Choosing a child care provider is one of the most important decisions parents and families make. Children in high-quality child care settings do better in school and develop better language and social skills.
In Arizona, more than half of the children under six years old live in families where all the adults work, making quality child care an educational and economic necessity.
First Things First created Quality First to ensure that all Arizona kids have access to the quality early learning opportunities that will help them arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed.
Quality child care settings include: safe, healthy environments; highly educated teachers; classrooms and materials that stimulate kids at different stages of learning; and low staff to child ratios so that kids get the attention and support they need.
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