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Questioning How We Teach Young Children

The New York Times recently reported about how cognitive neuroscience is helping to clarify when young brains are best able to grasp fundamental concepts and how basic academic skills are taught.

"For much of the last century, educators and many scientists believed that children could not learn math at all before the age of five, that their brains simply were not ready. But recent research has turned that assumption on its head — that, and a host of other conventional wisdom about geometry, reading, language and self-control in class."

Congressional Leaders Focus on Importance of Healthy Babies

Over 65 area business and civic leaders, government representatives, and community leaders gathered at the Oronoque Country Club for the Giving Babies a Healthy Start: A Congressional Dialogue breakfast on Monday, December 14th. The breakfast was a culmination of the work of the United Ways of Coastal Fairfield County, Greater New Haven, and Western CT to collect half a million diapers for lower income families, and to raise the awareness level of the challenges facing them in caring for their babies. The breakfast celebrated the success of the Healthy Baby Diaper Drives that took place across 33 towns throughout the months of September, October and November; recognized the many companies, civic organizations, schools, and municipalities that ran diaper drives; and announced the next steps to this important work.

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United Way hosts "Giving Babies a Healthy Start: A Congressional Dialogue"

United Way takes regional approach to giving babies a healthy start by collecting over 300,000 diapers for The Diaper Bank. Healthy Baby Diaper Drive co-chairs, Janice Gruendel and Irene Cornish, made the announcement at a celebration on December 14^th and the event kicked off support on a federal level.

The CT Post covered the event.

Town Fair Tire Holds Born Learning Lunch and Learn

This year's campaign rally at Town Fair Tire's Corporate Headquarters featured Randy Whitcomb talking about how their giving has helped our communities through some tough times. Amy Townsley, Community Impact Coordinator, led the group through an introduction to Born Learning, United Way's national initiative to help parents feel comfortable as thier child's first teacher. Education begins when a child is born. The brain undergoes its most dramatic growth in the earliest years of life as children begin to develop their capacity to think, learn, speak, and reason.

Some of the "Unsung Heroes" of the Healthy Baby Diaper Drive

The United Ways of Greater New Haven, Coastal Fairfield County and Western Connecticut have joined together for a regional Healthy Baby Diaper Drive, in partnership with The Diaper Bank in New Haven. There are numerous organizations that are participating in this very important endeavor to collect half a million diapers for needy families in the 33-town region served by the organizations. This article in the New Haven Register highlights a few of the “unsung heroes” that have taken this challenge to new heights.