Arizona Child Care Resource & Referral
SELECTING A CHILD CARE PROGRAM IS A BIG DECISION
LET US HELP YOU WITH THE INFORMATION AND TOOLS NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION
CALL US AT 1.800.308.9000
Our business hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm
and 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturdays.
LET US HELP YOU WITH THE INFORMATION AND TOOLS NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION
CALL US AT 1.800.308.9000
Our business hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm
and 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturdays.
November is National Family Literacy Month
November is National Family Literacy Month, which is best described as parents and their children learning together. It underscores the importance of adult literacy by encouraging parents to prioritize their own education so they can be more involved in their children’s learning and literacy development. Family literacy programs use a family-focused approach to education, increasing the skills of the parents and the children together.
Read On Arizona
Read On Arizona is a statewide, public/private partnership of agencies, philanthropic organizations, and community stakeholders committed to creating an effective continuum of services to improve language and literacy outcomes for Arizona’s children from birth through age eight over the next ten years. Read On Arizona is committed to helping create an early literacy system that delivers the right program at the right time for every child.
Components of a good family literacy program involve the entire family – children of all ages, parents, grandparents, etc. – regardless of the reading ability of each person. Adults should read to children in whichever language they are most comfortable. If parents don’t know how to read they can open up a book and invent the story, or share a personal story from their childhood.
In addition to parents, grandparents or other caregivers, one benefit of having older kids teach younger kids is that the older children actually learn more. For example, when an older child reads alone, he or she reads fast, but when reading to a younger child, the older one might have to explain vocabulary words, concepts and story lines. This also makes the older child a more confident reader.
Arizona Family Engagement Center
The Arizona Family Engagement Center is committed to helping families acquire the knowledge, tools and resources needed to make informed decisions about their children’s education.
The center is a collaborative effort among state and national partners to develop and implement a systematic, high impact infrastructure of family engagement that improves student academic achievement, empowers parents and increases the capacity of state agencies and organizations to provide high-quality family engagement supports for both parents and practitioners. This project will result in an improved continuum of evidence-based family engagement supports as well as twelve model demonstration “hubs” throughout the state that deliver evidence-based family literacy and engagement programming.
Read On Arizona
Read On Arizona is a statewide, public/private partnership of agencies, philanthropic organizations, and community stakeholders committed to creating an effective continuum of services to improve language and literacy outcomes for Arizona’s children from birth through age eight over the next ten years. Read On Arizona is committed to helping create an early literacy system that delivers the right program at the right time for every child.
Components of a good family literacy program involve the entire family – children of all ages, parents, grandparents, etc. – regardless of the reading ability of each person. Adults should read to children in whichever language they are most comfortable. If parents don’t know how to read they can open up a book and invent the story, or share a personal story from their childhood.
In addition to parents, grandparents or other caregivers, one benefit of having older kids teach younger kids is that the older children actually learn more. For example, when an older child reads alone, he or she reads fast, but when reading to a younger child, the older one might have to explain vocabulary words, concepts and story lines. This also makes the older child a more confident reader.
Arizona Family Engagement Center
The Arizona Family Engagement Center is committed to helping families acquire the knowledge, tools and resources needed to make informed decisions about their children’s education.
The center is a collaborative effort among state and national partners to develop and implement a systematic, high impact infrastructure of family engagement that improves student academic achievement, empowers parents and increases the capacity of state agencies and organizations to provide high-quality family engagement supports for both parents and practitioners. This project will result in an improved continuum of evidence-based family engagement supports as well as twelve model demonstration “hubs” throughout the state that deliver evidence-based family literacy and engagement programming.
Vroom® Week - November 18 - 22, 2019
What is Vroom®?
Vroom® is an early learning initiative that empowers parents/families/child care providers to turn everyday moments into brain building moments with children birth to five. Vroom® is based on the latest science and designed to fit into every day routines.
Why celebrate Vroom® Week?
The purpose of Vroom® Week is to celebrate the importance of brain building for children birth to five. We are also excited to celebrate Family Engagement Month and Military Family Month, alongside Vroom® Week this year.
Anyone can use Vroom®
Download the Vroom App
Vroom® is an early learning initiative that empowers parents/families/child care providers to turn everyday moments into brain building moments with children birth to five. Vroom® is based on the latest science and designed to fit into every day routines.
Why celebrate Vroom® Week?
The purpose of Vroom® Week is to celebrate the importance of brain building for children birth to five. We are also excited to celebrate Family Engagement Month and Military Family Month, alongside Vroom® Week this year.
Anyone can use Vroom®
Download the Vroom App
