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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At our Early Learning Council meeting last week (5/9) students from the Salem Little Friends Montessori School came to sing for Council members and attendees. The Council learned about the school and there were great conversations about approaches to early learning in the classroom prior to Kindergarten.

Update #2: Oregon Parenting Education Week kicks off May 19th-25th, with seminar events hosted by the Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children & Families at Oregon State University. Check out their site for the full schedule and topics!

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thursday will be a busy day at the Somerville Building. The Early Learning Council will convene from 8am-12:30pm. Details below:

May 9, 2013
8am-12:30

Somerville Building
775 Court Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
Large Conference Room

Early Learning System Director Jada Rupley also released her April/May Newsletter this past Monday. Give it a read and let us know what you think.

Finally, we wanted to congratulate Roberta Recken, the recipient of the 2013 Lynne Angland Award. We wanted to include a shot of Roberta Recken accepting the award at the April ELC meeting, above.

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From 2011, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber frames Oregon’s case for early learning and the importance for grade-level reading – both for learning to read, and reading to learn.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Take a look at what’s happening in Georgia early learning.

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