Early Childhood Preschool

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Early Childhood/ Preschool

• Research to Practice

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From the Crib to the Classroom

• The years from the crib to the classroom
  represent a period of intense language and
  cognitive growthit is essential that children
  have parents, teachers and others in their lives
  who prepare them for success in school and in
  life.
• First Lady Laura Bush

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Differences In Preschoolers Language Experiences
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Early Learning

• Getting children off to a good start
  significantly contributes to their long-term
  development and school success.
• Education Commission of the States

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Early Learning Settings

• Preschool
• Pre-kindergarten
• Child care
• Family child care
• Home
• Other early care programs

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Preschool The Most Important Grade

• More than three-fourths of young children
  participate in an early childhood program
• Less likely to be retained in grade or placed in
  special education
• More likely to get better jobs and earn more
  money
• Less likely to break laws

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Cycle of Poverty

• People dont break the cycle of poverty some
  people ease out of it a little. The preschool
  inoculation is not universally successful like
  polio or smallpox vaccinations. But like many
  other medicines, it brings about significant
  differences.
• Perry Preschool

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Historical Research

• Carolina Abecedarian Study
• IQs 8 to 20 points higher
• Higher achievement scores
• More likely to attend a four-year college
• Mothers and children spent more time together
• Less retention in grade
• Fewer placements in special education

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Historical Research

• High/Scope Perry Preschool
• 49 vs. 15 9th percentile on the CAT
• 64 vs. 27 with IQs of 90 or higher
• 71 vs. 54 12th grade or higher
• 7 vs. 35 with five or more arrests
• 59 vs. 80 receiving social services
• 29 vs. 7 earning monthly 2000 or more

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From Neurons to Neighborhoods

• From birth to age five, children can be
  influenced positively
• Early missed opportunities increase the odds of
  not being prepared to learn
• Living with abuse or neglect imperils a childs
  later life success
• Poor nutrition, infections, toxins and drugs are
  threats to a childs developing brain

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From Neurons to Neighborhoods

• Poverty during early childhood may be more
  damaging than poverty experienced at later ages
• When poor children grow up in neighborhoods with
  concentrated poverty, there is greater likelihood
  of poor outcomes later in life
• Greatest outcomes require affordable, culturally
  appropriate, and varied program schedules

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECSL)

• The study tracked 22,000 kindergartners
  nationwide from kindergarten through 5th grade
  and found
• Full-day kindergarten students made greater
  reading gains than half-day
• Full-day classes spent more time on
• Letter recognition
• Letter-sound matching
• Rhyming words
• Reading aloud
• Alphabetizing

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Investing In Our Children

• Improved parent-child relationships
• Improved educational outcomes for the child
• Increased economic self-sufficiency
• Reduced levels of criminal activity
• Improved health-related

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Their minds are in our hands.
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Early Childhood, Preschool, School Readiness
Initiatives in Kansas

• Kansas has a long history of providing support
  for early learning and care programs
• Early learning encompasses a wide variety of
  programs, services and initiatives
• The programs differ based on
• Organization responsible
• Authorizing agency
• Funding source
• Impact
• Age level

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Early Childhood, Preschool, School Readiness
Initiatives in Kansas

• Birth to 3 Years
• KSDE Parents as Teachers
• KDHE Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
• Healthy Start
• Newborn Hearing Screening
• SRS Early Head Start

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Early Childhood, Preschool, School Readiness
Initiatives in Kansas

• 3 to 5 Years
• KSDE 4 Year-Old At-Risk
• Title I Preschool
• Early Childhood Special Education
• KDHE
• SRS Head Start

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Early Childhood, Preschool, School Readiness
Initiatives in Kansas

• Birth to 8 Years
• KSDE Even Start
• Migrant Even Start
• Child and Adult Food Program
• KDHE Child Care Licensing
• Nutrition and WIC services
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
• SRS Smart Start Support
• Child Care Quality Initiatives
• KACCRRA

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Early Childhood, Preschool, School Readiness
Initiatives in Kansas

• Programs
• Even Start
• Parents as Teachers
• 4 Year-Old At-Risk
• Title I Preschool
• EC Special Education
• Child and Adult Food
• Head Start
• Early Head Start

• Services/Initiatives
• Infants Toddlers with Disabilities
• Healthy Start
• Child Care Licensing
• Nutrition and WIC
• Newborn Hearing Screening
• EC Comprehensive Grant
• Smart Start
• Child Care Quality
• KACCRRA