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Is Discipline What They Really Need

Is Discipline What They Really Need by Dr. Karen DeBord

SVAECE 2010 session about the importance of understanding why children behave the way they do and how early childhood educators can support young children's social & emotional development.

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Let's Play Outside

Let's Play Outside

SVAECE 2010 session about the importance of getting children outdoors for quality early learning experiences.

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Happy, Mad, Sad Glad: Helping Young Children Understand Their Feelings

Happy, Mad, Sad Glad: Helping Young Children Understand Their Feelings

Smart Beginnings of Greater Roanoke Quality Enhancement Workshop on helping children to understand feelings and self regulation, presented by Patty Marickovich on August 17, 2010.

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Beyond the ABC's: Nuturing Higher Level Thinking in Early Childhood

Beyond the ABC's: Nuturing Higher Level Thinking in Early Childhood

Smart Beginnings of Greater Roanoke Quality Enhancement Workshop on encouraging reasoning and problem solving in early childhood, presented by Kris Meyers on May 18, 2010.

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Early childhood education is critical to our community's future economic well being. It's a question of pay-now or pay-later. Research indicates that if children are prepared when they start school and reading on grade level in their early years, they're far more likely to stay on track and finish school rather than become a costly drain on the community's social service system. Those who finish school are much more likely to become contributing members of our workforce.

Joyce Waugh, CEcD
President, Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce

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The United Way of Roanoke Valley serves as the fiscal agent for Smart Beginnings Greater Roanoke.

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