Childsplay, Arizona's award-winning theatre company for young audiences, is one of three Helios Education Foundation grant recipients for programs aligned with the Foundation's Early Childhood Theory of Change. Grants were awarded for development of programs which are designed to strengthen the literacy and language acquisition knowledge and education of early childhood teachers, professionals and other providers working with children ages birth to five. In addition to funding for Childsplay, other recipients include the Early Learning Coalition of Polk County in Manatee and Sarasota counties in Florida, and Paradise Valley Community College in partnership with Central Arizona College.







