900 South Pine St.
Suite C
Spartanburg, SC 29303
864-327-4900
qualitycounts@1steps.org
High Quality learning programs ensure that children get the skills and education needed to be successful in life. Investing in the early years produces better health, education, social, and economic outcomes.
The evidence is clear.
Early childhood research matters – Quality Counts matters – because a child doesn’t get the option of repeating the first 4 years of his or her life. That means the time to act is now.
40 decades of research indicate best practices in child care and early learning, promoting healthy brain development and the importance of quality learning environments. Quality Counts strives to implement these best practices in participating programs across Spartanburg County to create a stronger, healthier community.
Preparing for the future means investing in our young children today.
Choosing Quality Care
NAEYC: What to Look for in Child Care
Child Care Aware: Choosing Child Care
Quality Counts: Child Care Checklist
Classroom Best Practices
What the Experts Say
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Learn the Signs, Act Early
American Academy of Pediatrics: Information for Parents
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Current Research
Community Playthings: Inclusion: FInding a Common Understanding
Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child: Young Children Develop in an Environement of Relationships
Alliance for Childhood: Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose
Spartanburg County First Steps
900 South Pine St.
Suite C
Spartanburg, SC 29307
864-327-4900
qualitycounts@1steps.org