Vancouver Public Schools—Curriculum and Instruction Early Childhood Education
Early childhood education is an essential foundation for readiness and success in school. Parents and other family members can support their preschoolers by working with them at home.
Learning can happen anywhere at any time. Consider these activities with your young child.
• Take a walk in the park
• Dig in the dirt and talk about what you see and feel and smell
• Sort common items and objects at home
• Talk about shapes and colors
• Read aloud to your child
Monthly family packets, linked at right, are full of fun, hands-on activities for math, science and art.
They include:
• a calendar of activities to build skills in math, language, science, fine motor, problem solving, social studies, safety, and cooking;
• a journal for drawing pictures and writing letters and numbers;
• a book that children can cut out, color and assemble; and
• suggestions of books to read with your child.
Many other resources related to early childhood development and programs are linked at right.