Our Vision
Our Vision
Every child in Santa Monica is healthy, enjoys learning,
and enters school ready and eager to succeed.
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Did you know your youngest reader can participate in the summer reading program too? (fun questions & answers)
Parents will register at Beanstack: smpl.beanstack.org
If you registered in previous years, you can use your same account by resetting the password. Update your child’s age as well as which location you visit most frequently. You can log minutes for you and your kids on your Beanstack account, earn badges and tickets toward a grand-prize drawing.How many hours (0-3y)?
10 hours of early literacy activitiesWhat counts as early literacy activities?
Read to your child
Tell stories
Narrate your activities
Sing
Attending storytime? Log 30 minutes!
Reading at bedtime? Log the minutes!
Playing with foam letters in the bath? Log the minutes! Those 10 hours will add up quickly.
Are there prizes?
YES! Every child who completes the program will get a FREE book. The grand prize drawings will be an early-literacy pack for kids ages 0-3.
**Every Child Ready to Read identifies 5 Early Literacy practices that makes it easy: Read, Write, Sing, Talk and Play with your child every day!
Little readers come from BIG readers.
The Adult Summer Reading program runs at the same time - and if you’re reading to your kids, you can count that toward your 20-hour goal as well!
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUNG CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT IN
SANTA MONICA-MALIBU USD (SMMUSD), CA
*Presented by UCLA - The Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities
What We Do
What We Do
Santa Monica Early Childhood Task Force advances a civic vision to support young children, and move resources and stakeholders to effective action.
For over 40 years, we have been reducing barriers to access and easing the financial burden of child care and early education for Santa Monica families; highlighting the dire need for high-quality, affordable child care, especially for infants and toddlers; and increasing collaboration, funding, and support systems in our community for young children and their families.
Childcare is essential; affordable and accessible high quality child care enables parents (especially mothers) to participate in the workforce and children to thrive.
Get Involved!
Get Involved!
Sign up for meeting announcements and to be part of our Santa Monica Early Childhood Action Network. When an important issue comes up, we'll let you know when a few minutes of your time can make a big difference.
Meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month from 1-2:30pm via Zoom. Share information, collaborate, and learn from guest speakers about local issues affecting our young children.
The Steering Committee leads efforts to identify and advance the Task Force's big goals: increasing access to high quality, affordable early childhood education, raising public awareness and civic investment in 0-5, and supporting providers and the workforce.
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