🏅 Sports play a powerful role in childhood — and not just on the field. While it’s easy to see how sports support physical development, they’re just as essential for nurturing early social-emotional, speech and language skills. Through play, teamwork and communication, children learn how to express themselves, collaborate and build confidence. ⚽ Explore the lasting impact of sports and play-based learning on early childhood development in our latest blog: https://bit.ly/4kttyTJ #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #PlayToLearn #StartEarly (fb)

@Reuters recently spoke with Maria Castro, a parent of young children enrolled in Head Start at Educare Chicago, a program of Start Early. She shared the critical supports the program has offered, including speech therapies for her two young children who experienced developmental delays. Cuts to Head Start she says would be “a blow to the family.” While the two older boys will be transitioning to kindergarten, the youngest who is continuing in Head Start "would have nowhere else to go." Read more on how parents and providers alike are being impacted by the uncertain funding future of Head Start: https://reut.rs/4jy20LH (fb)