-There are only 2,000 days between the time a baby is born and when that child shows up for the first day of kindergarten?

-With quality early childhood education, children will be school ready; have higher graduation rates and grow into productive citizens and valuable employees?

-In the first few years of life, 700 new neural connections are formed each second?

-During the first years of life, children’s brains are developing rapidly and laying the foundation for learning.  The interactions that children have with adults influence how children develop and learn.  As a result, early childhood educators have a prime opportunity to provide children with interactions that can support children’s growth and development, particularly their language and communication skills.

-High quality early childhood programs improve health and nutrition?

-85% of a child’s brain is developed by age 3?

-Playing with blocks and other building toys teaches children about geometry?

-Talking with your child is one of the most important things you can do?

-You can help your child learn while driving? Help your child to tell you the color of signs, shapes of signs and count how long you sit at a red light!

-Music helps a child learn to rhyme?