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Program Details
Get ready to observe, wonder, and learn with your child!
1-2-3 Grow and Learn is a playgroup for children ages birth to 5 and the adults that care for them. The playgroups take place at multiple locations across Clark County, typically in participating school district locations. The focus of our playgroups includes:
- Creating a level of comfort and familiarity with school before the child begins kindergarten
- Giving adults caring for children ideas for activities they can do at home to help promote their child’s learning and development
- Conducting developmental screening, along with the adults caring for the children, and help families with referrals for any needed services.
- Providing a safe environment where children can increase their social and emotional development with their peers
- Helping adults form connections and supports
- Focus on Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation Video
Here’s what families are saying about 1-2-3 Grow and Learn:
“It has given my child a chance to interact with others and become more comfortable in the school at which he will attend kindergarten.”
“All of my boys have attended grow and learn for the first 4 years of their lives and the impact has been beneficial to starting preschool & elementary.”
In-person play groups for children Birth-5
Vancouver locations funded by Child Care Aware of Washington, and are offered year-round.
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Información en Español
¡Prepárese para observar, maravillarse y aprender con su hijo!
1-2-3 Grow and Learn es un grupo de juego para niños desde el nacimiento hasta los 5 años y los adultos que los cuidan. Los grupos de juego se se encuentran en varios lugares del condado de Clark, por lo general en los distritos escolares que participan. El enfoque de nuestros grupos de juego incluye:
- Crear un nivel de comodidad y familiaridad con la escuela primaria a la que asistirá el niño para el kinder
- Dar a los adultos que cuidan niños ideas de actividades que pueden hacer en casa para ayudar a promover el aprendizaje y el desarrollo de sus hijos
- Realizar evaluaciones de desarrollo, junto con los adultos que cuidan a los niños, y ayudar a las familias con referencias para cualquier servicio necesario
- Brindar un lugar seguro donde los niños puedan aumentar su desarrollo social y emocional con sus compañeros
- Ayudar a los adultos a formar conexiones y apoyos
Grupos en persona para niños desde el nacimiento hasta los 5 años
Ubicaciones en Vancouver financiadas por Child Care Aware de Washington, y se ofrecen durante todo el año.
Host a Group
Bring 1-2-3 Grow and Learn to your School District or Organization
School districts can customize their model by choosing the where, when, and how many sessions at each location. 1-2-3 Grow and Learn supplies the qualified staff, curriculum, outreach and knowledge of the early learning world.
This fee-for-service model is designed to meet the individual needs of children, families and schools by providing a bridge between K-12 education and families in the community.
Contractors receive the following services:
- Enthusiastic, trained and educated staff that will facilitate a 1 ½ hour sessions weekly for your community
- Curriculum
- Materials for enhancing learning through play
- Circle time experiences
- Customizable adaptations based on district goals
- Connections with families before they enter kindergarten
- Developmental screening and referrals for children before they enter kindergarten
Program Contacts
Who to Contact
For more information, please call:
ECE State Resources
Early Care and Education in the News
Why do parents spend so much on child care, yet childhood educators earn so little?
(Child Care Aware of America, July 11, 2018)
Building a solid foundation
(Camas-Washougal Post-Record, April 11, 2019)
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Enroll for School Age Child Care!
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School age child care is available at select Evergreen Public Schools locations and White Salmon Early Learning Center for children in grades kindergarten-5th grade currently attending elementary school.