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Child care scholarships available for airport employees

September 13, 2022
child care Phoenix South Quality First Scholarships

The City of Phoenix Airport Worker Child Care Scholarship Program should help more airport worker families afford quality child care. Read More

Preventing child abuse starts with strengthening families

4/17/2019
family support

April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, but prevention activities can happen every day. One way families can help prevent child abuse is to mitigate…

Q&A with AZAEYC Board President Eric Bucher

4/11/2019
early learning

The Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children is celebrating Week of the Young Child, April 8-12.

Avondale family resource center celebrates 10-year anniversary

4/5/2019
early childhood

The Avondale family resource center is a centralized hub of not only services for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, but a wide-range of social and human…

Linking Leaders programs allows early childhood teachers to build their strengths

3/30/2019
early childhood

The goal of Linking Leaders is to connect center owners, directors and teachers with resources that raise the quality of the children’s environments.

Quality First teachers practice yoga at child care center

Quality First Center uses yoga and nutrition tips to build family skills

3/25/2019
Quality First

Quality First center introduces parents to yoga, nutrition information and provides access to community resources to help better care for their children.

Tohono O’odham Nation elder finds joy in guiding and shaping young children

3/20/2019
early childhood

An FTF-funded professional development program helped a Tohono O’odham preschool teacher earn college credit for her degree.

Live theater animates books for preschoolers

3/18/2019
language & literacy

Studies found that when kids act out what they are reading, it helps the story come alive and allows kids to map the words to their experiences and better…

Great expectations realized for southern Arizona early childhood teachers

3/15/2019
early childhood

In-depth professional development has helped southern Arizona early childhood educators earn college credit and work toward degrees in early childhood.

Celebrate early learning and educators who support the development of young children

3/13/2019
early childhood

Many First Things First regions are celebrating the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Week of the Young Child, April 8-12.

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