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Continued Learning during COVID-19

While ARVAC Head Start and Early Head Start Centers are closed amid COVID-19, we have asked our teachers and staff to record videos of book reading, science experiments and more for ours students to watch.

Teacher Read-A-Louds

ARVAC Head Start and Early Head Start teachers read books for our children just like they would do in the classroom during small and large group. The book may be tied to their lesson plan or other activity that has been sent home, or it just may be a fun book.

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Head Start Assistant Teacher, Hannah Anderson, reads Daniel Finds A Poem by Micha Archer.

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Angela Wilkerson, Early Head Start Teacher at Clarksville, reads What's Wrong, Little Pookie

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Bianca Cruz, Head Start Teacher at Clarksville, is reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin

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La Teasha Ramirez, Head Start Teacher Assistant at Clarksville, reads Get Happy.

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Adeline Soileau, Early Head Start Teacher at Morrilton, is reading Little Monkey Lost.

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This is Mrs. Thaw-Karen, Translator at Clarksville, reading Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

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Kelly Young-Franklin, Head Start Teacher at Clarksville, reads “I Do Not Want To” by Kathy Schulz.

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Cindy Marchant, Early Head Start Teacher at Russellville, reads Go Away, Big Green Monster.

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Avery Williams, Clarksville Early Head Start Teacher, is reading My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss.

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Bobbi Vick, Clarksville Early Head Start Teacher, is reading Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway.

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Jessica Gaston, Russellville Head Start Teacher, is reading The Wonky Donkey.

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Clarksville Early Head Start Teacher, Erron Yates, is reading It's Circle Time! Shapes.

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Russellville Early Head Start Teacher, Nona Bass, reads the book, The Giant Jumperee.

{slider Coat of Many Colors}

Clarksville Head Start Teacher Assistant, Shoshanna Cardwell, is reading Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton.

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Clarksville Early Head Start Teacher, Monica Collums, is reading One Glad Man.

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Hector Early Head Start Teacher, Tammy Pike, is reading a book about Springtime.

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Angela McKittrick, Early Head Start Teacher at Clarksville, reads The Three Little Pigs.

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Clarksville Early Head Start Teacher, Erron Yates, reads 3-2-1 School is Fun by Amanda Haley.

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Morrilton Early Head Start Teacher, Rachael Williams, reads Little Blue Truck. It is a favorite book of the children at the Morrilton Center.

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Arminda Davis, Danville Head Start Teacher, and Jennifer Reed, Danville Head Start Teacher Assistant, read the book Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway.

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Wynona Thompson reads Somebunny Loves You.

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Porscha Flaherty reads Lion Lessons by Jon Agee.

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Ms. Kisha from the Coal Hill Center reads Duck & Goose 123.

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Waldron Early Head Start Teacher, Melony Hutchins, reads You Are Healthy by Todd Snow.

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Paris Early Head Start Teacher, Tawyna Hines, reads Who Am I?.

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Clarksville Early Head Start Teacher, Monica Collums, reads the book Eyes & Nose, Fingers & Toes.

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Melissa Holt, Teacher Assistant at the Clarksville Center, reads the book, Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert.

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Clarksville Head Start Teacher, Kelly Young-Franklin, reads Good Night Chirp by Satoshi Iriyama.

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Paris Early Head Start Teacher, Shyanna Mounts, reads The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog by Ana Larrañaga.

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Waldron Early Head Start Teacher, Wynona Thompson, reads Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.

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Science Experiments & More

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Two of our center staff at Danville are showing us how to make puffy sidewalk chalk.

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The Danville Center staff is doing a science experiment to go along with the book they are reading. Please listen and follow along.

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Danville Classroom 1 Staff, Jennifer Reed and our friendly shark (Arminda Davis), reminding our families and children on the importance of washing our hands.

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Danville classroom 2 Staff, Belinda Gibbs and Cindy Sherrill, read Swimmy by Leo Lionni and show us how to make an ocean in a bottle.

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ARVAC Community

This is one of our EHS students from Russellville completing his AMI packet. This is a copy of one of our highlighted books that we read in our EHS classrooms during small group.

Russellville EHS Student AMI

Bro. Dennis Dyer. Dr. Nick Jewell, Scott Graham, and Kelley Reames posing for a picture during CSFP distribution in Paris today.

Logan CSFP ARVAC 4.2.20

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