Weekly Digest: May 1, 2008

David Nee Interviewed on Fox61 News

The front page of the Connecticut Section of the April 28th edition of the Hartford Courant featured an article on the recent Discovery grants to four new communities-- Ashford, Coventry, Colchester and Lisbon.  Visit the Hartford Courant website to read this article.

This story sparked the interest of Fox61 News. They asked David Nee to appear as a guest on their new LIVE morning show on Tuesday, April 29, to discuss the importance of early childhood education, community-wide collaboration and the Memorial Fund’s role in improving and expanding the quality of early education for Connecticut's children.  Visit the Fox61 website to view this clip. 

Weekly Discovery Digest Archives

The fascinating items you see each week in this Discovery Digest message are archived on the Discovery website so you can find them weeks or months later.  You can visit the About Discovery section of the Discovery website to find past digest messages in the Weekly Digest Archive.

Additionally, if you are looking for a message previously posted by another member of the Discovery listserv, all of the past listserv messages are also archived.  You can find them by visiting the Discovery listserv general information page.  Only listserv members can access this information.

To post a message to the Discovery listserv, simply send your e-mail to discovery-wcgmf.org@lists.wcgmf.org

Free Math and Science Books (Pre-K through 2nd grade)

The popular "Books From Bruce" program is now offering science and math book sets.  Each of these sets contain books that help to teach science or math principles.  Over fifty new pre-K titles have been added to these collections.

These books are free.  Educators only pay shipping and handling.

For more information on the "Books from Bruce" program, visit http://www.wilbooks.com.