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Learning Through Play and Exploration

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Innovators: 3.5 - 5 Years Old

High-Quality Childcare and Preschool for Families in Southfield, Metro Detroit, and Beyond

Available Full-time and Part-time

Hands-on Learning
Every Day

Children are empowered to express their ideas in "100 languages" as proposed by the Reggio Emilia curriculum. They engage with more complex ideas and concepts through inquiry, creativity, and project-based learning. 

Hands-on for creativity and problem-solving
Innovators classroom designed for creativity, imagination, and collaboration

Creativity and Imagination

Math, letters, writing, and other subjects are woven into every playful activity throughout the day. Children explore these subjects in the ways they learn best, whether through hands-on building, storytelling, movement, or art. By disguising academics as play, we help children develop essential skills while keeping curiosity, joy, and creativity at the center of every experience.

From LEGO Walls to
Big Ideas

Science, technology, engineering, art, and math come alive in our classrooms every day. From building on our LEGO walls to experimenting with materials and solving real-world problems, children explore concepts through hands-on investigations that lay the foundation for a lifelong love of learning

Children building and designing at Early Spark Academy’s interactive Lego wall
Children working together in a Reggio Emilia inspired classroom

Social-Emotional Growth Through Friendships

Our students learn how to work, play, and communicate with others. Through guided group activities and cooperative play, children build empathy, resilience, and important social skills that will last a lifetime.

The Atelier: A Studio for Creativity and Wonder

The atelier is a special place where creativity comes to life. Here, children have access to a wide variety of art materials and tools that invite them to experiment, explore, and express their ideas in unique ways. Guided by the Reggio Emilia philosophy, the atelier encourages problem-solving, innovation, and imagination, giving every child the chance to see themselves as an artist and a thinker.

Art and creativity area featuring natural and recycled materials at Early Spark Academy
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A Bright Future Starts Here!

Active, play-based learning designed to support curiosity, movement, and social skills.

Explorers

Toddlers
12 months - 30 months

Hands-on, child-led exploration that builds independence, language, and creativity.

Adventurers

Young Preschoolers
2 - 3 years

Play-based academics preparing children for kindergarten while nurturing imagination.

Investigators

Preschoolers
3 - 4 years

Kindergarten readiness with a focus on literacy, math, problem-solving, and social-emotional growth

Innovators

Prekindergarten/Kindergarten
(mixed age)
3.5 - 5 years

Afterschool Care in Southfield and Metro Detroit

Curiosity Club

After-school Enrichment &
Summer Camp
6 - 12 years

How Old Is Your Child?

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