Celebrating Early Childhood Providers – LeeAnn Blevins

AECA is collecting stories that highlight the magic, challenges, and joy of being an early educator. Share a memory, a moment, or a message – and don’t forget to visit our Storytelling page to find out more about the importance of stories! Provider...

Celebrating Early Childhood Providers – Annie Zay

AECA is collecting stories that highlight the magic, challenges, and joy of being an early educator. Share a memory, a moment, or a message—and you’ll be entered to win a $100 Lakeshore gift card, with daily raffles all this week! Click here to watch Annie’s...

Celebrating Early Childhood Providers – Kisha Smith

AECA is collecting stories that highlight the magic, challenges, and joy of being an early educator. Share a memory, a moment, or a message—and you’ll be entered to win a $100 Lakeshore gift card, with daily raffles all this week! As an early childhood educator, I’m...

Providers – We Appreciate You!

Last month, all over our state, early educators hosted special events to celebrate the children and families in their communities as part of Arkansas Children’s Week. This month, on May 9th, across the nation, we turn our attention to you — the educators who nurture...

Happy May!

A Heartfelt Thank You to Arkansas’ Early Childhood Professionals Dear Early Childhood Professionals of Arkansas, As President of the Arkansas Early Childhood Association, I have the privilege of witnessing the remarkable work you do each day, and today I want to...

Happy April!

Let Them Play: Why Childhood is Not a Race to Academic Achievement In the high-stakes world of modern parenting and early education, we’ve lost sight of a fundamental truth: play is not a luxury for children, but a critical pathway to learning, development, and...

Happy March!

The Architects of Tomorrow: The Vital Role of Women in Early Childhood Education  In the bustling early childhood classrooms and family child care homes across the nation, women educators, who comprise over 97% of the early childhood education workforce, are...

Happy February!

Click the picture above to watch the video or click this link. You can read the full transcript below. Hey y’all! Happy February! As we begin to celebrate Black History Month, we stand really at the intersection of passion and practice – which is our focus...

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