Early Learning

The Victory Heights Center for Achievement added another “achievement” to its list in March in the form of a day program for adults with disabilities. The day program extends from STRIDE, Supporting Therapeutic Recreation for Individuals...

What started in 1963 with about 10 students in a kindergarten class has now grown to about 85 kids from 3-5 years old at the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church daycare. According to Pat Stewart , director of the daycare, in 1963, the program was started...

The results from a pilot kindergarten screener in Kentucky say that 72 percent of students begin kindergarten needing additional support to get them ready for school. That figure was 75 percent in Jessamine County. The Brigance Kindergarten Screen was...

Anna Houston was watching last month when President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. She was pleasantly surprised when she heard the president say this: “In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children&...

On Jan. 29, the state announced an $86 million cut in childcare assistance for low-income working parents. Also included in the cuts are subsidies to relatives raising abused or neglected children.  That’s quite a statement for a governor who hung...

A team of three from Jessamine County Schools went overseas in November to take the knowledge of Jessamine Early Learning Village to early childhood education in Hong Kong. Village principal Kelly Sampson and kindergarten teacher Angela Miller left...

Since opening its doors last April, Blue Bird Market also has opened up hearts and interests for Wilderness Trace Child Development Center, a local preschool for children from birth to age 5 with and without disabilities. Libby Suttles, marketing...

Kentucky schools have routinely screened children around the time they enter kindergarten in order to establish a performance baseline for each child and to prepare teachers to better meet individual needs right from the start. A quick screening of...

Saturday had “pitch” perfect conditions for everyone at the dunking booth of the inaugural Granny Ruby’s Daycare spring carnival, mother Charlotte Rambo said.  Her daughter, 8-year-old Makayla, was one of the early targets at the booth;...

An effort by a group of local dentists to improve the oral health of Clark County children has received a statewide honor. The Clark County Dental Health Initiative was the winner of the Group Award presented by the Kentucky Health Association as the...

Pre-K programs accept applications LIBERTY — KERA Preschool and Lake Cumberland Head Start/Early Start are taking applications for the 2012-2013 school year. Preschool eligibility is based on income or special need. Head start is for eligible 3-...

The gift of fatherhood Dear Editor, I want to tell you about an extraordinary man. He only had a sixth grade education but he was the smartest man I have ever known. He never spoke loud, but you aways wanted to hear what he had to say. He treated...