Pick a classroom at the A.B. Devine, C.O. Chinn, W.E. Garrett Head Start/Early Head Start Center in Canton — any classroom — and you will find young children developing skills designed to help them excel educationally, and even socially.

Pupils in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) room can be spotted painting pieces that will without doubt be placed on a home refrigerator, while others explore puppetry and put their imaginations to work. In the computer lab, the children log onto a platform where they learn how to spell and solve math equations, among other functions, by way of creative games tailored to stimulate the mind and maximize attentiveness.

The children in these settings, according to Dr. Laurie Todd-Smith, an official within President Donald T

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