Alaska Programs
The following programs are making a difference in Alaska and were featured in one of our e-newsletters. Please note, this appears as an informational resource only. Best Beginnings may not be associated with these programs, and inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement.
Alaska TACSEI
March 2011 -- Temper tantrums, biting, and fighting – an inevitable part of early childhood? Not necessarily. Three Alaska communities are being coached in the pyramid model of healthy social and emotional development to prevent and address these challenging behaviors.
Baby Lap Sit at Mat-Su libraries
January 2009 -- Four libraries in the Mat-Su Valley are offering organized weekly program to provide parents with tools to support and promote their child's healthy development.
CCS Early Learning
March 2008 -- CCS serves 240 children ages 3 to 5 in Chugiak, Meadow Lakes, Wasilla and Palmer. The program is free to foster children, children from low-income families and children with a diagnosed special need.
Ciuliqagtekaput
May 2008 -- Federally funded, Ciuliqagtekaput cultivates intergenerational and early learning and developing literacy skills through traditional dance, storytelling, and song.
First Book Rural Alaska
March 2009 -- First Book Rural Alaska is designed to support existing literacy programs in Southwestern, Interior, and Far North rural communities addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books.
Grandfamilies Network Project
May 2008 -- The Volunteers of America Grandfamilies Network Project assists grandparents who take on the role raising their grandchildren and help children find stability, and feel safe and nurtured despite their situations.
Juneau Montessori School
September 2008 -- The Montessori Method, an educational approach that focuses on independent, less structured learning, encourages children at an individual pace while providing a support system that works for the parent too.
Kachemak Kids Early Learning Center
November 2008 -- This cooperative child care and preschool program that strives to balance affordable tuition and wages for child care providers is the result of a grassroots efforts of a diverse group - including educators, business owners, child care providers, parents, and non-parents.
Miqliqsiqivik
May 2010 -- It’s a different take on language immersion in Barrow: a dozen babies and toddlers in Barrow are learning Iñupiaq as a primary language, along with English. Miqliqsiqivik (“A Place Where Children Are Cared For”) takes the approach that babies and young children can acquire two primary languages simultaneously.
Nikaitchuat Ilisagviat
May 2009 -- More then a language immersion school, Nikaitchuat Ilisagviat is dedicated to instilling the knowledge of Inupiaq identity, dignity and respect, and a love of lifelong learning.
RurAL CAP Parents as Teachers
April 2008 -- Through certified parent educators, parents obtain resources to help them through each stage of their child's development and learn how to capture teachable moments in everyday life.
Strengthening Families
March 2010 -- This national initiative is helping families develop attributes that help them weather the stresses of contemporary life. Bristol Bay Native Association’s Head Start Fatherhood Program and Fairbanks Open Arms Child Development Center are two great examples of how the initiative works through existing early childhood programs.
Yup’ik Immersion K-3
September 2010 -- Schools can play an important role in Native language survival. Hooper Bay School is doing its part by offering Yup’ik immersion to children from kindergarten through third grade.
Yuut Elitnaurviat (Yuut)
September 2009 -- Expanding educational facilities for early childhood teaching and offering child care for students is a vision for Yuut Elitnaurviat (Yuut).
The articles above appeared in one of Best Beginnings E-newsletters. Please refer to our Content Reproduction Policy if you are interested in reproducing content provided on this website.
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