Smart Start
Smart Start is a public-private early childhood initiative to help ALL North
Carolina children enter school healthy and ready to succeed. Its unique,
comprehensive approach allows communities to make decisions and plans that are
specific to the needs of young children and families. Smart Start services are
targeted for children 0-5 and their families and include making sure child care
is of high quality and affordable and accessible to those who need it, as well
as health services and screenings and resources for family support.Region
A Partnership for Children
The Region A Partnership for Children builds brighter futures by ensuring that
all of Region A's children ages birth to 5 years arrive at school healthy and
ready to succeed. The areas served include Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties and The Cherokee Indian Reservation.
Educational Specifications
This document consists of the educational specifications for the Regional Child
Development Center at Haywood Community College.
KidSmart
The KidSmart website focuses on creative use of computers and other
technology in play and learning with young children. It's great for parents,
child care workers and operators, primary teachers, home-schoolers and anybody
else interested in the top.
TryScience
TryScience was created with the NY Hall of Science and several hundred
science museums with whom they are partners. It's packed full of virtual
experiments, ideas for field trips and science projects (parents of middle
schoolers, take note!) and other great information designed to engage young
people with science.
