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Five from Thrive E-Newsetter Archive
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 February 2010
- THRIVE IN ACTION:
Thrive Invests $350,000 to Support a "Culture of Literacy"
- LEARNING FOR LIFE: The Toddler
- KEY DATES & EXCITING EVENTS:
Statewide Early Learning Plan: Feedback Deadline Extended; Meetings Now Under Way for Seattle Youth & Families Initiative; Join Thrive and Department of Early Learning Leaders for a Discussion After Foundation for Early Learning Luncheon
- CHAMPIONS IN ACTION: Highlights from Early Learning Coalition
- PARTNER RESOURCES: Grant Allows Children’s Home Society of Washington to Expand Early Head Start; Enrollment Period for Guaranteed Education Tuition Program Closes Soon
January 2010
 Business Leaders Breakfast- Partner Resources featuring Cornerstone Classrooms at Wellspring Family Services, and Circle of Security Parenting Seminar
- Learning for Life - Primetime special Learning for Life: The Path to Better Early Education, and January's monthly series Learning for Life: Five Things Every Parent Should Know About
- Thrive's Web site - A New Year, A New Look
- Champions in Action - Highlights from Early Learning Coalitions
November/December 2009
- Statewide Early Learning Plan - First Draft Delivered to Governor
- Thrive's Nurturing Familis Initiative Gets National Interest, Training Support
- Keeping a Balance with your Child's TV and Media Viewing
- Learning for LIfe: Gifts to Last a Lifetime & Information and Rsources for Early Learning Champions
- Thrive Welcomes New Director of Fund Development, Madelaine Thompson
October 2009
- Draft Statewide Early Learning Plan Documents Now Ready for First Round of Public Input
- Stand Up for Kids, Tell it Like it Is
- Early Learning in Action - Spotlight on The Partnership for Children & Families, News from Chelan and Douglas Counties
- Input Sought on Updates to Early Learning Benchmarks
- Learning for Life:Nurturing Children's Creativity
September 2009
- Thrive Awards $200,000 to 10 Early Learning Coalitions
- East Yakima Kindergarten Transition Program: A Better Start to School
- More Communities Added to Help Test State's Quality Rating and Improvement System
- Support Thrive While You Shop!
- Did You See It? Thrive by Five Washington and KING 5 TV's air Primetime Special; new Public Service Announcement
- Learning for Life: Social and Emotional Development
August 2009
- Thrive Demonstration Communities Get $8 Million Boost for Year Two
- Don't Miss Primetime Special on School Readiness
- Learning for Life: Preschool (August 24-28)
- Joint Effort Launched to Benefit Children Birth to Age 8
July 2009
- Snohomish Born Learning Trail Featured on KING TV's Evening Magazine; New Trail Coming Soon
- Mark Your Calendar! Primetime Special on School Readiness to Air August 30
- Play and Learn Comes to Wenatchee-area Migrant Worker Camp
- Learning for Life - Baby: The First Year
June 2009
- With Heartfelt Thanks
- National First Five Years Fund Produces Video, Runs Campaign in Washington State to Help Influence Federal Budget
- Learning for Life
- Save the Date
May 2009
- Ready, Set, Grow: A KCTS 9 Kids & Family Presentation
- Bezos Family Foundation Announces Endowed Chair for Early Learning
- Naval Avenue Trail Gets Kids Moving
April 2009
- Week of the Young Child 2009
- Thrive Welcomes New Director of Early Learning Initiatives
- National Report Shows States Made Progress in Providing Quality Early Learning in 2007-08
- Doula Graduation
- Latest News from Thrive Demonstration Communities
March 2009
- Learning for Life March 2009: The Economy and Families
- Thrive Presents at National Conference of State Legislatures' National Education Seminar
- National Expert on Trauma and Child Development Speaks to LegislatureFebruary 2009 (PDF|0.13 MB)
- New Learning for Life News Series to Put Spotlight on Early Learning Issues
- Bremerton Schools Chief to Lead State Department of Early Learning
- Building Momentum in Olympia for Early Learning
February 2009
- New Learning for Life News Series to Put Spotlight on Early Learning Issues
- Bremerton Schools Chief to Lead State Department of Early Learning
- Building Momentum in Olympia for Early Learning
January 2009
- Findings show pilot kindergarten transition program a success
- Karen Tvedt named as DEL interim director
- Research evaluation results now in on Thrive’s reading readiness initiative
- Ethnic and cultural diversity in early childhood education
December 2008
- Reporters statewide gather to learn more about early learning
- Thrive Demonstration Communities to field test state's suspended quality rating and improvement system
- Governor and state legislature receive report and recommendations for kindergarten readiness assessment process
- Teens learn about early learning while filming family event
November 2008
- Thrive launches new Web site
- New Thrive publication now available
- K-12 system doing more to help close achievement gap with high-quality early learning
October 2008
- Meet Thrive's new CEO, Nina Auerbach.
- Educare Learning Center at Greenbridge Breaks Ground.
- Department of Early Learning officially launched Washington state's field test of a quality rating and improvement system, called Seeds to Success.
July 2008
- Thrive's Culture of Literacy Taskforce meets with national experts to talk about the latest early literacy research and program trends.
- America's Edge benefit luncheon, hosted by United Ways of Washington, focused on sustaining America's competitive edge through quality education – starting with quality early learning for all children.
- The National Governors’ Association Center for Best Practices releases a new report, Partnering with the Private and Philanthropic Sectors: A Governor's Guide to Investing in Early Learning
- What to look for when choosing a childcare facility
June 2008
- Born Learning Washington's Nurturing Children's Creativity campaign shows the power of play and artistic expression in children's learning
- New Zealand model of early childhood assessment one of many being considered by Washington's early learning community
- Economist Rob Grunewald on assessing the huge returns on investing in early childhood development programs
- At the heart of quality child care centers are quality early learning professionals – A look at some of the Workforce Development efforts happening in our state.
- New series of training podcasts is available from National CASA
May 2008
- Thrive by Five Washington and the Gates Foundation announce $5 million in initial funding for Ready by Five – a community partnership that will significantly expand early learning services in east Yakima
- Seeds of Compassion was an unprecedented community-focused event in Seattle, highlighting the vision, programs and science of early learning.
- Four states (Hawaii, Mississippi, Florida and Washington) work together toward large-scale systemic change in early learning at the Kellogg Foundation's Learning Lab.
- Provider Appreciation Day recognizes child caregivers, teachers and other educators of young children everywhere.
April 2008
- KING-5's "Learning to Learn" primetime television special takes a look at the newest science and research of early learning and shares the latest ways for parents to improve their care giving skills.
- The findings of an Opinion Research poll conducted by Thrive reveals most parents and early learning professionals are less aware of children's early learning needs from birth to age 2.
- Read our 2007 Year in Review for a complete overview of what Thrive accomplished last year and what we are working toward in 2008.
- The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awards $95,000 grant to help fund Culture of Literacy – our joint effort with the Department of Early Learning to support early reading readiness programs
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