Earlier in October, Nebraska Children had the privilege of hosting Changemakers, an annual gathering to celebrate the positive impacts happening throughout Nebraska.
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Reflecting on a Year of Positive Change at Changemakers
Tagged with: Changemakers, Grace Abbott Award, Lived Experience, Susanne Shore
Posted in News and Events
Posted in News and Events
Fremont Sixpence Car Seat Check Part of Larger Community Outreach
A recent car seat check held by Sixpence of Fremont, in coordination with Dodge County Head Start and Three Rivers Health Department, revealed that when it comes to car seats, things aren’t as simple as they seem.
Tagged with: car seat check, community collaboratives, community well being, early childhood, Fremont, sixpence
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Perla Jaimes’s Long Trip to School and How Sixpence Helped Her along the Way
In some ways this story begins as a trip to school. Perla Jaimes describes walking with her mother and younger sister. She remembers it was dark; she remembers it was cold. And on the other end of this walk a new school waited.
Tagged with: early childhood development, early childhood education, family assistance, sixpence
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Tucker Turtle Promotes Social Emotional Development in Lincoln County
If you’re interested in bringing your children to hear the story and in receiving a copy of the book, join the Rooted team, community representatives, and, yes, Tucker, for a morning or an afternoon of tucking, breathing, and thinking at the North Platte Library.
But Seriously, a Communities for Kids Convening
“Women tend to laugh more and live longer than men,” says the woman on the stage. She’s gray-haired, bespectacled. She looks like a grandmother or a principal, and indeed she was an educator in the past. She moves away from…
Tagged with: communities for kids, Convening, early childhood, early childhood development, early childhood education
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Growing the Good Life 