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Banghart, Patti; Cook, Maya; Zaslow, Martha – Child Trends, 2020
In 2014, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) distributed 250 grants across states and localities in the United States and its territories to establish Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCPs) to expand access to high-quality child care. A cornerstone of Early Head Start (EHS) is the provision of comprehensive services.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Partnerships in Education, Child Care
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Greenes, Carole; Ginsburg, Herbert P.; Balfanz, Robert – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2004
"Big Math for Little Kids," a comprehensive program for 4- and 5-year-olds, develops and expands on the mathematics that children know and are capable of doing. The program uses activities and stories to develop ideas about number, shape, pattern, logical reasoning, measurement, operations on numbers, and space. The activities introduce the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Young Children, Elementary School Mathematics, Early Childhood Education
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Fontaine, Nancy S.; Torre, Dee Linda; Grafwallner, Rolf – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
Brain research has strengthened our understanding of the first five years of a child's life as a critical period. Quality early care is important to the healthy development of young children, and their later success in school. Concurrently, many families depend on childcare outside the home. Programs that have knowledgeable and skilled staff,…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Comprehensive Programs, School Readiness, Brain