http://greatstartforkids.com Early Childhood for Charlevoix, Emmet and Northern Antrim Counties Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://greatstartforkids.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Dora the Explorer Beyond the Backpack | Great Start For Kids Fri, 28 May 2010 18:01:33 +0000 http://greatstartforkids.com/?page_id=2#comment-402 [...] Great Start is about educating and helping to assure that each child in Michigan receives a Great Start to enter kindergarten prepared. The recent Michigan kindergarten teacher survey, unfortunately did not show us that this is happening for all of our youngest Michigan citizens. All children deserve to be prepared for their first school experience with the resources, skills and support they need to be successful in life and school. Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer and the Children’s Defense Fund have teamed up with the National Parent Teacher Association to create an initiative aimed at preparing preschoolers for their biggest adventure yet – going to kindergarten! [...] [...] Great Start is about educating and helping to assure that each child in Michigan receives a Great Start to enter kindergarten prepared. The recent Michigan kindergarten teacher survey, unfortunately did not show us that this is happening for all of our youngest Michigan citizens. All children deserve to be prepared for their first school experience with the resources, skills and support they need to be successful in life and school. Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer and the Children’s Defense Fund have teamed up with the National Parent Teacher Association to create an initiative aimed at preparing preschoolers for their biggest adventure yet – going to kindergarten! [...]

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