Author: Kelly Mackey
Major Program: Stories, Songs, and Stretches
According to the 2017 Early Childhood Profile, only 48% of children in Calloway County are ready for kindergarten. This percentage was significantly lower than the previous year which reported 63% of children being ready to kindergarten. "School-readiness" is a broad term that refers to multiple precursor cognitive, physical, and social-emotional skills that indicate young children are prepared to learn and thrive in the school environment. Children who start kindergarten with delayed
Author: Danielle Barrett
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® is a startup dedicated to enhancing early learning through embodied play. Through this program, you can intentionally weave together books, songs, mindfulness, and yoga-inspired movement to create joyful play experiences that engage the whole child – body, heart, and mind. Through this program, participants work on improving early childhood development and increase physical activity. By offering the program at the McCreary County Public Library, 29 youth
Author: LaToya Drake
Mindfulness is for all ages. According to the annual report released in November of 2019, the Kentucky Youth Advocates 2019 County Data Book, almost half of the state’s children in 2017 lived in low-income households. County Health Rankings and Roadmaps details that in Barren County 33% of children are living in poverty compared to 22% statewide. Poverty begets other hardships, such as deficiencies in school readiness and overall health. We can equip children to better handle life&rsq
Author: Lynn Blankenship
In many Kentucky counties, limited resources or the environment may serve as barriers for healthy lifestyle choices related to early childhood development and physical activity. As an innovative strategy to improve early childhood development and increase movement with Metcalfe County residents, the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent partnered with The Metcalfe County Head Start Child Development Center, to implement Stories, Songs, and Stretches. Program demographics: Of 28 families
Author: Anna Morgan
According to the 2017 Early Childhood Profile, only 39% of children in Fulton County are ready for kindergarten. “School-readiness” is a broad term that refers to multiple precursor cognitive, physical, and social-emotional skills that indicate young children are prepared to learn and thrive in the school environment. Children who start kindergarten with delayed development and fewer assets are by far more likely to repeat grades, get tracked into lower-tier classes and drop o
Author: Matti Coffey
In many Kentucky counties, limited resources or the environment may serve as barriers for healthy lifestyle choices related to early childhood development and physical activity. As an innovative strategy to improve early childhood development and increase movement with Whitley county residents, the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent partnered with the Corbin Public Library to implement Stories, Songs, and Stretches. Through this program, participants work on improving early childhood d
Author: Eugenia Wilson
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® is a startup dedicated to enhancing early learning through embodied play. Through this program you can intentionally weave together books, songs, mindfulness, and yoga-inspired movement to create joyful play experiences that engage the whole child – body, heart, and mind. This class involved three preschool classes at Fairview elementary and approximately 52 students participated in all three sessions. The youth learn to calm themselves, focu
