Hcde Tidwell Head Start

About Hcde Tidwell Head Start

Hcde Tidwell Head Start is a center-based child care and early education facility serving the students and families of Houston! As a center, Hcde Tidwell Head Start provides a school-like learning and enrichment environment that gives students a taste of what they’ll experience at more formal school in the years to come. Students at Hcde Tidwell Head Start are provided the socialization opportunities that come with peers of similar ages, the enrichment opportunities that come with a center’s resources and structure, and the community that comes with experienced staff. Hcde Tidwell Head Start also offers a mixed-age classroom and curriculum which emphasizes open-ended, tactile activities that allow children to explore however that learning activity makes the most sense to them. Mixed-age classrooms like at Hcde Tidwell Head Start encourage peer learning, asking help from each other and reinforce a sense of empathy for one’s peers. Older students will learn leadership skills and younger students have the advantage of joining a classroom that already has the building blocks of community.