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on piogtcss made to date. we certainly believe ate will more than achieve our <br />giant goad of an go% success rate per center. Parents have also beet: <br />overwhelmingly positive in their evaluations and comments about the fiunily <br />engagement activities. With your dollars, we have given families hooks to start <br />home IibraIies ++•pile sharing ways to use the hooks to reinforce ail diflcrenI types <br />of learning. These outings have been received +with tremendous erfhusiasm. In <br />this short 4 month period, entire families have taken advantage of tips to file <br />Enwirunntemal Learning C'cnter, the Vero Beach Museum of Art and Riverside <br />('hildren's Theatre We used these taps as opportunities to engage and subtly <br />coachguided learning using simple community resaur-ces. For example, at the <br />Riverside Thcatre, stall' read sections of life hook "Pootiful" about it pood!c <br />named Pansy Iu the families. Then they created an art pinject with cotton balls <br />and One: learned it song and a dance; saw the "Pootiful"Allay: and were give,, Ihc• <br />hoof, io take home along with it pot filled with pansy seeds. -this became a <br />science lesson of sorts as well since families were gi+rn a sheet of instructions on <br />how to grow seeds. As +ou can see, we utilize a strove, milli -sensory approach ut <br />creating family engagement. Inlerestingly, not a one of the 107 attendees had <br />ever been fu an) of these great facilities that oiler such Irc•nu•ndous learning <br />upportumutics. <br />The County C'onunission and the Indian River Ftinder's Forum have made this <br />happen• hu: it simply can't be if one year effort. Slrongcr Kindergarien readiness <br />rags lead tit greater academic success. Acadwinic success leads at economic <br />gwwth and vitality in Indian River County. As Commisaioners. wvu have made a <br />Clem statement that earh childhood initiatives are criticit! for the overall health of <br />the county through your previous budget allocation I respectFulh• aik that you <br />continue mrca%M funding through the Children's Services Adwis;m Committee. <br />6 <br />_154 I I <br />