Early Learning Center

La Casa Hogar’s Early Learning Center prepares children ages 2-5 to enter kindergarten that otherwise, would not have any pre-school education. Mothers bring their children and engage with them for the first 15 minutes of each class and then go to La Casa’s second floor to attend their own classes. Because classes are co-located, both children and their parents feel safe knowing where their respective loved one is while they pursue their own learning. The Escuelita uses the Creative Curriculum in Spanish and English, and applies the promotora peer teaching model which trains parents who share the language and have lived similar life realities and barriers as those of our students. La Casa’s promotoras are participating mothers who demonstrate a desire to become a teachers’ assistant. STEM and positive discipline are also key components of the Escuelita. In 2014, 67 unique children participated in our Escuelita.