Cedar Ridge Early Childhood

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Shawn Craig

Shawn Craig

Early Childhood Director

870-201-2577

latoshia carroll

Latoshia Carroll

Early Childhood Assistant Director

870-201-2577

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Cedar Ridge Early Childhood, with educators and parents working together, will provide a quality, nurturing, developmentally appropriate, learning environment for young children in a way that...

  • Creates a safe, secure, positive, and nurturing environment for children and families.

  • Encourages self confidence, awareness, discovery, and excitement for all learners.

  • Establishes a strong academic foundation and sets the stage for lifelong learning.

  • Consistently is child-oriented, child-directed, and teacher-facilitated.

  • Builds collaborative, on-going communication among parents, schools, educators and the community.

So that children develop a "yearn to learn" mindset in a safe, secure, nurturing environment in which parents and caregivers share in each child's educational experience.

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Arkansas Approved Curriculum

All classrooms follow Arkansas State-Approved Curriculum, including Kindergarten Readiness

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All Ages Welcome

We accept children from 6 weeks through 5 years of age

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Full Day Programs

Our building is open from 7:00am to 5:30pm, offering all-day care

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Family Engagement

We offer several family engagement events throughout the year, such as Mother's Day Tea Party, Oral Health Night and more

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Additional Services and Initiatives

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Excel by 8: Lena Device

Cedar Ridge Early Childhood has adopted innovative technology to support early brain development. LENA - Short for Language Environment Analysis - is a professional development opportunity for early childhood educators that uses cloud-based software and a small, wearable device – often referred to as a “talk pedometer” – to measure and increase conversational turns that happen between a child and an adult caregiver. *Invested in by the Excel by 8 Steering Committee

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Conscious Discipline Program

Our Early Childhood educators, through the Conscious Discipline Program, integrate social-emotional learning, discipline, and self-regulation in their day-to-day, so they spend less time policing behavior and more time teaching vital life skills.

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Pre-K Rise Initiative

Through the Arkansas Department of Education's Pre-K Rise Initiative, our Early Childhood educators are teaching a quality curriculum that is grounded in the science of reading. Our 4 and 5 year old classes are learning phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, concepts of print, alphabet knowledge, vocabulary, and more!

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Therapy Services

Through our Educational Cooperative, as well as outsourced companies, all Cedar Ridge Early Childhood students that qualify have access to speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy at our center.