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For Parents.To help you do the best you can, here’s some information, tools and resources for supporting your child’s healthy development and learning.
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About FTF. Created by Arizona voters, First Things First partners with families and communities to help our state’s young children be ready for success in kindergarten and beyond.
Grants. First Things First invests in strategies and programs that support the development, health and learning of children birth to age 5 (before kindergarten).
Get Involved. First Things First partners with families and communities to give all Arizona children the opportunity to arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek gets the attention of early educators when she asks: “What happened to play?” in her 2018 Summit presentation
“One word, ‘connection,’ captures what is happening inside and what is needed from the outside for a young child’s brain.” Read our…
Being ready for school is about developing the foundations for language, social skills, persistence, curiosity and more. And it starts from birth.
In gardens, children can learn outside of the classroom by investigating nature while teachers introduce basic science and math concepts.
We celebrate Children’s Mental Health Awareness in May—a time to remember that a child’s future success depends on socio-emotional and behavioral…
Learn how you can help your baby or toddler develop a love of books and the skills they’ll need to learn to read.
This episode is about the most important and useful things for parents – especially new parents – to know about child development.
Every child develops at their own pace, but there are certain milestones they should reach from birth to 5 years old.
Efforts underway to increase screening rates and connect families to resources
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