New Family Alert! Welcome!!

Help us welcome one of our newest additions to the GiGi’s Playhouse Canton family – participant Zoë (5), her parents Steven and Aidelni, and her sisters Stephanie and Natalia! Zoë’s parents shared they previously lived in Arizona and occasionally participated in our free, purposeful programming at GiGis Playhouse Phoenix, but it was still a 45…

Read More

Best of All: Hadlie

Hadlie is 3 years old and is a newer Playhouse participant who began speech therapy in the Amina Grace Speech and Language program with us this spring. Hadlie comes prepared each week with her backpack and loves coming to “school” at GiGi’s and meeting with her “teacher” Ms. Lauren! We first met Hadlie at our…

Read More

Best of All: Tasho

Tasho’s back with another Best of All moment! We are very proud of Tasho for reading not only one book during his literacy tutoring session last week…but FOUR books! With the help from his tutor Kevin and our new Osmo, Tasho really did his #BestOfAll. Tasho was very attentive the entire tutoring session and really…

Read More

Best of All: Literacy Participants Fall 2022

Our tutors are nothing short of amazing…and it shows in the progress of their participants! We want to share some of the testimonials from our tutors and parents this fall that shows just how much of an impact this program has been making. We have a whopping 11 literacy participants this fall and can’t wait…

Read More

Best of All: Matthew

Matthew’s back with another Best of All moment! best of all (noun) \best of all\ is continual, measurable, celebrated and it never ends. It is a daily challenge to do a little better than you did the day before and it’s always celebrated. Possible manifestations: standing just one second longer, reading just one more word,…

Read More

Best of All: Brenna

Girl with Down syndrome smiling and holding a paper in front of a window

Meet Brenna! Brenna has been counting down the days to her birthday (August 29th) and now that it has passed, she deserves something else to celebrate…so let’s celebrate a Best of All moment with her! Brenna is an active participant in many of our programs, from GiGiFIT to GiGi’s Kitchen, we see Brenna multiple times…

Read More

Best of All: Joe and his tutor Theresa

Joe is one of our adult literacy participants. Despite living in the Northeastern part of the state, Joe benefits from virtual literacy tutoring at GiGi’s Playhouse Canton and has been participating in our virtual programming for the past year. Joe’s mom shares: “So far Joe and his tutor, Theresa, have bonded. He loves the attention…

Read More

Best of All: Tasho

At the end of May, we had the opportunity to host the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and their Business After Hours event; an event where professionals from around the community come together to network and mingle. Not only were we honored to host the event, but we turned this into an experience for our…

Read More

Best of All: H

One of our little friends, H [redacted], has been joining us at LMNOP for a little over a year. H has grown in independence and has come a long way with her motor skills. Music is one of our favorite parts of LMNOP, however we used to have to be careful because H has quite…

Read More

Best of All: Abigail

girl wearing a mask seated and touching her toes

  Abigail has been participating in group programs, like Friends, Fun, & Fitness, as well as in virtual literacy tutoring. Abigail has made such great progress with literacy since she began tutoring with Nikki. About their most recently completed literacy session, Nikki shared:  “I don’t know if the numbers will accurately reflect the amazing progress…

Read More