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Real Life Children, Inc. Success Story

Jordan — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:31:22 +0000

Suzie had been in Children, Inc. preschool since the age of 2, and was an enthusiastic and very energetic little girl. She was very excited about going to kindergarten next year and could not wait to ride the bus with the other kids in her neighborhood. Early in the school year, Suzie’s teachers observed that she was struggling to gain pre-reading skills such as rhyming and remembering the names and sounds of the letters in her name. Her teachers knew how excited Suzie was to go to kindergarten and they were determined to get her as ready as possible.

Her Children, Inc. teachers implemented a plan to help Suzie learn her letters and sounds. They used her love of music and movement and included activities that included letters and sounds. She particularly learned to love rhyming and the teachers introduced her to some simple jump rope rhymes which she would sing in the gym while jumping rope. The teachers kept careful observations of Suzie’s progress and shared her successes with her parents. Suzie’s parents helped by playing word games in the car on the way to school with her siblings.

Suzie was recently assessed on her early reading skills – she quickly completed the picture naming section and was able to name every single rhyme for the pictures in the assessment. Suzie met all the targets for her literacy skills. The teachers are still working with Suzie on her letters and sounds but they are confident she is ready for kindergarten. Now the question is, will kindergarten be ready for Suzie?

Children, Inc. Creates Amazing Outcomes for Children in our Community

Jordan — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:54:00 +0000

Children, Inc. offers families in Northern Kentucky the best child care available. Our Early Education and Care Programs strive to provide a comfortable, literacy rich, fun and safe environment to the children in our care.

The formal assessment tools used in Children, Inc.’s programs focus on a wide range of children’s skills such as physical, language, cognitive, and social and emotional. This information is used to develop individualized activities and experiences for children to help ensure they will be ready for school. Families are asked to participate in the process and results are shared with families.

Each year, Children, Inc. tracks and analyzes assessment data on each child and these outcomes are recorded in our annual report to the United Way. These results show that after participating in our programs, children were better prepared to succeed in school and in life. At the end of the 2010-2011 school year the following outcomes were shown in Children, Inc. Programs.

Family Child Care
80% of children ages 3-5 that have been enrolled at least a year were assessed at age-appropriate or significantly higher in cognitive, language and social emotional development.
Extended Kindergarten
98% of children ages 3-5 that have been enrolled at least 6 months demonstrate progress in cognitive and language development.
Early Education and Care Centers
95% of children ages 0-3 that have been enrolled at least 6 months demonstrate progress in motor, cognitive and language.
97% of children ages 3-5 that have been enrolled at least a year were assessed at age-appropriate or significantly higher in social emotional development.
99% of children ages 3-5 that have been enrolled at least one year were assessed at age-appropriate or significantly higher in cognitive or language skills.

School Age Programs Achieve High Outcomes

Jordan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:44:31 +0000

From a recent report on Children, Inc. program outcomes 100% of children enrolled in our Before and After School Care participate in structured supervised activities during the program. The report also states that all of our programs provide children with homework assistance, service learning opportunities and physical exercise. Much of this quality stems from being a STAR rated care provider. Every single Children, Inc. Before and After School care program is STAR Rated based on Kentucky standards for excellence. Children, Inc. School Age Programs are located in over 40 elementary school throughout Northern Kentucky and provide this same quality at all of our programs. As schools start programs fill up fast so if your child needs before or after school care visit our registration page or feel free to contact us for more information.