GrowSmart

Virginia Beach GrowSmart exists to promote and improve the healthy development, school readiness, and reading proficiency of young children, ages 0-8.

[GrowSmart @vbgrowsmart]

What an extraordinary day of triumph, literacy, and contagious joy! Our local Read Across America Day unfolded with 90 participating sites. With great pride, we distributed over 8,031 books, to enrich the lives of children throughout our community.
https://t.co/qjCgtlFzNU

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Check out our own, Barb Lito, on @Teachstone's Impacting the Classroom podcast where she discusses our @LENAEarlyTalk programs and the impact they have made on COVID-era babies.

[Teachstone @Teachstone]

We're back with season 2 of Impacting the Classroom! We're kicking off with a closer look at new research from LENA about how COVID-era babies are talking less, and discussing what parents and educators can do to support healthy language development.
https://t.co/KhPV74vwIN

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WE'RE BACK!!! Join us Saturday, April 30 for our Celebrating Children event at Mount Trashmore. Join us for inflatables, games, activities, and a Fun Run around Mount Trashmore! We'll also be providing free resources for families too! Click the link in our bio for more info!

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It's not too late to join our March LENA START classes! Orientations are this week and will be virtual. You can find out more information on our website https://t.co/kCigJBExOH or call
385-0144

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A #TalkingTip from @LENAearlytalk: Animate stories you read by pausing to make exaggerated facial expressions that show the different emotions in the book. Use big and small hand gestures to describe an item's size.

#vbgrowsmart #nationalreadingmonth

[GrowSmart @vbgrowsmart]

We're kicking off Read Across America Day!! Click this link to hear a fantastic introduction from our very own City Manager, Patrick Duhaney! And be sure to tag us in your own posts on how you and your family are getting excited about reading! https://t.co/vfTtCH6agS

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Celebrate Read Across America Day with us on March 4 as we highlight the importance of reading to children out loud. As classrooms participate in their own special way, look out for tips from our page on how to make reading more exciting at home too!📚

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January is National Mentoring Month! GrowSmart would like to thank our FANTASTIC First Grade READS volunteers for working hard to ensure that students across Virginia Beach are learning the necessary skills for excellent literacy! Let's show them our thanks!👏❤️

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Are you interested in seeing your child’s language development grow or know someone who might be interested? Click the link in our bio to sign up for our upcoming February classes!

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VBGrowSmart would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to our most recent Lena START Graduates!! In just 10 weeks, these parents have greatly increased their children's cognitive development and language skills. Let's give them a big round of applause!❤️👏

[GrowSmart @vbgrowsmart]

Please help us in congratulating Our Lil Miracles! They achieved the highest Level in Virginia Quality – a Level 5. These distinctions demonstrate their commitment to providing high quality early education in VB. Give them a big round of applause!👏👏👏

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Check out the new #JobOpening for Development Specialist #ECO-GrowSmart-Adm Econ Pgms
Apply today: https://t.co/Pultk8uf3H

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Please help us in congratulating Princess Anne ECE on achieving a Level 4 in Virginia Quality! This achievement distinguishes their commitment to quality early education. Let’s give these awesome educators a round of applause!👏👏👏

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GrowSmart is now offering FREE LENA Start classes for the fall! These classes aim to make a difference in your baby’s life through early talk and interaction! If you are interested, please this link to fill out an interest form: https://t.co/kCigJBExOH

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Hello everyone! We have updated our First Grade READS Tutoring application. If you have not already applied, please use the following link. If you have already filled out the old application, don't worry! You can still submit that one instead. Thank you! https://t.co/9vYQrtWxV8

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First Grade READS is looking for awesome volunteers that can help guide and nurture our young readers! Does this sound like you? If so, click this link to apply now!
https://t.co/FkLQK0Papd

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Let's give a big round of applause to our 11 GROW graduates!!👏👏👏 Our graduates are positively impacting children's healthy development by improving the quality of early education in Va Beach!!📚🏖️

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

"I truly believe that parents have the power to change our babies’ lives."

Thanks @WhatWorksCities for highlighting how @vbgrowsmart will be replicating Providence Talks! https://t.co/7DaUKF14zt

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We love having Isabella with us this summer!

[VB Summer Youth Employment Program @VB_SYEP]

@vbgrowsmart is a wonderful organization that aims to improve the healthy development and school-readiness in young children. They have clearly expressed their appreciation for #VBSYEP19 youth worker, Isabella, and we can see why! #GrowSmart