten to provide the entire family with an unmatched holistic learning and living experience. We employ over 70 of the areas finest early education teachers and advocates and support them in on-going and rigorous continuing education that embraces authentic and proven progressive educaring.
At all of our locations you will experience:
• Generous outdoor play spaces in nature
• Free range chickens
• In house Chef-run, open kitchen at the heart of our schools
• Large vegetable gardens and compost
• Reggio Emilia, child directed play based curriculum
• Emotional responsive teaching embedded into everything we do
• Parent and family coaching and education
• Bi-weekly yoga and cooking classes