First Five Nebraska is an initiative of Early Futures Partnership
First Five Nebraska is an initiative of Early Futures Partnership
The U.S. Senate has passed the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), which will help strengthen Nebraska’s efforts by allowing states the discretion to determine how to improve and strengthen high-quality early childhood care and education.
Everyone benefits when children have a close relationship with their grandparents.
Kindergarten is a time of change for families. The Nebraska Department of Education recommends these books to help children make a smooth transition.
A young child’s environment impacts the ability to learn, and school or community spaces can be designed for optimal learning before children enter kindergarten.
Daily experiences in natural environments can have immediate and long-lasting benefits for children.
Research from Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is the first to demonstrate the connection between African American preschoolers’ oral narrative abilities and development of their early reading skills. Iheoma Iruka of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute was one of the researchers.
Kindergarten requires a unique approach to teaching that merges the education styles of preschool and the primary grades.
Early childhood educators and a kindergarten teacher offer suggestions to help parents create a smooth transition for children entering a preschool program for the first time.
Nebraska Step Up to Quality celebrated its first birthday July 1 and celebrated a year of working to improve early care and education quality, and increase positive outcomes for young children to close the achievement gap.
Appropriations Committee Chair Mello sees tremendous opportunity for policymakers to improve the lives of Nebraska's children and families while continuing to build on our state’s overall economic momentum.
Parents are their children's most important role models—and reading aloud is the most important thing a parent can do to prepare a child for reading and learning. Here are a few great seasonal books for this time of year.