Rooted in Relationships will be a part of the statewide collaborative that has been invited to join the current cohort of Zero to Three’s Financing Policy Project for 2025.
Sometimes, the little things aren’t all that little. So when Yanki Smith makes a spiral flourish with her hand to indicate writing with a pen and says her contribution to the writing of Moving Day Made Fun was “a little…
Nebraska's Ravenna area is now the 75th community to partner with Communities for Kids (C4K)! This milestone marks continued progress in expanding access to quality early childhood education across the state. With a dedicated core team, Ravenna is working towards sustainable solutions for childcare needs.
Rooted in Relationships (RiR) is an initiative by Nebraska Children aimed at transforming early childhood mental health through community collaboration. By providing childcare providers with training, RiR addresses behavioral challenges in young children, enhancing their social-emotional skills. Recently, the team was recognized nationally for their work.
Paw Tha Hser and Fariha Mohmand are both refugees who seek to pass on their native languages to the next generation. They have been working with Nebraska Growing Readers and teams of translators to create children's texts in their own languages. Their contributions have been an important part of the 51 NGR texts that have been translated this year.
Fifteen rural communities across Nebraska are joining forces with Communities for Kids (C4K), the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), and Nebraska Extension to address a pressing challenge: recruiting and retaining early childhood educators in rural areas. The initiative is…
