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Vancouver Public Schools-Curriculum & 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.

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Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Packets 
Early Childhood Developmental Profile 
Washington State Early Learning and Developmental Benchmarks 
Speech Sound Development 
Vancouver Early Childhood Center 
Pre-Kindergarten Activities and Programs 
Pre-Kindergarten Activities & Programs Contact Information 
Book list for 4, 5 and 6 year olds 
Ten Tips for Reading Aloud to Children 
Getting Ready for Kindergarten Activities 
Early Childhood Education Home 
Curriculum and Instruction Home 

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Kindergarten Readiness Brochure - Russian 
Kindergarten Readiness Brochure - Spanish 
Summer Activities for New Kindergartners 

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