Services, resources and advocacy for advancing quality early care & education in Minnesota. Services, resources and advocacy for early childhood care and education in Minnesota. Our mission is to advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years. The mission of Think Small is to advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years. Think Small provides a wide range of programs and activities based on research and best practices from the early childhood field. Our direct services, focused on families and child care providers in Minnesota, fall into three areas: (1) Preparing Early Childhood Professionals through a range of training and coaching supports and high-quality resources (2) Strengthening Families by connecting them to high-quality care through financial assistance programs; and (3) Catalyzing Change by being a leader in advancing issues of access and quality in the early childhood field.