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Citywide Screenings of "The Raising of America"
One of the first projects will be to host a minimum of 6 public screenings of the documentary series The Raising of America across the City of Pasadena to catalyze a community-wide dialogue and action campaign on improving early childhood outcomes and share the goals and vision of the Pasadena Office of the Young Child. The initial target audience, of approximately 500 individuals, will be parents and service providers of children birth to 5. What is The Raising of America? The...
Help Pasadena create a new Office of the Young Child: Guest commentary
Decades of neuroscience research have proven that 90 percent of critical brain development happens in the first five years of life...Read More Children at Kidspace in Pasadena’s Brookside Park in 2015. (Photo by Walt Mancini/SCNG) Help Pasadena create a new Office of the Young Child: Guest commentary
Now is the time to create a sound infrastructure for Pasadena’s youngest children
I Was An Early Learner - Ann Erdman
Launch of Pasadena as an Early Learning City
Our work is just beginning and we are commemorating the start of this movement by hosting a Family and Community Day – a day where families and the public at large will be engaged in a myriad of activities that foster children’s development and learning from birth to age 5, become familiarized with the extensive community resources available to them on child development, brain science, parenting, neighborhood resources and will and have the opportunity to be the first to co-create...