Posts Tagged ‘Early Childhood Education’
The ECE CEO Roundtable: Invest in our children at birth to build racial equity
Download the op-ed here. En Español aquí. Now is the time for radical change to ensure our children have a better world than the one they are witnessing today. As we rebuild from this pandemic and global recession amid a reignited civil rights movement, we recognize that physical safety is only part of what’s needed…
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Early Childhood Team Builds Community and Continues to Support Families While Looking to the Future
At Erie House, our NAEYC-accredited, full-day early childhood education program provides a safe, nurturing space for children ages 2-5, supporting working parents in the process. Our child-centered curriculum develops crucial kindergarten-readiness skills, with 97% of our 5-year olds meeting literacy expectations. Our classroom teachers also collaborate with a clinical psychologist and family workers to foster cognitive, socio-emotional and physical well-being for…
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From the Test Kitchen into Everyday Life
A pop-up test kitchen has opened in the Pine Tree classroom at Erie Neighborhood House. Victoria Parra, an intern with the agency’s Super H initiative, has taken on the role of head chef. She is seated at a table with prepped ingredients before her and an eager group of 2- and 3-year-old sous chefs gathered…
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Ducks in a Row
Inside the Daisy classroom at Erie Neighborhood House, children sit on carpet squares arranged in a circle. Their teacher, Cristina Delgado, sings a familiar nursery rhyme: Three little ducks went out one day over the hills and far away. Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only two little ducks came back. The kids…
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Erie House Earns ExceleRate Illinois Gold Circle of Quality
The Early Childhood Education program at Erie Neighborhood House received the Gold Circle of Quality designation—the highest level possible—from ExceleRate Illinois, the state’s new quality recognition and improvement system for early learning and development providers. “Every early learning and development provider who participates in ExceleRate Illinois makes quality a priority,” said Governor’s Office of Early…
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Erie House Receives $150,000 IMC Charitable Foundation Grant
A $150,000 grant from the IMC Charitable Foundation will help strengthen the Early Childhood Education program at Erie Neighborhood House. IMC, an international technology-driven trading firm, provides grants to organizations in underserved communities to help children achieve their fullest potential through its Charitable Foundation Education Program. The grant will be disbursed over the course of…
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