Early Sunrise Child Development Program
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- About the Program
- Program Achievements / 2010-11
- What Our Children Need is More of Us
- How You Can Get Involved
- Program Sponsors & Affiliates
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- Let’s plant seeds, feed them, give them light, and watch them grow
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- D for Diego
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- Our parents are our first teachers
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- Rollin’ with friends
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- Reading is fundamental
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- Aztec cultural performing group
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- Teacher Bobbi and the children during playtime
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- Supportive
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- Paying attention
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- Swinging with Mom
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- Fun with Daddy
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- Making friends
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- Static in the tube
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- Friends
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- Fun with Mommy
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- Playing ball
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- Colorful
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- Marianna & Diego
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- Bubbles
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- Family reading time is important
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- Safe
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- Hula & Tahitian class
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- Parachute fun
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- Aztec head dress with feathers
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- Learning with Mommy
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- Working as a family
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- Professional skater in the works
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- Reading time
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- Learning fundamentals
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- Always happy
Early Sunrise is a program that works with families to develop the relationship between parents and their child through engaging activities. Parents are guided to become effective readers to their children, increase reading opportunities in the home, and understand the relationship between reading and their child’s brain development. Parents develop a habit of reading aloud that foster the cognitive and emotional growth of the child. This prepares children for a more successful transition into school, and will help them throughout the rest of their lives. Using art to further develop literacy, families are exposed to different cultures through reading, music, dance, creative arts, and cultural performances. When learning reflects the culture of a child, it fosters a positive understanding of self.
For more information, please contact Program Coordinator Cathy Horner (English) or Mariana Aguilar (Español)
:: Program Achievements / 2010-11
• Served 13 children under the age of 3 years old
• Served 25 children between the ages of 3-4 years old
• Served 23 children between the ages of 4-5 years old
• Served 54 parents and caregivers
:: What Our Children Need is More of Us
What a child experiences in the first years of life profoundly influences brain development, communication, and how they interact with the world throughout their lives. Parents play the most important role in providing the stimulation their child requires. Often, parents don’t know about the things they can do to foster their child’s growth, like reading to them from an early age and helping them play simple but active games. This connection helps the parents to read their child’s feelings and thoughts so that they are able to support their development. Such activities with the parents help the child to develop social-emotional skills, which drive them to learn to connect with others, resolve conflict, and cope with challenges.
:: How You Can Get Involved
We are in need of:
• Families participating in the program
• Child Care Facilities to host the program
• Funding opportunities
• Donations of materials including books, school materials, toys, games
• Program Instructor and Assistants with child care experience
• Multicultural performers
:: Program Sponsors & Affiliates
Soulciety would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the following for helping us to reach our program goals:
• Alameda County First 5 (provided funding for 2010-11)
• SF Foundation (provided supplemental funding for 2010-11)
• Lil Angels Daycare (provided facility and access to materials)
• Calvary Baptist Church (provided facility)