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09/02/2020

Find tips to assess & measure student success in

The hallmark of a good after school program is its ability to educate the whole child. The best programs are designed to ensure students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged.

08/26/2020

This report from Temescal Associates and the How Kids Learn Foundation summarizes the strategies afterschool programs have employed to adjust to COVID-19 events.

A new report from Temescal Associates and the How Kids Learn Foundation examines how afterschool programs were adapting to new COVID-19 developments....

08/10/2020

LISTEN NOW to this special back-to-school episode of the with the National Teacher of the Year, Tabatha Rosproy!

This back-to-school episode of Grow Kinder features 2020 National Teacher of the Year, Tabatha Rosproy. A teacher with 10 years of experience, Tabatha is the first early childhood educator to be named

08/04/2020

Check out Kids' Country's youtube book reading series! Ms. Dana, the Kids' Country Sycamore Site Director, will be reading "Seeds and Trees."

Seeds and Trees a children's book about the power of words Author: Brandon Walden Illustrators: Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell Words are powerful. They can hur...

07/31/2020

GREAT READ! National AfterSchool Association (NAA) sat down with Ann Tancioco, Executive Director at Kids' Country, to discuss what organizations can learn from Tanicioco's experience opening up in June.

"...Dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity is somewhat hard, but that's where I've found that creativity rises," said Tancioco.

NAA's fifth Let's Talk the Future of Afterschool conversation, held July 1, 2020, welcomed Ann Tancioco, Executive Director of Kids' Country, and focu...

03/31/2020

Learn new tips from child development specialist, Kathy Lee, to transform your home into a rich learning environment. >>> https://bit.ly/39uglF2

03/30/2020

Stuck inside? Explore ways to share kindness with your community from inside your own home. Learn tips from early childhood expert and Gryphon House author, Natalie Silverstein. >>>

Your kids may be home for an extended period of time in the coming weeks. Perhaps they will be off for a planned Spring Break and your travel plans have changed. Or maybe schools will be canceled out of an abundance of caution over the spread of Covid-19. Regardless of the circumstances, lots of do...

03/24/2020

Join LIVE as preparedness expert Andrew Roszak, JD, MPA, EMT-P, walks you through how to best prepare for COVID-19, and mitigate its effects on your classroom or program. Hosted by Gryphon House Books.

This edWebinar will provide simple and effective techniques that are aimed at increasing our preparedness, safety, and security.

03/23/2020

Get that energy out! From "animal walking"🐒 to hula hooping to yoga🤸‍♀️, explore these fun ideas to keep children healthy, active, and smiling! >>> https://bit.ly/2U6hE8z

If you take a ride down the streets of any neighborhood in the U.S., you will probably see very few children playing outside. Why? With TV, video games and other digital technologies contending for their attention, today’s children are prone to sedentary and screen-focused lifestyles. That means t...