Early Care & Education

Photo of children together

Goal: Children enter school ready and are successful in primary school

Families and others who care for young children understand that the early years are important. Yet many don’t know exactly what to do to encourage early learning, or feel they don’t have time to do what it takes to prepare a child for school. The good news is everyday life is a learning experience for children!

 

Show Your Support for Early Childhood Education

Thank-You Letter to Early Care and Education Advocates (June 2021)

UWNI Sign On Letter to support early learning collaboratives (April, 2021)

Invest in Employer-Supported Child Care Solutions

 

Children are Born Learning | Children Learn Through Play

Find lots of ideas to play and learn with your little one: Ready! for Kindergarten, Vroom

Enroll in a program: Mountain States Early Head Start, Head Start, ICARE for ChildrenParents as Teachers

Explore North Idaho’s first Born Learning Trail (map)

Looking for quality childcare? Idaho STARS is the leading expert

Need help with childcare? Apply for a scholarship!

We envision a community with strong families, optimal child development, and reduced likelihood of child abuse and neglect

Check out our work with the Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five, through which we developed needs assessments and strategic plans for Bonner and Kootenai counties! 

 

More resources from around the web:                                                                                                                                

Ages and Stages: developmental milestones birth to age 5 

Nurturing social-emotional development

Dealing with challenging behaviors

Skill building from birth to teenagers

Early Childhood State Associations

Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children

Idaho Voices for Children