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Sixpence invests in programs built on practices proven to support the development of cognition and character of young children.
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Each Sixpence-funded program represents a community partnership between local school districts, service providers, and other agency stakeholders.
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Sixpence-funded programs work directly with parents, enabling them to better understand and address their children's earliest developmental needs.
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The more we understand about how early experiences affect brain development, long-term health and wellbeing, the clearer it becomes that investments in children in the prenatal to age 3 period are essential and financially sound.
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When children pick up a picture book about paleontologists digging for fossils, they’re not just learning vocabulary or learning to read—they’re discovering that science happens right in their own backyard. That’s exactly what happened when two Nebraska women collaborated to…
What happens when childcare providers receive the right support at the right time? Teresa Dressman, a family childcare provider in Superior, was ready to walk away from her career—overwhelmed and uncertain. Today, she’s mentoring others, presenting at conferences, and empowering…
We spend a lot of time wondering what builds our children’s self-esteem. Is it the praise we give them? Is it…
Erika Fink is a part of a recent Nebraska Growing Readers (NGR) Writers Workshop held for Sixpence home visitors and staff, Rooted in Relationships coaches, and other early childhood partners. NGR, which is a Nebraska Children and Families Foundation initiative, holds these workshops to encourage the production of local content that will be meaningful to the state’s children, families, and communities.
