"This has been the most useful class I've been to in 30 years of kid work. Thank you!"   Child Care Educator

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A NEW Idaho Early Childhood Resource
Early Learning eGuidelines
•  Provides a web-based foundational document about child development.
•  Helps adults understand, teach, and nurture children birth to five.
•  Covers all areas of development with research-based information.
•  Supplements Idaho's K-3 Standards in social and emotional development and approaches to learning up through 3rd grade.

www.earlychildhood.dhw.idaho.gov

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Did you know that a majority of reading problems can be prevented in preschool and the early grades? National Research Council.

The aim of the Idaho Early Literacy Project is to promote understanding and provide activities that will enable Idaho children to enter school ready to learn to read. The project also addresses math readiness among Idaho's pre-school children. Important features include:

• Center-created booklets, Every Child Ready to Read and Every Child Ready for Math
• Training of child care providers statewide
• Direct intervention with parents and children 

Click to learn more about the project.