School Readiness

Leaders in School Readiness!

Head Start of Eastern Orange County

School Readiness

We are helping to create thinkers,

doers

problem-solvers & leaders!

This is the most important period of brain development & learning for your young child.  From birth to age 5, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in his/her life & early brain development has a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn & succeed in school & life. In other words, what & how your child learns now, can have impacting results.  This is why we take your child’s learning & overall health/development very seriously at HSEOC.

 We Practice Best Practices:      

• Families are children's most important & primary teachers; therefore, partnering with families provides the best results.

• Children learn best when:

  • they are interested,

  • are engaged in fun & open ended activities, have opportunities to explore (hands on learning),   

  •  are encouraged to be curious & allowed to take risks and feel successful

  • they have committed invested adults, high quality interactions really makes a difference

  • activities are individualized to meet each child's individual development

  •  they are challenged to think about thinking (metacognition skills) 

  • they are loved, respected and see themselves consistently represented

    • equity & diversity are embedded in daily practices

  • they're taught self-regulation & behavioral skills 

• A comprehensive approach works best to provide the very best "head start" for children & families.

• Research based curriculums and practices are needed to create significant outcomes.