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Mental Health and Wellness in Head Start
Emotions are shaped by our biology and environment, and how we think, feel, and act is shaped by mental health. What does mental health mean for a child? A Head Start staff member? A family unit?
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Keep the "Burn" Out of Your Summer Fun in the Sun
Memorial Day marks the end of another school year and the unofficial start of outdoor summer fun. Public pools open and slip ‘n slides are rolled out to the soundtrack of ice cream truck jingles and kids’ laughter. Along with accidental belly flops, dropped ice cream cones, and unseen rocks under the slip ‘n slide, are the nasty sunburns.
Sunburns might seem like just a temporary pain or discomfort, but there are more dangerous effects that aren’t always immediately apparent.
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Exclusive New Resource: Quality Improvement Toolkits!
In the United States, there are more than two million child care staff working in settings that range from school district classrooms to their own homes. Everybody understands that education employees shape the lives of our children and future generations; yet the wellness of these critical members of the education and child care sector is often overlooked.
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Recapping the Early Childhood Innovation Summit
Last week, innovators from around the country gathered in Seattle, Washington to attend the first-ever Early Childhood Innovation Summit. Head Start began as an innovative experiment 50 years ago and, in that spirit, early childhood education leaders across the country are continuing to find innovative ways to better serve their communities.
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Making Early Childhood Research Accessible
The world of early childhood education is much talked about these days, but it’s not always well-understood. Sometimes it may seem like there are more research articles on preschool than there are four-year-olds in classrooms. No matter your level of experience in the field, the sheer amount of research out there can be overwhelming.
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Vote: For the Future of Our Children
When Head Start was created in 1965 as a part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, American society was in the beginning of a period of unrest and polarization not seen since the Civil War. And watching this election, it has felt like we are moving very close to that point again - the only thing that’s clear is that there is still not much that we can all agree on.
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Happy Native American Heritage Month!
November is National American Indian Heritage Month
Each year Head Start serves more than 1 million children and families throughout the country. Over24,000 of them are American Indian and Alaskan Native children or pregnant women.
Many local Head Start programs have infused culturally rich Native American traditions and tribal languages into their curriculums and outreach to the community. We applaud your efforts to provide an educational foundation and cultural literacy to our youngest learners!
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Fostering the Maker Movement in Early Childhood Education
The National Head Start Association is pleased to announce that our Executive Director, Yasmina Vinci, has been selected to moderate the panel “Fostering the Maker Movement in Early Childhood Education” at South by SouthWest Education Exposition & Festival in Austin, Texas.
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Sorenson Impact and Eccles School of Business Launch First Early Childhood Innovation Lab
"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, one teacher can change the world."*
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Family is the Heart of all Cultures
In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, it is impossible not to turn our minds to our heritage and when we think of heritage we think of families and the legacies left to us and which we will leave to our children.