Learning for Life


How Washington is State is Improving Early Learning

(Series originally aired April 2009)

To celebrate National Week of the Young Child, Learning for Life will look at some of the work being done in Washington state to improve early learning.

 

4.20.09


Seeds of Compassion – One Year Later: April 19-25 is national Week of the Young Child. Learning for Life explores this theme and takes a look at what has happened since last year's "Seeds of Compassion" conference in Seattle with the Dalai Lama.

 

4.21.09

Reach Out and Read Washington State: The nationwide program Reach Out and Read uses pediatricians and family clinics to encourage parents to reach to their young children.

 

4.22.09


Thrive by Five Washington Demonstration Communities: Learn how Demonstration Communities can help with childhood education.

 

4.23.09

Dr. Bette Hyde on state, communities' efforts to improve early learning: The Early Childhood Education Assistance Program (ECEAP)/Head Start: Dr. Bette Hyde, director of the Washington State Department of Early Learning, talks about what states and communities are doing to improve early learning.

 

4.24.09

Families turning to relatives, friends for childcare help: Family, Friends and Neighbors Care (FFN): With the economy the way it is, many families are turning to family and friends for childcare help. KING 5's Cam Johnson reports.

 

Learning for Life

Learning for Life

Public Service Announcement

Primetime Special


Learning for Life

segment topics

Helping Kindergartners
Get a Great Start in School

Improving the Quality of
Licensed Child Care

Play & Learn Time
for Migrant Families

Helping Kids Successfully
Transition to Kindergarten

State Releases 10-Year
Plan for Early Learning

Autism: What You Need to Know
When a Child has Special Needs:
One Family's Story

Keeping Up with the Cost of Helping
Children with Special Needs
Early Learning and Children
with Special Needs

When Discipline First
Becomes an Issue

Children and Sugar
Young Children and Divorce
Outreach Doulas supporting
Latina, Somali mothers

Giving Dads Another
Chance to be Dads

Using Dance to Help
Children's Development

Using Drama to Help
Develop a Child's Imagination

Looking into the Baby Brain
Helping Children Who've Been
Expelled from Preschool
Raising an Adventurous Eater
Post-Partum Depression:
What it Means for Mom and Baby

Sponge School Teaching
Languages to Young Children

Interview with Sponge Language
School Founder Jackie Mighdoll

Investing in Kids Now
Fights Crime Later

How to Best Discipline
Young Children
Educare Early Learning Center
Grand Opening

Parent Ambassador Program
Managing Childhood Food Allergies
Child Life Specialists
The Toddler
Five Resources Every Parent
Should Know About

Gifts that Last a Lifetime
Getting Involved in Early Learning
Creativity
Social & Emotional Development
Preschool
Baby: The First Year
Play to Learn
Let's Get Physical!
How Washington State is
Improving Early Learning

The Economy and Families
School Readiness