What is Understanding the Early Years?

• Understanding the Early Years is a community
• research initiative that focuses on children’s learning. The project involves children , teachers, parents, guardians and community agencies.
• It will help the communities in the northeast understand how their children are doing and how to best respond to their needs.
• Understanding the Early Years looks at the whole picture: how neighborhoods, children’s programs and services, families, schools and child care facilities influence early childhood development.

 

Brenda Ives Coordinator Northeast Regional Intersectoral Committee 107 Crawford Ave. East Box 6500 Melfort, Saskatchewan S0E 1A0 Phone: 306-752-6132 Fax: 306-752-6168 Website: www.northeastric.ca