Two-tiered collaboration of regional community leaders working to improve the lives of young children. This new public-private partnership is building a sustainable system for early learning that prepares all children for success in school and life. The Alliance recently completed a Kids Matter Business Plan for the region.
Our Pillars for Success include:
Improving Quality Early Care and Education
Improving Access to Health Care and Early Education
Increasing services for At-risk children
Providing Parent and Family information and support
Strengthening Early Learning Infrastructure
Solidifying Local Decision Making for a regional early learning system
Blockfest is an interactive exhibit that provides families with young children under the age of 8 with a rich, hands-on math and science learning opportunity. The exhibit has been shown to increase parent knowledge of early development in the areas of math and science education, while providing opportunities to increase social skills and literacy opportunities for young children.
Above is a picture taken at the BlockFest event held in March at Gary Middle School. This was an amazing oppurtunity for children to learn math and science using blocks. Parents were also given an oppurtunity to learn more about kindergarten registration for their young ones. For more information on BlockFest, please check out our Flyer.
The "Love. Talk. Play." campaign aims to surround parents of children birth to age 3 with simple messages about three key things all parents can and need to be doing with their children every day: love, talk and play. Shaped by information from national early learning experts, conversations with parents and input from the and state partners, the campaign reaches out to parents with these messages and ways they can take advantage of everyday moments.
Above is a picture from the Love, Talk, Play campaign held in Spokane. For more information on the campaign, please see our News Release.
The Inland Northwest Early Learning Alliance is supported by Thrive by Five.
Contact the Inland Northwest Early Learning Alliance at: (509) 209-2626
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We are currently staffed through the collaborative efforts of the following organizations:
