Promoting school readiness efforts through individualized services that benefit children.
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ESD 112 Early Care and Education promotes school readiness efforts through individualized services that benefit children. We assist families, child care providers and community partners in providing quality early learning programs and professional development opportunities throughout the ESD 112 region.
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Early learning program has free preschool spots
(The Columbian, October 6, 2016)
Child care costly proposition for parents
(The Columbian, October 10, 2016)
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Why affordable child care is so hard to find: Southwest Washington’s Child Care Crisis
On April 4, 2018 Senator Patty Murray visited ESD 112's Hough Early Learning Center to learn more about the parent perspective on the difficulty of finding quality, affordable child care. She's proposed a Child Care [...]
Senator Patty Murray visits Hough Early Learning Center to learn how the child care crisis is affecting families in Southwest Washington
As Senator Patty Murray entered the Hough Early Learning Center she was greeted with smiling preschoolers and a welcome sign speckled with the colorful handprints of the children enrolled there. This visit is one of many [...]
Two devoted early education teachers come together in one innovative classroom
Heather Anderson and Joe Chamberlain love their jobs. “At what other job do you get to go play all day?” says Anderson. “I can’t imagine doing anything else!” Chamberlain agrees. “I get to introduce little [...]
ESD 112 seeks to fill 180 free preschool slots
ESD 112 has 180 preschool slots available. They're free to eligible families, and that isn't even the best part. Children who attend programs like ESD 112's Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) [...]