Our Colleagues and Inspirations
Pando Little School is engaged with several organizations in New Mexico and beyond. Together, we work to ensure that children and families throughout our community have access to exceptional early childhood experiences. Below are the organizations we’ve worked with over the years who have helped us to deepen our practice and become who we are today.
collaborative Teachers Institute
The Collaborative Teachers Institute is a group of early childhood teachers in North West New Mexico interested in pursuing advanced, collaborative professional development. Participating programs and teachers study children's interests through a reflective practice approach.
New Mexico Reggio Emilia Exchange
The New Mexico Reggio Emilia Exchange (NMREX) is a learning collaborative that promotes the rights and inherent abilities of ALL children, families, educators, and community members through a commitment to innovative educational approaches.
S.M.A.S.H Studio Arts
S.M.A.S.H is a mobile art studio in a converted school bus. Its mission is to inspire individuals, families, and communities to creatively reuse everyday materials in the process of making art. Since April 2017, workshops have been offered on-site at schools, camps, public spaces and festivals. Materials are donated from local residents and businesses; items that would otherwise end up in landfills, recycling center, and even compost piles. In an era of cuts to art education and excessive consumerism, S.M.A.S.H is a symbol of ingenuity and resourcefulness.
Color Wheel Toys
Need a birthday gift for a terrific kid? Desire supplies for a school project? Need to tie dye, embroider, or collage? Color Wheel Toys has you covered. Follow Color Wheel Toys on Facebook to see where it will pop-up next!
Rosalie Cooperative School of Young Children
Rosalie Cooperative believes that children are born as citizens of today. They are not waiting to become but rather living, loving and laughing here and now. And they are strong. Through a part-time parent cooperative preschool program and a parent-infant class, Rosalie Cooperative School of Young Children seeks to provide our youngest citizens with a forum to pursue projects of significance together and in collaboration with adults.
Harmonic Kids
Harmonic Kids is proud to offer Music Together classes for children. A pioneer in early childhood music and movement education, Music Together offers classes for children from birth through kindergarten, in which parents and caregivers actively participate. The family-like setting of Music Together's mixed-age classes enables siblings to attend together, creating an ideal learning environment where infants, toddlers, and preschoolers can freely participate at their own levels.
Teacher Tom a preschool teacher, blogger, speaker, artist and the author of Teacher Tom's First Book. After nearly 20 years as the preschool teacher at the Woodland Park Cooperative School teaching children from 2-5, he is now working with businesses and other institutions to help make high-quality, play-based preschool education a possibility for children everywhere.
Boulder Journey School is a private school that welcomes over 200 children and their families. Students range in age from 8 weeks to 6 years. For over 20 years, Boulder Journey School has been inspired by a strong relationship with educators from the world-renowned schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and intensive study of their philosophy and values. Boulder Journey School values adults’ learning as well as children’s learning and have developed high-quality learning opportunities for educators as well as for children.
Wemagination
The Wemagination Resource Center is a nonprofit educational reuse center, providing high-quality recyclable materials in support of understanding the essential role of play for children’s optimal learning and development.
CNM Early Childhood Mentor Teacher Network
ECMN is a professional network of early childhood education teachers interested in mentoring the next generation of teachers. They provide opportunities to engage in reflective practice and professional development with colleagues in the field of early childhood, as well as high-quality learning experiences for students on the path to be educators.
CNM Early Childhood Mentor Teacher Network
NMCCEA was created to serve as the unified voice of child care centers in state legislation across New Mexico. NMCCEA advocates for child care and early education programs, ensuring all families have access to high-quality child care.
Valuable Visitors
We’re proud to have hosted several people and organizations who are as committed to early childhood education as we are.
