Meet Marcie – Westwood

Meet Marcie – Westwood

In 1976, Marcie Williams, an American All-Around National Gymnastics Champion, retired from the sport to concentrate on her education. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark University with a degree in psychology and special education. She then continued her graduate studies in early childhood at Tufts University and Wheelock College.

In 1982, Marcie combined her love for gymnastics with her training in education and opened Gymnax, a gymnastics school for children. A few years later, Marcie expanded into an adjoining space and developed a unique daycare experience called The Enrichment Center For Children. The schools grew and flourished. Marcie sold them after twelve years when her family relocated to Florida. They are still in business to this day.

It was in Florida that Marcie’s passion for infant/parent “edutainment” attained its current focus. She went to work in a Mommy and Me program and fell in love with the concept. Marcie began creating new theme-based experiences each week with presentations and activities to delight the children and surprise the parents. “I love the interplay as they discover new experiences together.”

Marcie returned to Massachusetts in 1997 as the single parent of two boys. Without resources to open her own school, she taught the MarcieAndMe play program out of the back of a borrowed car, traveling to home play-groups with a trunk full of puppets, toys, and music. Eventually, Marcie convinced a Needham child center to house her program. The MarcieAndMe Educational Play Program is the culmination of Marcie’s dedication to producing world-class creative play experiences for infants, toddlers, and their parents.

Please join us at a MarcieAndMe Play Program as we make learning fun for everyone!