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reading in child care setting
Read To Succeed program promotes literacy among children
Wondering how to engage your preschoolers with reading?
Tell them what “Joe” has been up to on Blues Clues. Oft times as early childhood educators, we can borrow what is going on in real life, connect it with images and context your preschoolers have already seen, and create a unique event on your own.
On Tuesday, October [...]
Georgia is funding the gift of books to preschoolers in need
State will pick up tab for free books for low income families
The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy have teamed up to give a life-changing gift to underprivileged children statewide — the gift of reading.
The goal of the partnership is to address childhood literacy across the state — [...]
New Jersey day care center celebrates Dr. Seuss
A Seuss celebration: Neward day care center celebrates famous author’s birthday
As most everyone knows, persistent Sam-I-Am convinces the narrator of “Green Eggs and Ham” to become an ardent supporter of the protein-laden dish that is the book’s namesake.
But the pre-kindergarten class at Little Einstein Learning Center on Wednesday was not so easily swayed.
“I’m trying a [...]
Showing preschool teachers how to share stories
Nevada writer Sharon Randall write about preschool teachers
Recently I spoke at a conference in Spartanburg, S.C., for First Steps, a program that aims to help preschool teachers prepare children for school.
It is daunting, not to mention arrogant, to speak to a gathering of people for whom you have so much respect and admiration.
To me, there [...]
The US Economy requires affordable child care
Economy requires affordable child care
By Monitor staff
December 26, 2010
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In a recent issue of the New Hampshire Business Review, Dr. Michael Smith, a family life and policy specialist with the University of New Hampshire’s Cooperative Extension Service, warned of potential crisis ahead for employers and families alike due to a shortage of affordable child [...]
Learning Center book drive gives back to underserved preschool
Charlotte Kumon Students Donate 600 Books to NoDa Preschool
The Kumon Math and Reading Centers of Charlotte donated six hundred books to The Learning Collaborative, a local preschool that helps children in the NoDa neighborhood on December 3rd at The Learning Collaborative’s preschool location in Charlotte.
“Reading is a life skill but more than 80 percent of [...]
Iowa preschoolers get mentored by elementary students
Iowa students bring love of reading to preschool youngsters
The groups of students were scattered throughout the preschool room Oct. 19 at Willowwind School, each with an older student reading to a group of preschoolers. Among them was second-grader Alyssa Gorsch, 7, who read “Stone Soup” by Ann McGovern to three preschool students. She said she [...]
Iowa recognizes the need for high-quality preschools
Schools need help preparing students for success in college
The Des Moines Register featured this editorial delineating the need for high-quality preschools:
Imagine the outrage if only 10 percent of Iowa students taking the ACT were likely ready for biology in college. Or just 15 percent for algebra, 27 percent for social sciences and barely more than [...]
Preschool reading skills can be improved with PBS
Public Media’s Impact on Young Readers – It’s Time for a Fresh Look
For the average middle-class American, it might be hard to comprehend just how devastating the effects of poverty are on children’s early literacy development. But the social and educational deficits poor children must overcome to learn to read are all too clear from [...]