Smart Start Georgia

Smart Start Georgia, a partnership of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, and Kaplan Early Learning Company are happy to announce SMART TOTS! Smart Tots is a playground project to enhance and improve infant and toddler playgrounds and to promote safety and educational play for our youngest children. Studies confirm that play is an important part of a child’s development, especially for children under 5.

Outdoor play presents children with unique sights, smells, and sounds that stimulate creativity. Not only do playgrounds provide safe places for children to play with friends, use their imagination and stay healthy, but they are also places where children can develop important social skills and define their character traits which will stay with them throughout their lives.

About Kaplan
The Kaplan Early Learning Company’s philosophy is very simple… they care about children. Education builds futures and what better way to start than with young children.

Founded in 1951 and specializing in providing products that lay the foundation for success in school and in life, Kaplan provides unique toys and gifts that promote learning as well as play. And in 1968, Kaplan School Supply was founded and it continues to be a strong leader in the field of early care and education through its' publishing and development of curriculum and assessment products.

For more information about Kaplan, please visit www.kaplanearlylearning.com.

About Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning

Created in July 2004 by the merger of the Office of School Readiness, the Child Care Licensing Section of the Office of Regulatory Services (Department of Human Resources), the Georgia Child Care Council, and the Even Start Program, Bright From the Start administers Georgia’s Pre-K Program, licenses center-based and home-based child care, administers federal nutrition programs, houses the Head Start Collaboration Office, oversees the resource and referral agencies and federal quality dollars, distributes Even Start monies for early literacy, and works collaboratively with Smart Start Georgia to blend federal, state, and private dollars to enhance early care and education.