Ready At Five is pleased to share a new resource to assist educators and enhance community-based early childhood education programs.Supporting Every Young Learner: Maryland’s Guide to Early Childhood Pedagogy Birth to Age 8 is the latest tool produced by the Maryland State Department of Education to inform and engage educators of young children with evidence-based practices of teaching and learning. This new guide can be viewed online at http://bit.ly/Guide2EarlyPedagogy.

Over three hundred people attended our School Readiness Symposium "Mind in the Making:  Executive Function in Action" featuringEllen Galinsky, Director of the Families Work Institute and author of “Mind in the Making:  The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs” on December 11, 2014 at Turf Valley Conference Center in Ellicott City, MD.

From birth, children are exploring their world and learning about social studies. Children gain a sense of belonging and an understanding of the global community by getting to know their own neighborhoods.  To be successful in kindergarten, your child needs to have many different skills and abilities.  In the area of Social Studies, your child should be able to: