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For Parents.To help you do the best you can, here’s some information, tools and resources for supporting your child’s healthy development and learning.
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About FTF. Created by Arizona voters, First Things First partners with families and communities to help our state’s young children be ready for success in kindergarten and beyond.
Grants. First Things First invests in strategies and programs that support the development, health and learning of children birth to age 5 (before kindergarten).
Get Involved. First Things First partners with families and communities to give all Arizona children the opportunity to arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
New research from Harvard highlights that early brain development is interconnected. Social-emotional, language and physical skills all build on each other.
We celebrate Children’s Mental Health Awareness in May—a time to remember that a child’s future success depends on socio-emotional and behavioral…
This episode is about the most important and useful things for parents – especially new parents – to know about child development.
Learn how to help your child keep learning and develop social skills.
Learn about setting behavior expectations for preschoolers.
Learn how to enroll your child in school and how you can help her succeed.
Learn about getting help for stress, depression, abuse and other problems.
​National experts recently visited Arizona to share how everyone can do their part to help prevent or lessen the impact of adverse childhood experiences,…
When can babies start to pick up on their parents’ emotions? From birth.
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