https://www.biddefordready.org/news daily 0.75 2024-04-29 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/biddeford-ready-story-hour-new-location monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/c98219cc-8983-42be-a61b-c9c937314794/BR%21+Story+Hour+updated+flyer.jpg News + Events - Biddeford Ready! Story Hour - NEW LOCATION Each week we host a Story Hour on Fridays for you and your child to come, sing songs, read age appropriate books, and play with other children. We invite you to join and to shop through our library of books to take some home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/cbd4e9a4-5e10-4047-9feb-e97541350236/070095BD-98F1-4080-9112-CCF296471C21.JPG News + Events - Biddeford Ready! Story Hour - NEW LOCATION - We hope to see you soon! https://www.biddefordready.org/news/school-readiness-fair-on-april-6 monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/7d6a5ac7-f7b3-4e76-a63a-e18918fa5857/MicrosoftTeams-image+%284%29.png News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 - ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Storytime with Jurassic Jo’s Dinos MacDaddy’s Food Truck Craft & Science Activities with Continuum Arts Collective Free books Free Handouts & Giveaways Live Music Services for ELL Families Tips for Parents Common Roots Art Bus While you are there, you can sign up for pre-K or Kindergarten! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1709151502133-ANB5XTG4P6OJ4MSNR1WK/BR%21+School+Readiness+Fair+Flyer.jpg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1709151523492-ZK1M1T8OJVTKBBGZS699/IMG_0989.jpg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1709152646174-SZYRJIBVDQD4PT4TLDM1/MicrosoftTeams-image+%286%29.png News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1709151523428-107847U9X8UIKMEZ0NPT/MicrosoftTeams-image+%285%29.png News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1709151524480-KYUX1NHRSG02MPGVZJ40/IMG_0991.jpeg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1709151524175-S9MQ8Z7BTUH4EC9DSXHU/MicrosoftTeams-image+%284%29.png News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/053f3161-7ab3-4c1c-8820-7b3c724ad7f3/IMG_0991.jpeg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 6 - Plenty of fun and food for the entire family! Activities and handouts from over 20 community organizations. https://www.biddefordready.org/news/biddeford-ready-partners-with-dolly-partons-imagination-library-program-to-bring-free-books-to-biddeford-families monthly 0.5 2023-11-16 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/story-hour-at-the-hub monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/c05ce5c3-de1b-4c3e-8f17-11f9b3779aeb/BR%21+Story+Hour+updated+flyer.jpg News + Events - Story Hour at The Hub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.biddefordready.org/news/school-readiness-fair-on-april-1 monthly 0.5 2023-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/9711261c-9e65-4569-b4d6-4452e88be5ab/IMG_0989.jpg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 1 - Plenty of fun and food for the entire family! Activities and handouts from over 20 community organizations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/c2faf57e-3584-4773-954d-1d7948b59cb3/Screen+Shot+2023-03-16+at+4.58.38+PM.png News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 1 - Thanks to our sponsors! We appreciate their support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/cb73b140-b886-4241-b401-a1bd79035e83/IMG_0991.jpeg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 1 - Join Us! To kick off the Week of the Young Child, Biddeford Ready! is hosting a FREE School Readiness Fair for families on April 1, from 11am-2pm, at the JFK Memorial School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/92dade51-b4cb-4812-af63-5a777f127e9d/Screen+Shot+2023-03-16+at+4.58.43+PM.jpg News + Events - School Readiness Fair on April 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.biddefordready.org/news/q3o1zoh33h850umkk7ca59x8w3mx4s monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/biddeford-ready-rolls-out-you-are-a-superhero-campaign monthly 0.5 2022-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/64c3dac5-b1da-4364-bd65-88a7d5319e80/BR+Superhero+Parents+Option+1.jpg News + Events - Biddeford Ready! 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School Readiness Fair & Children’s Art Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.biddefordready.org/news/we-are-hiring-biddeford-ready-network-coordinator monthly 0.5 2021-11-23 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/the-state-of-maine-childcare-one-year-in-a-pandemic monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/biddeford-mayor-to-proclaim-april-10-16-as-the-week-of-the-young-child monthly 0.5 2021-04-01 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/join-biddeford-readys-growing-team-and-help-children-and-families monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/aces-training-opportunities monthly 0.5 2021-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1614956871627-WVL45IJ43M0LS5YTWUO4/annie-spratt-EUfxH-pze7s-unsplash.jpg News + Events - ACEs Training Opportunities https://www.biddefordready.org/news/child-care-to-benefit-from-back-to-work-bond-proposed-by-governor-mills monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1614779476120-GZHDET8MKSET0KOTTHOT/Mills_bond_budget_02232021_cropped.png News + Events - Child care to benefit from 'Back to Work' bond proposed by Governor Mills Photo credit: MaineBiz as reported on 2/25/21. https://www.biddefordready.org/news/eight-biddeford-childcare-providers-receive-covid-relief-grants monthly 0.5 2021-03-01 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/child-care-centers-and-essential-workers-with-kids-get-federal-help-during-pandemic monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/category/news monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/category/child+care monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/category/early+care monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/category/Events monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/category/ACEs monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/grants monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/Governor+Mills monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/news monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/early+care+providers monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/child+care monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/Covid-19 monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/childcare monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/Week+of+the+Young+Child monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/trainings monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/economy monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/ACEs monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/news/tag/parents monthly 0.5 https://www.biddefordready.org/home daily 1.0 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1588357585047-9D27NWD4M3U97EOKR51B/blocks+homepage.png Home - Early care is a critical building block to a child’s future success. Early childhood care and education provides young children, from birth to age 5, with experiences that support school readiness and nurture their cognitive, social, and emotional growth, so they can reach their full potential. It also strengthens the workforce and local economy by allowing parents to work, build a career, and pay their bills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/4c4f8fe0-110b-43bb-a455-ce3aaa1c7869/IMG_2081.jpg Home - The need. Biddeford strives to ensure that all of its children are ready for school, however, data show that less than half of Biddeford children under age 5 are connected to an early childcare or education provider. Biddeford Ready! was created to address this critical community issue. https://www.biddefordready.org/partners daily 0.75 2024-04-26 https://www.biddefordready.org/contact daily 0.75 2024-05-29 https://www.biddefordready.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2024-04-29 https://www.biddefordready.org/our-purpose daily 0.75 2020-05-08 https://www.biddefordready.org/data-resources daily 0.75 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1589383680120-Q147EB5CRQ1OW6J6J9JI/Biddeford+Ready+ROI+graph.jpg Data - Childcare is a major expense for families In Biddeford, early care costs 22% of the medium family income which is 3 times over the federal standard of 7% of household income for full-time child care. (Source: Maine Children’s Alliance, THE STATE OF CHILD CARE IN MAINE: 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1588619953293-9A74TEE4GMGCBTTKLKGM/Biddeford+Ready+childcare+graphs.jpg Data - There are barriers to childcare access Less than one-third of Biddeford children from birth to age 5 are connected with an early child care or education provider. (Source: 2019 Biddeford Community Profile) https://www.biddefordready.org/our-work daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1588618218516-NS8FA39O1K272JZYJG06/Brain+shorter.png Our Work - 90% of brain development occurs by age 5 High-quality early care supports school readiness and nurtures cognitive, social, and emotional growth. (Source: INBRIEF: The Science of Early Childhood Development, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/1617128162072-4MMO0IWF9TUNVTD3KEHF/Biddeford+Ready+ROI+graph+revised2.jpg Our Work - It’s a smart investment in Biddeford’s future Every $1 invested yields a 13%-16% return on investment in future savings in education, health, economic productivity, and reduced crime. 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Download the flyer English Arabic French Portuguese Spanish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/863a8363-937b-43ef-91ad-945c01192235/BR+Superhero+community.png You Are A Superhero Campaign - Any Member of the Community Can Be a Superhero to a Child! Here are 6 tips to help connect with and support children in our community. Together, we can support more resilient children and help our community thrive. Download the flyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/f8f1d35f-5093-4d9d-8e9c-d483fa2a359b/BR+Superhero+Educators.jpg You Are A Superhero Campaign - Early Educators Are Superheroes! The work you are doing is amazing, and we know it can be hard, especially with some of the lasting social-emotional effects of the pandemic on kids. Here are 6 tips to support your work. Download the flyer. https://www.biddefordready.org/imagination daily 0.75 2023-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e98a57974c98f3315f92ef5/fc9371eb-bf7d-4913-8fcc-69c85ed1d73c/DPIL_Logo_white+halo.png Imagination Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.