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In 1973, the path to The Sunshine House was being paved as a young couple moved to Greenwood, South Carolina from life aboard base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was a Marine Corps Captain and Vietnam veteran and she was a primary school teacher. They were new parents and planning to further pursue careers in education. She had nurtured a dream to enter the world of educating very young children. New research was then emerging about early brain development. The idea that so much learning occurs in the years before age five was compelling to her.Miraculously, everything fell into place. By January 1974, a class of four preschool children was in place in a homemade environment. By the next school year, growth was great and land was purchased for the first center. The original name of Small World Preschool was transformed to The Sunshine House in 1975, and the newly built preschool learning center opened in 1976. The curriculum was developed and active learning ensued.
Slow growth occurred for the first 20 years, with centers being built or purchased in new areas. Then in 1994, the big leap occurred when the company ...