PLAY, LEARN & GROW: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Play, Learn & Grow podcast where we help caregivers Pump up the Play, Liven up the Learn & Gear up to Grow. The podcast is brought to you by the Clermont County Early Childhood Coordinating Committee and United Way of Greater Cincinnati Eastern Area, Ohio.
In this episode, Lisa Haverkamp of Costars by the Children's Home talks about Every Child Succeeds, while Arley Hammonds of the Clermont County Board of Developmental Disabilities discusses Early Intervention programs at Clermont DD.
Hosts:
Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Nicole Gordon, Child Focus Inc.
Website Resources:https://www.uwgc.org/
https://www.child-focus.org/home/https://www.tchcincy.org/page/early-childhood-programs
http://clermontdd.org/
In this episode of the Play Learn and Grow Podcast, Becky Fiscus of the Clermont County OSU Extension Offices discusses the SNAP-Ed program.
Hosts:
Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Nicole Gordon, Child Focus Inc.
Website Resources:
https://www.uwgc.org/
https://www.child-focus.org/home/
https://clermont.osu.edu/program-areas/snap-ed/about-clermont-county-snap-ed
This episode focuses on Early Childhood Programs that are run by Maria Meinking of Costars by the Children's Home. The first program discussed is HIPPY (home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters) and the second is SPARK (supporting partnerships to assure ready kids).
Hosts:Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Nicole Gordon, Child Focus Inc.
Website Resources:https://www.uwgc.org/
https://www.child-focus.org/home/
https://www.tchcincy.org/page/early-childhood-programs
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/national-scientific-council-on-the-developing-child/
Kara Frank and Cindy Mahaffey of the Clermont County Public Library discuss the array of services they have to offer, as well as the impact early literacy has on 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children.
Hosts:
Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Nicole Gordon, Child Focus Inc.
Website Resources:
https://www.uwgc.org/
https://www.child-focus.org/home/
https://clermontlibrary.org/information/early-literacy/
In this episode, Kim (a pediatric nurse practitioner with Caresource) discusses how important it is to hit wellness check milestones for children as they prepare to go to school.
Hosts:Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Nicole Gordon, Child Focus Inc.
Website Resources:https://www.uwgc.org/
https://www.child-focus.org/home/
https://www.caresource.com/oh/plans/
https://www.educationcorner.com/
In this episode, Bethany Lapp, School Readiness Manager at Child Focus, Inc. in Cincinnati, discusses the Summer Bridge Program that helps prepare 3-, 4-, and 5-year old children for kindergarten and school services.
Hosts:Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Nicole Gordon, Child Focus Inc.
Websites:
https://www.uwgc.org/
https://www.child-focus.org/home/
In this episode of the Play Learn and Grow podcast, Hillary Crippen talks about Early Head Start programs in Clermont County, Ohio. Information was shared about kindergarten readiness as well.
Host:
Marcie Langendorfer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Websites:https://www.child-focus.org/home/
https://www.uwgc.org/
http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Early-Learning/Kindergarten/Ohios-Kindergarten-Readiness-Assessment/KRA-Annual-Report-2018-2019-1.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US