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  • Nutrition and the 1st 1000 Days of a Child's Life
    Nutrition is integral to a child’s life. More essentially, the benefits it affords during the 1st 1000 days of life – from conception into the first 2+ years of childhood – are many.
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  • Numeracy in the Early Childhood Classroom
    Several researchers have found evidence to support the notion that the quality of mathematical experiences in the early years is a chief contributor to subsequent individual achievement – academic and otherwise.
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  • Support an ECI
    A small donation can make a big impact
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  • Childhood Adversity and the Developing Brain
    Some of the individual consequences of childhood adversity with which we tend to be more familiar are within the realm of psycho-social disorders and cognitive impairment. But how often do we consider the impact on the very structure of the brain itself?
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  • Learning through Play
    Play is an activity that helps children develop skills, knowledge and values that lay the foundation for later learning and development. More info
  • JAMAICAN FATHERS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT
    More than a third of our nation’s children have no father figure and over 90% of households have the parenting role being performed by the birth mother or a grandmother.
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  • READING TO YOUNG CHILDREN – TRENDS IN JAMAICA
    Reading to children during the early years has been linked to increased interest in reading and learning, as well as greater levels of phonological awareness, reading comprehension, school readiness and performance, regardless of socio-economic status.
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Termination of MOE’s NCB Cash Keycard

February 1, 2018 by press in News Article 598
MPs Urged to Help ECIs Become Certified

MPs Urged to Help ECIs Become Certified

April 11, 2017 by Story Editor in News Article 1050
Portmore Basic School Gets Support Towards Achieving Certification Standards

Portmore Basic School Gets Support Towards Achieving Certification Standards

April 11, 2017 by Story Editor in News Article 1256
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