Caldwell, Idaho Destination Education, 2 Sep 2023

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From YouTube: Destination Education: 9/2/23

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In this week's #DestinationEducation Episode, we highlight the importance of early learning and our preschool program.

Please email jwatts@caldwellschools.org if you have any fun and exciting news stories you think would be a good addition to this series.

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Hello and welcome in to the destination education Studio, where the students and staff are the stars. Now for this week's episode, we will be highlighting our youngest Learners, who will soon be Caldwell graduates in the year 2036. at our four school-based preschool sites, students will have the opportunity to participate in Hands-On play-based lessons focused on language, literacy and pre-mass skills. That's.

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One of our big goals is to get them Kinder ready, so we collaborate with their kindergarten teachers that are in our buildings. I think one of the biggest things is seeing them go from, maybe not knowing too much. Maybe they can like recognize their name, but identifying those letters and doing the fun little routines and games with them that come along with teaching those aspects of their academics.

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Now, through this program, students will also gain confidence in their abilities, as they learn essential, age-appropriate, social and academic skills. These skills will help set the foundation to become a successful lifelong learner.

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Research shows how important it is for them to have that Early Education to learn how to sit at a circle before they go to kindergarten or learn how to identify colors and there's so much to it that kids I feel miss out. If they don't have that. We.

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Have made some changes to our developmental preschool this year, all students will be attending Wilson Elementary school to allow staff the ability to work as a team to meet the needs of all students.

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Now these programs are all made possible through our Partnerships, with the Treasure Valley YMCA ycap Head Start United Way of Treasure Valley to see kids, the Caldwell School District's special education and migrant programs now preschool through second grade encompassed the district's Early Learning.

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This is a vital time for every student in their learning career, as it provides the groundwork for their future academic success.

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The support that we can give parents and those children at ages, three and four in a quality preschool program, we'll set them up for Success. This is a 13 14, 15-year seed. We plan it at age three and in every 14 years that child is earning their diploma and we know the outcomes when a child earns a diploma. All the possibilities that open for them.

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Our Educators use their knowledge to make students learning experiences, meaningful, accessible and responsive to each and every child. They also recognize that through their actions, they are influencing children's lifelong dispositions, confidence and approaches to learning. Before you know it, our 2036 early Learners will become Caldwell graduates. Now. As a reminder, there will be no school on Monday September 4th for the Labor Day Holiday, now make sure to tune in next week to see where the highlights will take me. Thank you for watching and have a great week.