STAR Kids teaches preschool-age kids to develop self-regulation and problem solving skills to make healthy choices and avoid risky behaviors.
Do you want to?
Support social emotional learning in your classroom?
Provide kids with concrete tools and strategies they can use to successfully navigate their classroom community?
Build a foundation to support kids in their ability to make safe and healthy choices both now and throughout their lifetime?
Who can participate:
This program is currently offered through MACAA Head Start preschool classes and several child care centers in Charlottesville and the surrounding area.
What to expect from STAR Kids:
Our Educators use the “Al’s Pals- Kids Making Healthy Choices” curriculum, travelling to each classroom to teach 15 to 30-minute lessons twice a week throughout the school year.
Our Educators facilitate the lesson with support from classroom teachers. Teachers continue to work with children on the concepts taught throughout the school year.
Our Educators support ongoing learning by partnering with teachers to reinforce the key concepts in their classroom to support an environment of empathy, cooperation, respect and responsibility.
Parents receive letters from the program throughout the year discussing the skills their child is learning. These communications also suggest activities to do at home!
Next steps:
Contact us to learn more about collaborating with the STAR Kids program!