Promoting school readiness efforts through individualized services that benefit children.
Welcome to Early Care & Education
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 Care and Education in the News
Why do parents spend so much on child care, yet childhood educators earn so little?
(Child Care Aware of America, July 11, 2018)
Building a solid foundation
(Camas-Washougal Post-Record, April 11, 2019)
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Early Care & Education News
Volunteer Spotlight: Making mini piñatas with Jessica
This summer, Early Care and Education began hosting a new internship collaboration with two community organizations: Partners in Careers and Summer Works! Some of our child care centers are welcoming students ages 16-24 to come [...]
SHARE Summer Meals
ESD 112 has partnered with SHARE Summer Meals to offer families another chance to feed their families by allowing children to “shop” our table of non-perishable food items in exchange of offering the families information [...]
ESD 112 Teaching & Learning leaders come together for cross-department collaboration
On June 12, the ESD 112 Teaching & Learning leadership team came together for their end of the year meeting. The primary focus of the meeting was to create cross-department workgroups for the upcoming school [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Hough Early Learning Center welcomes the Music Man!
For over 3 years now, the infamous Music Man Steve has been visiting Hough Early Learning Center weekly to play music and lead interactive songs and dances from a variety of cultures! Pictured, we see [...]