Causes of the First Leak: Why Children and Families Do Not Enter Kindergarten Prepared for Success
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- Limited capacity of caregivers to provide strong learning experiences in the home
- Undiagnosed social-emotional needs
- Limited preschool enrollment/attendance
- Uneven preschool quality
- Lack of medical home
The Repairs Ensuring that Children and Families Enter Kindergarten Prepared for Success
- Supporting local pediatricians to use routine medical check-ups as opportunities to encourage families to read to young children
- Hosting community breakfasts at school sites that expose parents to activities that support children’s early brain development
- Providing access to parenting, family literacy, and kinder readiness workshops
- Providing access to services for early diagnosis and treatment of social-emotional problems through developmental screenings
- Supporting local family child-care providers through a series of workshops to strengthen early learning experiences for the children in their care
- Providing access to books for home libraries through all of the above.
