Acelero American St is an Acelero Learning Head Start / Early Head Start center in Philadelphia that provides full-day, full-year early childhood education for infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children as part of the Camden & Philadelphia network.







Acelero American St is part of Acelero Learning’s Camden & Philadelphia network of Head Start and Early Head Start centers. The program serves children from birth through preschool age and participates in Head Start, Early Head Start, and other public funding streams where applicable.
Classroom instruction uses research-based curricula and routines-based planning. Preschool classrooms use the Ready to Shine curriculum with week-by-week lesson guides, in-class activities, and materials aligned to school-readiness goals. Infant and toddler classrooms use Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos as a foundation.
The center model emphasizes family partnership and integrates home-learning resources to extend classroom learning. Family engagement activities include monthly meetings and family learning events, individualized home learning recommendations, and coordination of services related to children’s health and well-being. Head Start and Early Head Start services are available at no cost to eligible families.
Preschool programming follows the Ready to Shine curriculum with comprehensive lesson plans, activity guides, unit maps and materials aligned to school-readiness goals; teachers use shared planning and assessment to group children for targeted activities.
Infant and toddler programming uses Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos as the foundation and emphasizes routines-based responsive caregiving, teacher-child relationships, and individualized planning.
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