Tag Archives: school readiness
Today is ‘Read for the Record Day’
Read for the Record Day: the largest shared reading experience ever as people around the world are reading The Bear Ate Your Sandwich.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2016 | Posted in General
Ready for Success: What Families Want to Know About Starting School in Nebraska
What will kindergarten be like? How do I know if my child is ready? How can we prepare for the first day? These questions and more are addressed in “Ready for Success: What Families Want to Know About Starting School in Nebraska” published by the Nebraska Department of Education. Read More
August 11, 2016 | Posted in General
Focus on Reading
March and April are reading months -- check out the many promotions aimed at reading to children from birth. Read More
March 03, 2016 | Posted in General
U.S. Census: 42% of Nebraska’s Children Ages 0-5 Are At Risk
New Census data show 42% of Nebraska children ages 0-5 continue to be at risk of failing in school. They are located throughout the state and in rural and metro areas. Read More
December 10, 2015 | Posted in General
Read Aloud to a Child This Month
Governor Pete Ricketts has named November Read Aloud to a Child Month. Read Aloud Nebraska has some suggestions and recommended books for reading aloud to infants and toddlers. Read More
November 05, 2015 | Posted in General
New Study: Gap in School Readiness Emerges from Early Vocabulary
A new study finds that children with larger oral vocabularies by age 2 arrived at kindergarten better prepared academically and behaviorally than their peers. Read More
October 22, 2015 | Posted in Research
Kindergarten is an Important Year in Students’ Lives
Kindergarten requires a unique approach to teaching that merges the education styles of preschool and the primary grades. Read More
Quality, Accountability, Results: Hallmarks of Wise Investments in Early Childhood
In recent years, Nebraska has opened new opportunities for genuine investment in the development of children who stand to lose or gain the most from their earliest experiences. Among these, the Sixpence Early Learning Fund rises to the top as an investment opportunity that meets the most stringent criteria for quality, fiscal accountability and demonstrable results. Read More
February 20, 2015 | Posted in General
November is Literacy Month
Babies are born learners, and the number of quality interactions they experience in their earliest months and years heavily influences how they develop and succeed later. In recognition of the importance of early literacy and family literacy, Governor Dave Heineman has proclaimed November “Read Aloud to a Child Month." Read More
November 06, 2014 | Posted in General
Researchers: Sixpence Program is Delivering Positive Results
The Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee is touring a Sixpence program in Broken Bow today to learn more about the innovative public-private partnership before holding a public hearing on its visioning process for a statewide strategic plan for education as mandated by LB1103. Read More
October 16, 2014 | Posted in General Legislation
Recent Posts
- LB351 becomes law, promotes child care quality and capacity in Nebraska
- State Budget Proposal Includes Additional Investments in Sixpence
- Thriving Children, Families and Communities Conference set for September
- LB351 seeks to remove unnecessary barriers to increase child care capacity, quality
- Tax guidance for early childhood providers and business owners on COVID-19 relief funding
- Report: Lack of child care in rural Nebraska impacts business, communities, crime, security
- Legislative report highlights serious challenges for early childhood programs due to COVID-19
- Sara Howard Joins FFN
- New report explores state, nationwide use of tax credits to spur early childhood investment
- LB531: Incentivizing child care quality, capacity through private investment
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