Tag: literacy

• early learning

Families with young children in many Arizona communities can now register for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

• 6/24/2021
• AZ communities

FTF is part of a $20 million federal grant project designed to improve literacy for underserved children, such as children living in poverty.

• 12/22/2020
• tribal

Every family that comes in for a well-child visit appointment gets an age-appropriate book and development information for their child

• 9/4/2020
• language & literacy

What’s the best way to support the language and early literacy development of very young children? There’s a well-established and growing base of evidence…

• 1/24/2020
• early learning

First Things First recently partnered with AEA Federal Credit Union in Yuma to open AEA’s Read Everyday Corner at its main branch.

• 11/15/2019
• family support

After spending a year attending story time at the center, Gabby Martinez said she is confident that Julian will be ready for kindergarten.

• 11/15/2019
• Graham/Greenlee

When Chandler Aaron was 9 months old, her mom went back to work as a school teacher. Luckily for Chandler, her grandma Barbara Matthews became her full-time…

• 10/24/2019
• child development

First Things First provides the Arizona Parent Kit free of charge to parents of all newborns in the state before they leave the hospital or birthing center.

• 1/30/2019
• AZ communities

An interactive mapping tool helps the First Things First Navajo/Apache Regional Council make better informed decisions.