Manheim Central School District is offering programs to prepare children for kindergarten. The district has an Early Head Start class for children from birth to age 3, a prekindergarten class for 4-year-olds, and Baron Babies Playful Learning workshops for babies and toddlers.
Additionally, Manheim Central has recently partnered with STEM Starts Now to help parents teach early science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to children starting as babies. STEM Starts Now is a new, digital, parent subscription program created by local pediatric occupational therapist Dr. Aimee Ketchum. Written by a team of early child developmental experts, STEM Starts Now helps babies by supporting parents through weekly emails tailored to the child's age and developmental level. It includes tips, STEM activities, videos, articles, and information on physical, social-emotional, language, and intellectual development to help children master the skills necessary for success in kindergarten, future academics and leadership roles in today's global world. The program is founded on the ideas that parents are children's first teachers and parents need support to provide children with the experiences they need to be successful students.
STEM Starts now is geared for every child under the age of 5 and is being used by families around the world. Locally, the program is also being used by Lancaster Nurse Family Partnership, Lancaster Health Center, Plant the Seed of Learning, and Neffsville Christian Preschool. Manheim Central reports that it is the first school district to license STEM Starts Now.
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