Bold Steps
By starting at the beginning, we strengthen families, neighborhoods, and workplaces. This video explains why.
Born Learning Trails
Born Learning Trails use research-based content to create 10 stations with activities to foster growth in motor skills, letters, numbers, nature observation, imagination, and social/emotional interactions.
Latest News and Highlights
The Mess Matters!
There is a risk analysis most teachers complete during curriculum planning where you consider an activity and the amount of teacher involvement and potential for catastrophic mess making. Sometimes even the most diligent risk assessment may miss the mark. Imagine a...
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Why Aren’t Kids Ready for Kindergarten?
United Way of Skagit County’s bold goal is by 2025, all Skagit children entering kindergarten are ready to learn. According to the 2018 State of Children and Families Report by Northwest Early Learning, only 36% of students entering kindergarten in Skagit County have...
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Youth United
Youth Helping Youth ~ the best volunteers around! There are over 120 students at Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete and Sedro-Woolley high schools participating in Youth United. Last year, YU members volunteered over 12,000 hours. Sixtyfour of them received a Varsity...
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