WeeCare Announces Nationwide Expansion to Provide Thousands of Children Access to a Quality Early Education

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WeeCare, the mobile platform that connects parents with licensed childcare providers in their community, continues to fulfill its mission of providing all families access to safe, affordable, nurturing, education-based childcare with its expansion into Northern California. WeeCare will also be offering childcare in New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland in the coming weeks. In each of these states the annual cost of center-based infant, toddler and four-year-old care costs more than in-state tuition and fees at a public university.

Esther Wojcicki, Ph.D., renowned educator, author and advisor to WeeCare, created WeeCare's "Early Learners Program" in partnership with WeeCare's Co-founder and CEO Jessica Chang. The high-quality educational program is available to all home daycare providers who utilize the WeeCare app. Wojcicki, one of the founders of Google for Education, is a pioneer in the field of instructional technology. She is also the author of How to Raise Successful People based on the T.R.I.C.K. philosophy (trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness), which she utilized when raising her three highly successful daughters: Susan (CEO of YouTube), Anne (Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe), and Janet (a Fulbright-winning medical researcher and professor).

WeeCare's innovative educational program utilizes instructional technology in a revolutionary way to prepare children for kindergarten and teach them social-emotional skills. Children learn the alphabet, numbers, colors and more through lessons in art, math, and STEM. Lessons also incorporate Wojcicki's T.R.I.C.K. philosophy to teach children compassion and empathy. Through follow-up questions available on the WeeCare app, parents can reinforce at home what their child is learning at WeeCare.

WeeCare's Co-Founder and CEO Jessica Chang, states, "As a mother of two, I understand the universal need of parents for childcare, yet the costs are exorbitant. WeeCare is an affordable and education-based childcare solution. I am excited to offer WeeCare to the communities of Northern California, New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland. With the 'Early Learners Program,' created in partnership with esteemed educator Esther Wojcicki, I am excited to continue to employ technology in a manner that connects what the child is learning at WeeCare with at-home learning, making it easy for parents to be actively involved in their child's early education and development."

Wojcicki states,"As a teacher with over 36 years experience, I can attest that a high-quality early education must teach a child to meet their developmental milestones as well as instill trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness, the basis of my T.R.I.C.K. philosophy. Fostering compassion in the first five years of life, when a child is developing learned behavior, is imperative for them to become a successful and independent adult. As two of my grandchildren attended home daycare, I have observed first-hand how children can learn and thrive in a home daycare environment. As WeeCare is providing children from all socio-economic backgrounds access to a high-quality early education, I hope to also challenge society's misconceptions around home daycare."

You can enroll your child in a WeeCare in your neighborhood here. Learn more about WeeCare's "Early Learners Program" here. And find out about becoming a WeeCare provider here.

About WeeCare
WeeCare was founded in 2017 by Jessica Chang, Jesse Forrest, and Matt Reilly with a mission to transform the fragmented $57 billion dollar daycare industry by providing all families access to safe, affordable, nurturing, and education-based childcare. WeeCare empowers educators from diverse backgrounds to start and manage their own home daycare business. The all-in-one platform aims to simplify the operational aspects of running a home daycare for caregivers, allowing them to seamlessly fill to capacity and efficiently run a licensed home daycare directly from their phone. WeeCare's team of childcare experts eliminate a parent's stress of finding available childcare by matching parents with a WeeCare Daycare in their community. All WeeCare providers have access to its "Early Learners Program" to ensure that WeeCare children learn and thrive. WeeCare educators are vetted through a strict application process, undergo stringent background checks, are health & safety certified and state-licensed. WeeCare's investors include Amplify, Fika Ventures, Fuel Capital, and Social Capital. Currently, WeeCare's community includes thousands of daycare providers and happy parents. One of the "50 Startups to Watch in 2020" by Built In LA and voted one of the "Best Places to Work in 2019" by the Los Angeles Business Journal, the company is based in Silicon Beach, California. Learn more at WeeCare.co, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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