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School Readiness Bus engages students at Adair County Fair Each young child that visited the bus received a gift bag with a new book and suggested activities to promote school readiness skills. Parents had access to information about preschool, Headstart, First Steps, Family Resource, Agape House Pregnancy Resource Center, Adair Public Library, and Adanta Early Childhood programs Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Debbie Cowan The summer months are full of fun and excitement and families welcome the break that it brings from the demands of the school year. While it is certainly important that children enjoy vacation--swimming, little league, and the county fair--school staff and community early childhood professionals want parents to know that being prepared for the upcoming school year is important as well. To help families prepare for the upcoming year and to actively promote school readiness, the Adair County School District and Adair County Early Childhood Council sponsored a "School Readiness Bus" at the Adair County Fair in June. The bus--a climate controlled, modified school bus-- was turned into an early childhood center, complete with crayons and building blocks. It was parked at the local fairgrounds each night of the fair and staffed by kindergarten and preschool teachers, Family Resource Center staff, and other local early childhood professionals. Parents with young children were encouraged to board the bus to access information about the abundance of early childhood programs that are available in the area with special emphasis on future school readiness. Each young child that visited the bus received a gift bag with a new book and suggested activities to promote school readiness skills. Parents had access to information about preschool, Headstart, First Steps, Family Resource, Agape House Pregnancy Resource Center, Adair Public Library, and Adanta Early Childhood programs. Unfortunately, kindergarten screenings show that only about 50-percent of Adair County students are prepared to enter school "ready to engage in and benefit from early learning experiences that best promote the child's success." Adair County Schools are actively seeking ways to promote school readiness for every student through targeted programs such as preschool, Kindergarten Camp, and a new Born Learning Academy sponsored by the Family Resource Center. School staff actively partners with the Adair County Early Childhood Council to address early childhood needs in the community and to coordinate outreach efforts like the "School Readiness Bus." The council was recently awarded a grant from the Governor's Office of Early Childhood to develop programs that will help ensure that Adair County families have access to programs and activities that will ensure that their children enter school ready and eager to learn. Wes Feese is Public Information Officer for the Adair County School District, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. This story was posted on 2016-07-08 12:53:53
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