Maricopa County Human Services - Paiute Head Start
Preschool in Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Head Start/Early Head Start is a comprehensive early childhood development program designed to provide education, health and social services to low income children, ages 0-5 and their families. Maricopa County Head Start emphasizes on pre-reading, language, math and other cognitive skills, while continuing to promote children’s health, social and emotional competence as part of school readiness. Services to children are provided by qualified and well-trained teachers in a classroom setting with a low student-teacher ratio. The low ratio allows us to make a significant and meaningful impact on the educational and social development of the children that we serve.
Head Start/Early Head Start provides two program options: center-based services and home-based services. Center-based services are provided in a classroom setting four or five days a week for a minimum of 3 hours, and home-based services are provided in the family’s home. As part of home-based services, Head Start home visitors meet with families once weekly for 1 hours, and families attend bi-monthly socialization events to participate in parent training and to positively interact with other parents and their children.
- Child Ages:
- 3 weeks - 5 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services
- Special Needs:
- Please contact us for more information.
- Preschool:
- Yes
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At home and in the classroom, Head Start/Early Head Start offers a culturally sensitive program designed to meet each child’s individual needs and interests. Children participate in hands-on activities designed for their skill level, insuring each child experiences success and thus develops a love for learning. Children in the program will actively explore problems, learn to plan, make choices, and follow through on decisions. This active style of education has many benefits, including improving a child’s memory and reasoning skills. Bilingual staff and community volunteers allow non-English speaking children to be fully included in all aspects of the program.
The Head Start/Early Head Start program ensures that children develop the following school readiness knowledge and skills.
In the area of pre-reading the focus is on the development of phonological awareness, print awareness, writing and letter knowledge and interest in and appreciation of books In the area of language the focus is on the development of receptive and expressive vocabulary skills; narrative understanding; phonology; syntactic or grammatical knowledge; and oral communication and conversation skills in both English and their primary language In the area of math skills, the focus is on counting, one-to-one correspondence, geometry concepts; space, patterns, and measurement concepts and skills Children are provided with many opportunities to develop cognitive skills that include the ability to plan and problem-solve, the ability to pay attention and persist on challenging tasks, intellectual curiosity, task engagement, motivation and mastery The program promotes social and emotional competencies important for school success. These include the ability to relate to teachers and peers in positive ways, the ability to manage an array of feelings in an age-appropriate mannerIn addition to these skills, the children learn about health and nutrition. Food experiences and health-related activities are routinely included in lesson plans.
