ROE #13: Birth to Three

🎡 We're at Marion County Fair Kids Day! 🎉
Come stop by the ROE #13 Birth to Three Program booth and say hello! 💙 We'd love to meet you, share information about our FREE services for families with young children, and have some fun with you!

Happy Birthday to our amazing Birth to Three Family Advocate, Haley Timmermann! ☀️💛

Your kind heart, positive spirit, and bright smile bring so much sunshine to our team and to the families you serve every day. Your compassion, encouragement, and dedication make a lasting difference in the lives of so many.

We hope your birthday is filled with as much joy, laughter, and happiness as you bring to everyone around you. Wishing you a year full of blessings, new adventures, and all the sunshine your heart can hold.

Happy Birthday, Haley! 🎉🌻💛

Exciting News for Clinton, Jefferson, Marion and Washington County Families!

John Consolino, Regional Superintendent, is excited to announce that the Regional Office of Education #13 is now a Local Program Partner for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library! As a Local Program Partner, ROE 13 will support the participation of children ages birth to five in the communities of Clinton, Jefferson, Marion and Washington Counties. The program will provide FREE high-quality books with the goal of facilitating a love of reading and building strong literacy skills regardless of the family’s income.

Regional Superintendent Consolino stated, “Getting books into the hands of our youngest learners as early as possible is one of the most powerful things we can do for their future. By sparking a love for reading before a child even steps foot into a classroom, we aren't just building essential literacy skills, we are enriching their lives and opening doors to a lifetime of learning. We are thrilled to help bring this life-changing program to the families of Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington Counties. I would also like to thank Nat Shook and the United Way of South-Central Illinois for their collaborative efforts to make this endeavor possible. The South-Central United Way will fund Jefferson County and will also manage registrations for the four counties we serve.”

Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has gifted over 300 million free books in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and the Republic of Ireland. This is achieved through funding shared by The Dollywood Foundation and Local Program Partners like the Regional Office of Education #13. The Imagination Library mails more than 3 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to enrolled children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading and inspiring children to Dream More, Learn More, Care More, Be More™ .

The program has been widely researched, and results demonstrate the positive impact on early childhood development and literacy skills. Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

For more information and to register for the service, please visit imaginationlibrary.com.

The ROE #13 Birth to Three team is having fun tonight at the Washington County Fair!

🎉 Happy Birthday to Debbie Simmons! 🎉
Today we're celebrating one of our amazing Family Advocates, Debbie K Simmons! 💜 Your fun-loving personality, great sense of humor, and positive energy brighten every room you walk into. Thank you for the laughter you bring, the compassion you show to the families you serve, and the dedication you have to our team.
We hope your day is filled with lots of smiles, laughter, and all the things that make you happiest. You deserve to be celebrated!
Happy Birthday, Debbie! 🥳🎂💜

🎉 Happy Birthday to our wonderful Program Director Keli Selover-Tate! 🎉
Thank you for your leadership, support, and dedication to our team and the families we serve. We appreciate all that you do and the positive impact you make every day.
Wishing you a day filled with happiness, laughter, and everything you enjoy. Have a fantastic birthday! 🎂🎈💐
❤️ Your ROE #13 Birth to Three Team ❤️

🌊🐠 Dive Into Summer Fun! 🐠🌊

Join us for “Under the Sea with Friends” — a fun-filled morning of ocean-themed adventures for little ones and their families! 💙

We’ll be exploring with: 🪼 Ocean-themed activities
🫧 Sensory play
🐟 Outdoor exploration
🍧 FREE snow cones for families!
📅 June 25th
⏰ 9:00–11:00 AM
📍 Hannah’s Playground Pavilion – Breese, IL

Come make memories, play, and celebrate summer under the sea with us! 🌊☀️

Hosted by ROE #13 Birth to Three 💜

We are looking to hire another family advocate to join our Birth to Three team!!