Michelle Mallonee Long Often as teachers or parents, we want to tell our children how to do something new. It is more natural for us to use a direct approach to teaching by giving directions and providing examples. Although this method works well to save time, produce immediate results, produce a uniform or replication of...Read More

Deadline May 26, 2018 Those wanting to submit comments pertaining to Pennsylvania’s Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Grant Draft State Plan should do so by the May 26, 2018 deadline. The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program provides resources to state, territory, and tribal grantees that enable low-income parents to work or pursue education...Read More

The PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) invites Keystone STARS early learning providers to take a brief survey and share feedback on their experience of the pilot year of the new Keystone STARS. The results from the survey will be part of a formal evaluation report issued in late summer 2018. All...Read More

Barbara Bredell-Searle Hi, my name is MATH and I want to be your friend. I know, you may want to avoid me and sometimes you may not understand me; however, you need me because I (MATH) am everywhere you go. It doesn’t matter if you are caring for infants through school age children, I (MATH)...Read More

Erin DelRegno I don’t know about you, but much of my time as a child was spent playing outdoors. For example, I climbed trees, jumped in rain puddles, rode my bike, and played hide-and-seek. I stayed outside until dinner time, but that isn’t something that happens anymore. So much natural learning takes place outdoors. Wouldn’t...Read More

Lisa Ross, Keystone STARS Quality Coach for the Northwest Regional Key shares her experience working with Beacon Day Care in Indiana PA. In the nearly three years I have been working with Beacon Day Care, I have seen them make AMAZING progress and most recently they are the first provider I have had choose to...Read More

We’re celebrating Candy’s Kids Learning Academy in Philadelphia. This program was impacted by a shooting in April 2018. An individual was shot and killed near the building and the children were in circle time when the police arrived with firearms and the facility had to lock down. Many of the families and staff are already...Read More

We’re celebrating Young Scholars Daycare Center in Philadelphia. Young Scholars Daycare Center was accepted into PHLpreK in Jan 2017 as a growth provider and committed to movement higher STAR levels. They have been working with Quality Coach, Urban Affairs Coalition, TA, and multiple partners to make meaningful CQI progress since then and recently made STAR 4...Read More

We’re celebrating Chinatown Learning Center (STAR 4)  in Philadelphia who marks their 25th year of service! Chinatown Learning Center is a bilingual preschool and pre-kindergarten program in the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown community. CLC’s program focuses on teaching children of immigrant families in the Asian-American community where English is a Second language. CLC provides a dual language...Read More

During National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 7-11, 2018, families throughout Pennsylvania are sharing stories of the impact teachers make in the lives of children. OCDEL Deputy Secretary, Suzann Morris, has a few words she would like to share with early learning teachers! Visit the PA’s Promise for Children website to read the thank yous shared...Read More