It takes all of us to raise an Idaho where children thrive.
Idaho AEYC stitches parents, child care providers, and whole communities into one early learning system, through a statewide network of Early Learning Collaboratives.
Are you a provider? Start with trainings and jobs
Five doors into one early learning system. Pick yours.
We are system builders.
For more than 25 years, Idaho AEYC has connected the parts, pieces, and players of early learning in Idaho, whether a family lives in a small rural town or a bustling city.
We are the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children. We bring parents, providers, educators, and communities together to build an early care and education system that works.
Our vision is simple: an Idaho where all children thrive, at home, in child care, and in the classroom.
Local solutions, stitched statewide.
An Early Learning Collaborative is a partnership of parents, providers, schools, and businesses that designs early learning solutions for its own community. Over the past six years, this network has grown across Idaho, and it puts locals in the driver's seat.
Communities shown are representative. The full interactive map lives on the Collaboratives page.
Real help, wherever you are in Idaho.
Six programs serving families, educators, and employers today.
READY! For Kindergarten
Free workshops that support you as your child's first and most influential teacher.
Find Child Care
Search licensed providers and quality early learning programs near you.
Trainings & Accreditation
Professional development and national accreditation support for early educators.
Early Childhood Job Board
Open positions across Idaho's early learning field, and a place to post yours.
Employer Toolkit external
Help your business support working parents with child care solutions that fit.
Ready Idaho Coalition
A statewide coalition building connected early childhood systems for every child.
Upcoming events
SEP2026Early Math Learning Institutes
Free, playful math foundations for families with children ages 3 to 5. Statewide.
OCT2026READY! For Kindergarten workshops
Fall series for parents and caregivers, hosted by local collaboratives.
JUN2027Early Learning Collaborative Symposium
The annual statewide gathering of educators, advocates, and partners.
See the work up close.
Inside Idaho's Early Learning Collaboratives · 3 min
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News worth passing along.
Building school readiness through play in Canyon County
On weekday mornings, early learning classrooms fill with sensory bins, storybooks, and children learning alongside their parents.
Early Learning Collaborative Symposium 2026
Educators, advocates, and partners from across Idaho gathered for two days of connection and learning.
Kindergarten readiness and the workforce share one solution
Two major data points about Idaho surfaced recently, and together they tell a story we can no longer ignore.
Every gift adds a block to the quilt.
Your support keeps child care open in small towns, puts books in young hands, and trains the teachers Idaho's children see every day. Give once, give monthly, or join as a member.
Prefer to give by check or sponsor an event? Contact our team