Blogs

Growing Minds and Hearts: How Early Literacy Supports Social-Emotional Learning

Fri, 13 Dec 2024

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – a time when people often focus on  kindness, love, and generosity- and the perfect time to think about the connection between literacy and social emotional learning. While the role early literacy activities play in fostering cognitive skills, such as language development and literacy proficiency is well... Read more »

Making Winter Literacy Magic

Fri, 06 Dec 2024

Brrr! For many of us winter is here and it can be daunting to think about how to keep young children engaged during the chilly months ahead. However, winter offers an opportunity to engage children in unique hands-on interactive seasonal-themed activities that promote  early literacy skills development.  Let’s explore some strategies for supporting early literacy... Read more »

Supporting Early Literacy by Leveraging Cultural Diversity During the Holidays and Beyond

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

Celebrating holidays in early childhood settings is not only fun and exciting, it offers additional opportunities to develop children’s early literacy skills by connecting lessons to occasions occurring both in the context of their daily lives and cultures and those around the world. Holiday literacy lessons involve  books, dramatic play,  drawing/writing, cooking, crafts, games, etc. ... Read more »

Setting Goals that lead to your High Expectations

Wed, 11 Dec 2024

A goal is a target that someone is trying to reach or achieve. Objectives are small, measurable steps to get to the goal. The Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) documents contain goals your child will work on to improve their skills and functionality.   Goals in the following areas can... Read more »

High Expectations reflected in your child’s IFSP/IEP

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

The Individual Family Service Plan and Individual Education Plan document the supports and services provided for children with delays or disabilities. Overview of the IFSP – Individual Family Service Plan • Early Intervention • Infancy to 2 years old • Child’s present level of development in all areas • Outcomes for the child and family... Read more »

Communicating High Expectations

Fri, 08 Nov 2024

Communication A successful sharing of ideas and feelings The exchange of information Preparing to share your High Expectations     We all want our children to succeed, so we should be involved in their education. You may feel unsure about meeting with teachers and the IFSP/IEP teams. But being prepared and knowing what you want to... Read more »