Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development: Tufts University

Lab Schools

The Department's two laboratory facilities play a central role in the life of the Department. They provide caring and learning environments for children and families as well as support for Tufts students' research and applied experience. The schools provide a continuous opportunity to ground faculty and students in the real world of children, and over the years, they have become models for developmental education serving diverse groups of children.

The Center for Applied Child Development provides invaluable outreach programs and consultation to educators and school systems in the greater Boston Area. The Tufts University Center for Child coordinates and supports child related projects and programs throughout Tufts University.

Tufts Educational Day Care Center

The Tufts Educational Day Care Center offers a full educational day care program for approximately 85 children, ages 3-6, including a certified kindergarten. The Center provides developmental care and innovative education for children and families of varied ethnic backgrounds in the Tufts and Medford-Somerville communities.

Eliot-Pearson Children's School

The Eliot-Pearson Children's School, serving over 80 children, offers full day programs for kindergartners and first- and second-graders, as well as half-day programs for preschoolers and toddlers. The staff of the Children's School are professional teachers with extensive training and experience in early childhood education. Each class is taught by a head teacher and at least one graduate teaching assistant.

Evelyn G. Pitcher Curriculum Resource Laboratory

The Evelyn G. Pitcher Curriculum Resource Laboratory, named after a professor emerita and former Department chair, is designed to support creativity in curriculum development and documentation of student learning. Faculty and students often offer workshops in the lab throughout the academic year which cover a variety of topics, including multicultural curriculum development, children’s literature, science, technology and math learning.