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Please read with your young children.  And by read I mean share a book even if you’re just looking at pictures and talking about them.  Don’t worry about interruptions or attention span.  Just snuggle once a day and hold a book you both love together!   Along that line, check out this article on NPR webpage this morning called Never Too…Continued

A Stepping Stone Foundation will celebrate 25 years of providing high quality preschool with family literacy this coming August.  As the years went by, we realized, not only do our children need a great start in life, they need access to  higher education.  Thanks to the vision of our founder, Rev. Bill Smith and one…Continued

On March 15th, a very happy and sweet group of supporters gathered to help raise funds for A Stepping Stone Foundation preschoolers and their families by having a wonderful fiesta featuring local musical talent and gourmet food produced by local suppliers. A very special thanks is owed to presenting sponsor APS who has supported this…Continued

I received a wonderful email from a woman in South Africa who runs a preschool near Johannesburg.  She had seen our Mr. Jay episode and felt very inspired to continue her work.  South Africa! It is indeed a small world.

Last night, it was my great pleasure to join our parents, board and children at the 2014 Parent Celebration.  The parents of our Stepping Stone children were honored for their school-year long participation in adult education, parenting classes, time with their children in the classroom as well as participating in our home visiting program. In…Continued

Earlier this month (April), our rootin’ tootin’ preschoolers explored what it might be like to be in a rodeo!  They crafted “horses”, and put together a special outfit and just look at the fun they had!  

I was blessed by the Tooth Fairy last Tuesday.   It was time for a program visit and Teacher Janet and Program Coordinator Paulette had also alerted me that one of our former preschoolers, Blanca Pereda, CDA, was going to do a short dental presentation for our kids and then give each child a quick tooth cleaning and I really…Continued

Dear Stepping Stone Supporters: I wanted to give you a quick follow-up to the Secret Millionaire-A Stepping Stone segment (filmed fall 2011, aired this fall).  Our Secret Millionaire, Mr. Jay, promised one of our Stepping Stone moms that when she received her GED, he would have scholarship money waiting for her.  Unfortunately, she left our…Continued

I received the following from Susana Ibarra-Johnson, Parent Awareness and Community Outreach Coordinator for Central Phoenix Regional Partnership of First Things First: Best Gift for Kids Under 6? Simple Toys, Quality Time with Adults What are the top choices for holiday gifts that will fire up young kids’ minds? So many parents have spent too…Continued

Please join us in celebrating National Family Literacy Day next Friday! See more information at:http://www.famlit.org/biggive-2013/   For teacher lesson plans you can see: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/celebrate-national-family-literacy-20681.html