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Family Child-Care Literacy Education and School Readiness
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Getting kids started on the right foot is essential for success in school. Feeding hungry minds
and bodies®, our philosophy for breaking the cycle of childhood
hunger in Ohio and our Family Child-Care Literacy Education & School Readiness program is an integral part
of our fight. Furnishing Family Child-Care providers with materials and  training that allows them to develop literacy and school readiness skills
in the children they care for nourishes the mind and prepares kids for success.
JPMorgan Chase recognized the importance of Feeding hungry minds and bodies in Ohio. To help Children's
Hunger Alliance with their fight to break the cycle of childhood hunger in Ohio, the two organizations teamed up
to develop a pilot project that would couple school readiness activities in Family Child-Care settings with nutritional
and food choice education. Named CARES (Children Are Ready for Education and Success), the goal of this
pilot was to prepare children for success in school and to teach them strategies for being healthy. The success
of the pilot project has lead to the expansion of the program statewide.
Today, Children's Hunger Alliance's Nutrition Specialists perform regular visits to the homes of
Family Child-Care providers. During these home visits, the  Nutrition Specialist provides technical assistance and training. The training now includes
the knowledge transfer and skill development of the Family Child-Care provider so they can teach literary skills
to the children in their care. The materials Chase provides to the child-care provider for the literacy education and school readiness follow the themes of nutrition, good food choices and healthy living.
Literacy and school readiness programs strive to prepare all children to meet the standards
set forth by the Ohio Department of Education. Our program works with the Family Child-Care providers to develop
their knowledge and skills so they can provide age-appropriate activities to develop knowledge, skills, disposition
and feelings in order to offer children the best care possible.
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Ohio Department of Education's
Preschool Learning Guidelines for Parents
Content Standards for Preschool and Child-Care Settings
are Based on These Guidelines
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| Standard |
What this means... |
| Language Arts |
| Phonetic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency |
Be able to read well by sounding out words, recognizing the word in print and reading the words out loud easily. |
| Acquisition of Vocabulary |
Be able to read new words by using clues in a story, asking questions, listening and talking to adults and friends. |
| Reading Process- Concepts of Print, Conprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies |
Children learn the basic ideas and meaning of different types of print materials such as storybooks and reference
books, recipies, greeting cards. |
| Reading Applications - Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text |
Reading, understanding, explaining and giving feedback about different kinds of written materials such as story
books, magazines, science books, maps and computer Web sites. |
| Reading Applications - Literacy Text |
Being able to read stories, poems, fables, short stories and plays. Explain the meaning of what is read, name the
main characters, understand where and when the story takes place and guess what happens next based on what has
already been read. |
| Writing Processes |
Using the steps of prewritten (planning, getting ideas), writing (first attempt), and then revising and editing
to produce the final product. |
| Writing Applications |
Learn about, select and use words for different kinds of writing such as letters, essays and stories. Learn how
to write for different readers. |
| Writing Conventions |
Understanding and applying punctuation, grammar and spelling rules (i.e., a sentence begins with a capital letter,
a sentence may end with a period or a question mark). |
| Research |
Know how to gather information for all school subjects using books, computers, magazines and other sources. Tell
about what is found by writing and speaking to others. |
| Communication: Oral and Visual |
Speaking to others about different topics. |
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