WCGMF-Discovery | Birth to Eight
The Discovery initiative is focused on young children from birth through age eight. To improve early school success, it takes a comprehensive approach to supporting young children and families.
This section includes reports, fact sheets, work samples and resources related to the following early learning topics:
[1] » Achievement Gap
[2] » Child Development
[3] » Childcare
[4] » Childcare Facilities
[5] » Children's Health
[6] » Early Learning
[7] » Transition to Kindergarten
This category contains 46 resources
[8] » Related Sites
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Beyond Childcare Centers
(Connecticut Voices for Children)
A series of briefs that highlight the need for genuine system reform to achieve the goal of having all children ready for school and lifelong learning. (June 2007)
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Child Care Facilities: Quality By Design
(Children's Investment Partnership (CIP))
A publication that highlights research on Connecticut facilities and emphasizes the link between good design and program quality.
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CTParenting.com
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families has set up this website to provide information for families with children of all ages and developmental stages, including information on health, safety, child development, education, family fun, and meeting families' basic needs. The site also offers special sections tailored to fathers, single and divorced parents, prospective parents, grandparents caring for grandchildren, teenagers and younger children.
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Early Care and Education Availability and Utilization Data: 2007
(Connecticut Voices for Children)
This data sheet includes data on early care and education space and subsidy availability and utilization by town, including School Readiness, Care4Kids, preschool experience, Grade 3 CMT performance, and children with all parents working. (March 2007)
(See other resources by [15] Connecticut Voices for Children) |
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Kindergarten Transition Institute Description
(Connecticut Center for School Change)
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(See other resources by [17] Connecticut Center for School Change) |
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Meeting the Need, Accepting the Challenge: Developing Quality Early Education Facilities for Connecticut (Full Report)
(Children's Investment Partnership (CIP))
This report highlights the findings of a study of Connecticut’s early education facilities conducted by the Children's Investment Partnership (CIP), a program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). CIP studied six years of data on Connecticut’s two preschool construction programs and offers a plan for addressing the preschool space shortage. The report also contains recommendations for financing programs.
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[11]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/resources/sps_resource_925.pdf
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[13]: http://www.ctparenting.com/#app=c2&6253-selectedIndex=5
[14]: http://www.ctkidslink.org/pub_detail_334.html
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