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Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

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craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryPreschool Pumpkin Days



Preschool Pumpkin Days

Author: Megan Treadway

Planning Unit: KSU Administration

Major Program: Family Development General

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Initial Outcome

According to the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood, only 44.1% of Kentucky children and 43.5% of Logan County children were ready to enter kindergarten in 2022. The Kentucky State University Area Agent for Family and Consumer Science and the Logan County Cooperative Extension Service, in partnership with the Allen, Logan, and Simpson County Early Childhood Council, seek to improve kindergarten readiness in Logan County by engaging and educating families with children ages three to five.

The Preschool Pumpkin Days, held in October, program was designed to educate families about the domains of kindergarten readiness: cognitive, language and communication, physical well-being, social and emotional, and self-help. The program was implemented by the Kentucky State University Area FCS Agent, Logan County Extension Agents, and family resource directors from Logan County and Russellville Independent school systems.

90 preschoolers attended Preschool Pumpkin Days with their families. The preschoolers were provided with resources and activities to practice kindergarten readiness skills including healthy eating, literacy, physical activity, self-help skills, gross and fine motor skills and social skills. In addition, parents were provided information on school readiness as well as training on how each provided resource could be used to teach and reinforce school readiness skills. Several of the parents in attendance stated that they intended to use the resources provided to help their child practice skills and become kindergarten ready.






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