Ensuring School Readiness
Nearly half of all Idaho children are unprepared when they enter kindergarten. Every child deserves a secure, comfortable childhood, as well as access to quality programs that strengthen and empower them while ensuring school readiness.
Every child child deserves a secure, comfortable childhood, as well as access to quality programs that strengthen and empower them while ensuring school readiness.
Steps to ensuring school readiness:
- Giraffe Laugh maintains low teacher to child ratios so that each child is able to bond with their teacher, have their needs fully met, and develop healthy attachments, especially as infants.
- Giraffe Laugh provides scholarships, providing access to any child who is in need of care and preschool, regardless of their families income.
- Nutrition is a key element to healthy growth and development. Giraffe Laugh serves three healthy meals each day and has on-site food pantries at all locations.
- Well-educated teachers and proven curriculum are key to ensuring school readiness in preschool-age children. Giraffe Laugh uses Zoophonics curriculum to build literacy, Second Step curriculum for social and emotional development, and Talk About Touching curriculum for personal safety and child abuse prevention.
We can see the future from here!
Giraffe Laugh is a local nonprofit that provides early childhood education and nurturing to 150 Treasure Valley children annually by ensuring school readiness, empowering families, and building strong futures.
Giraffe Laugh has two full time centers serving children from birth to five years old, a full-time preschool program that serves children from three and a half to five years old, and a summer program that serves children that are of school-age.