Head Start

What do relationships provide?

Relationships provide the pathway for children to grow and develop. In other words, relationships are the foundation for a child's growth and development.

What are the types of preschool?

Head Start Waldorf Cooperative Reggio Emilia Montessori

How many children has Head Start Served? Since when?

Head Start has served over 32 million children since 1965.

Health services

Head Start programs make sure that the child is fully supported and healthy to ensure that they can explore and function fully in their environment. All children are provided with health and development screenings, nutritional meals, oral health and mental support. Head Start school also connect families with health services to ensure children get the services they need.

What do Head Start programs provide?

Head Start programs promote readiness of children ages birth to five from low income families to support their development in a comprehensive way.

What services do Head Start programs provide? What are their purposes?

Head Start programs provide early learning, health, and family well-being services to help support children's growth and development in a positive learning environment.

Early Learning Services

Head Start programs provide learning experiences so children can develop and grow. Children in these programs grow in various parts of development including social skills, emotional well-being, language and literacy learning, and concept development.. Development occurs in these areas as a result of relationships with adults, play, as well as planned and sudden instruction.

Family well-being services

Head Start programs, not only help the child to develop and grow in order to prepare the child for school later on, they also aid in reaching their goals, like stable housing, continued education, and financial security. They also help to support and strengthen parent-child relationships and engage the family in a child's development and learning.

Why was Head Start developed?

Head Start was developed to help break the cycle of poverty, providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.

Meal times offer development for the child in what skills?

Meal times offer development in social, concept/cognitive, and motor skills. They offer opportunities for social interaction, learning new concepts, and developing fine motor skills.

What President and in what year declared The War on Poverty in his State of the Union speech?

President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the War of Poverty in his State of the Union speech in 1964.

What is the foundation of head start?

The foundation of head start are relationships. Children who are emotionally connected to each other are more likely to show positive development and learning later in life.