Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 19:54:12 GMT -6
Toyota, federal grant pay to expand kindergarten prep program to 63 schools
To help more Kentucky parents prepare their children for kindergarten, a program is being expanded to 63 more schools.
The expansion means 161 schools this fall will have United Way Born Learning academies, a program that teaches parents ways to use daily moments, like car rides or a trips to the grocery store, to teach small children. The program is sponsored by Toyota, United Way and the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.
“As parents and caregivers, we all want what is best for our students and what Born Learning teaches us is that we don’t have to wait for special events to happen; we don’t have to limit learning opportunities to the classroom,” Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky President Wil James said during a special event in Georgetown Monday. “Instead, we can transform everyday moments into being educational opportunities.”
James said he hopes the program can eventually be extended into all Kentucky counties.Currently preschools, centers and public schools in almost two-thirds of Kentucky’s 120 counties have the program.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article86271062.html
To help more Kentucky parents prepare their children for kindergarten, a program is being expanded to 63 more schools.
The expansion means 161 schools this fall will have United Way Born Learning academies, a program that teaches parents ways to use daily moments, like car rides or a trips to the grocery store, to teach small children. The program is sponsored by Toyota, United Way and the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.
“As parents and caregivers, we all want what is best for our students and what Born Learning teaches us is that we don’t have to wait for special events to happen; we don’t have to limit learning opportunities to the classroom,” Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky President Wil James said during a special event in Georgetown Monday. “Instead, we can transform everyday moments into being educational opportunities.”
James said he hopes the program can eventually be extended into all Kentucky counties.Currently preschools, centers and public schools in almost two-thirds of Kentucky’s 120 counties have the program.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article86271062.html