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More than 1,000 top employers trust Bright Horizons® (NYSE: BFAM) for proven solutions that support employees, advance careers, and maximize performance. From on-site child care that amplify your culture, back-up care to handle disruptions, and education programs that build critical skills, our services help you achieve more. Find more at brighthorizons.com/at-work.

Gymboree Group, Inc. is a portfolio of children's brands operating specialty retail stores with high-quality clothes and accessories for children. Our family of brands includes Gymboree, and Crazy 8. Our Values We believe that respect for the customer, respect for the brand, and respect for each other is at the core of everything we do. Respect for the Customer We are connected to our customers, we listen to them, learn and do the right thing. We are passionate about creating and curating high quality products that fit our customers’ personal tastes and lifestyles. We provide an engaging and convenient shopping experiences across all touch points. Respect for our Brand We deliver high caliber results and strive for excellence in everything we do. We constantly challenge ourselves to provide innovative and relevant products and environments that differentiate our brands and deliver on our brand promises. Respect for Each Other We are compassionate, we care about our team, our communities, and the world around us. Through collaboration, consideration, and respect, we provide each other with an environment that fosters results, personal growth, and teamwork. We actively listen and speak thoughtfully and challenge each other to do our best work.

Kindermusik® International is the world’s leading publisher of music and movement curricula for teachers and caregivers of children aged newborn to seven. Taught in private studios, early childhood centers, and public schools. Since 1978, our research-proven classroom enrichment program has united the lives of millions in over 70 countries through the universal language of music, advancing whole-child development and future school success. Our award-winning curricula blends the research and music education philosophies of Orff and Suzuki with the developmental research and pedagogical philosophies of Vygotsky, Piaget, and Montessori. From these scholars, we created a unique approach to early childhood education that empowers children to learn how they learn best. In fact, independent research proved preschoolers using our curriculum for just 30 minutes per week saw a 32% gain in early language and literacy skills. Founded as traditional mommy and me classes, our private Kindermusik studios have grown to more than 5,000 worldwide. Our music-and-movement activities are creatively designed to enhance cognitive, language, literacy, physical, creative, and social-emotional development in young learners. Plus, introduce musical concepts, genres, and styles building a lifelong appreciation for music. Kindermusik@School is our research-proven classroom enrichment program designed exclusively for Pre-K and Kindergarten programs in public and private schools, childcare centers, Head Start and Early Head Start, Parents as Teachers, and after school programs. Our multisensory and multi-cultural learning experience aligns with standards for high-quality early childhood education including: Common Core State Standards, Head Start Standards and Frameworks, and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pillars. Develop your children's highest potential and strongest foundation for learning. Music now. Skills for life.