In the spring of 2020, while the world was in lockdown and schools remote, CES Director of Workforce Programs Matt Rigney thought about ways to continue assisting students as part…
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Families from seventeen communities gather at the Eric Carle Museum for fun morning out
…the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, MA. The programs are free and run all year round. For more information about these programs, visit www.collaborative.org/early-childhood/parents, or contact Carolyn Mazel at…
If you want your children to succeed, teach them to share in Kindergarten
…the study suggests that early-childhood education programs and schools could identify children with weak social skills early on, when they are still very receptive to learning how to behave differently….
Occupational Therapy Center develops new strategies
…Early Childhood team began recently, a natural and exciting collaboration, so support early childhood programs and providers throughout the area. “We’re excited by the progress and the benefits that we’re…
William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, to Retire
…CES, the largest Massachusetts educational collaborative, since 2014, after joining the agency as Deputy Director in 2010. CES directs major direct service initiatives in Early Childhood, Special Education, After School…
How Children Can Become Caring Community Members
…world. Through these programs, parents are being empowered to help their children develop their character by learning how to be more kind and grateful in a world that desperately needs…
Vanessa Pashkoff, ECMH-E®
Vanessa Pashkoff is the Early Childhood Mental Health Programs Coordinator at CES. Vanessa has over fifteen years of experience in the field of Early Childhood Education. Vanessa is a teacher…
How do you use iPads and tablets?
…communication for some students using Apps like Pro-Lo-Quo. Children are using iPads/tablets (including at computer stations): to support early literacy and early numeracy using pre-kindergarten children Apps as a choice…
Local communities celebrate the Week of the Young Child
…This year’s theme is Early Years Are Learning Years. Next week is also Brain Building in Progress Week, an initiative promoting the positive, future impact of quality early childhood education…
Suzanne Stillinger
…for children living in residential programs for unhoused survivors of domestic violence. Early on, she saw that the scope of her efforts to help improve the day-to-day lives of children…