By Jessica Baron | Executive Director
Dear Friend of Young Children,
Thank you so much for your past generosity helping our charity to train and equip early childhood educators to lead music for the young children in their care each day. Your gifts have brought the benefits and joy of learning to daycare centers, Head Start programs, and family daycares, and preschools throughout San Diego County! Over the past year, we have been able to train 358 early childhood educators, awarding each one with their own leadership ukulele, and awarding those who have completed 6 hour in person training workshops with starter uke sets for their students to play!
Just this month, a new group of 35 teachers started training with us through the San Diego County Office of Education on Saturdays, on their day off, and 20 more began taking an 8 week free class with us near the southern border at Southwestern Community College in Chula Vista. The importance of music is spreading, and teachers are hungry to learn at this time.
At a time when early childhood programs are under fire, under-funded, and in need of our help, music is bringing hope and healing. Professional development in this field is scant, but with your help, it's growing! So if you would like to support more children to have exposure to early musical learning along with literacy education for early reading, I hope you will donate again to this campaign and keep the doors open to training.
Since last time you got a report, we have also started a new early literacy for parents, grandparents, and caregivers with children under the age of 5. We call it Uke Can Read! and it's rolling out in public libraries. Participants will be singing the sounds of the alphabet, learning their letter names, and developing reading readiness skills. Part of this program includes donating sets of ukuleles to participating libraries so families can have a chance to make music with their children at home. We've attached a flyer for you. Last Saturday, 80 caregivers and kiddos showed up!
If you like podcasts, I will be participating in a great one on November 7 with the amazing interviewer Drew Schlosberg. His Spotlight on the Community is the longest running podcast about Education and Wellness! We'll share the link below.
Wishing you health, resilience,and joy each and every day,
Jess Baron
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