I love Neil deGrasse Tyson.  If you take the time to watch this video link all the way through, you might too.  How do we get kids interested in science?  To watch just click here.

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

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

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

A huge thank you to at&t who has provided funding to help with our Stepping Into College event and other dropout prevention activities.  Stepping Into College takes place this Saturday at Burton Barr Library (see Media Advisory below): A Stepping Stone Foundation and AT&T to Host Workshop to Help Students “Step Into College”    AT&T to…Continued

International Literacy Day will be celebrated Monday, September 9th.  This special day focuses attention on worldwide literacy needs. According to the International Reading Association, more than 774 million of the world’s adults (nearly two-thirds of whom are women) do not know how to read or write, and roughly 123 million children lack those same skills, and are…Continued

2013 brings changes to A Stepping Stone.  In this post, I’d like to say goodbye to Lead Teacher Fran Smith and Assistant Teacher, Veronica Dozal. In photo to the LEFT: Saying Goodbye. Two of our best move on to new things. Pictured from left top; Veronica Dozal, Fran Smith with Past President, Bev Carroll. Lead…Continued