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The Founder and President of Little Sprouts is working hard to keep her mind, body and spirit refreshed with the Next Step Fitness Program...
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The sounds of children singing will soon be filling the halls of Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers thanks to a NEW program called “FUNdamentals of Music and Movement”. Aaron Nigel Smith started FUNdamentals in 2003 in Los Angeles after he realized that many Los Angeles schools, for lack of funding or resources, had eliminated their in-house arts programs. Since then, Aaron has franchised and spread his FUNdamentals program nationally and now, internationally as he has plans to grow his program in schools in China in 2009. Aaron and his FUNdamentals of Music and Movement program can currently be found on location at the child care centers at the Paramount , Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers Studios.
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Project STRIVE recently hosted their graduation for their 10 participants at Cambridge College in Lawrence on Friday, March 21, 2008. Created in 1998, Project STRIVE is a GED and leadership program for at-risk youths who have dropped out of high school in the greater Merrimack Valley Region. The program runs the full year and meets Monday-Friday for 20 hours per week, leaving time for work experience and internships.
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Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Center in Lowell will be showing their support for the March of Dimes by participating in their annual March for Babies Walk on April 26, 2008. This year, the march is being held at the LeLacheur Park in Lowell. This Little Sprouts Center will not only be participating in the walk, but they are also showing their support by collecting donations for the March of Dimes. The center will be collecting donations in three fun ways – 1) Each individual walker will collect donations from family and friends. 2) The center will participate in a “change race” where each classroom will collect change from parents and staff. The classroom that raises the most change will receive an ice cream social for their parents and children. 3) Families and staff are also able to buy a March of Dime donation card for $1.00. Each card will be displayed throughout the halls of the center to help represent the support that families are giving to such a great cause. All of the money raised for March for Babies will support lifesaving research, services, education and advocacy that helps babies get a healthy start. “We are looking for family and friends to help us in this quest to save babies lives.” stated Katherine Mackland-Rivera, Director of Little Sprouts Lowell. “We are grateful to be able to participate in such a worthy cause.” The Lowell Little Sprouts Center has a goal to raise $1000.00 and is asking for help from the local community. To learn how you can participate in this event in any form please visit www.marchforbabies.org/littlesproutslowell.
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Leona the Lion recently took a break from reading stories with her family on WGBH’s popular PBS KIDS series Between the Lions to visit Little Sprouts Enrichment Centers, an early education program with seven locations in Massachusetts. On February 22, Leona and her puppeteer Pam Arciero began her tour at Little Sprouts in Andover, where she performed for over 85 preschool and kindergarten children. “It was such a joy to see the children laughing and reading with Leona”, noted Kate O’Connor, Executive Director of Little Sprouts in Andover. “The children will be talking about this for days!”
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Young children learn science best through daily, natural interactions with their world, and the students at Little Sprouts have a bigger, wider world with which to interact!
WGBH, the Boston PBS affiliate, has shared with the seven Little Sprouts Child Enrichment centers the curriculum based on the children's television program "Peep and the Big Wide World".
With wry and distinctive visual humor, charming plot lines, and lovable characters, Peep is designed to attract and engage children aged three to five to its science and engineering learning.
WGBH provided curriculum kits, teacher's manuals and DVDs for each Little Sprouts preschool classroom and then trained teachers not only how to use the curriculum, but how to explore.
"We're thrilled for the opportunity to partner with Little Sprouts," said Kate Taylor, Executive Producer of Peep and the Big Wide World. "WGBH and Peep are pleased to join hands with Little Sprouts in continuing the celebration of curiosity,adventure, and creativity that is central to the successful and happy development of three to five year olds."
"Too often, adults do not realize how vital it is for very young children to have a strong introduction to science," says Meghan McGinley Crowe, Executive Director of Literacy and Curriculum at Little Sprouts and trained scientist. "Early science skills are all about asking questions, exploring objects and phenomenon most people take for granted, and quantifying the world around us. Peep gives direction to a child's natural curiosity and reminds adults how wondrous the world really is."
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Debbie's Treasure Chest and The Leadership
and Literacy Foundation need the Sprout's love to help the Lawrence
Fire Victims. With the Red Cross, Debbie's Treasure Chest and
the Leadership and Literacy Foundation will be collecting and
distributing much needed items for the victims of the devastating
fire that occurred in Lawrence, MA on 1/21/08.
Please consider helping Debbie's Treasure Chest by donating clothing,
household items or cash.
Little Sprouts Centers will be collecting items until February
1st.
Salvatore's of Lawrence will also be holding a fundraiser for
the victims, Find
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Check out the most recent issue of the
prestigious Inc. Magazine and you will see none other than Little
Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers Founder, and CEO Susan Leger
Ferraro. Inc. a business magazine published for entrepreneurs
and growing small businesses, chose Little Sprouts as its first
ever early education organization reviewed and visited Little
Sprouts @ Lawrence to interview Susan and take photos of her in
her best element; inside a classroom. This was not only an amazing
experience for Susan Leger Ferraro, but also for the students
in the kindergarten classroom. "It was great to be able to
see the children's faces light up as their pictures were being
taken with the "big" camera and "big" lights",
noted Susan. "It was an honor for me to be in Inc. and I
am glad that I was able to share this experience with all my kindergarten
friends." The magazine is recently going to be expanding
their Inc 500 to Inc. 5,000 in 2008 and will be reviewing the
fastest growing private companies in the nation, one of which
will be Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers.
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Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Center
is happy to announce their new partnership with WCVB Channel 5
and TheBostonChannel.com. WCVB Channel 5 has chosen Little Sprouts
Child Enrichment Center to be featured on their website as the
Local Expert in the category of Early Education and Care. Little
Sprouts will be featured throughout www.TheBostonChannel.com,
and the users of TheBostonChannel.com website are able to learn
more about Little Sprouts. They will also be able to email early
education questions for answers from the Early Education experts.
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Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers
is pleased to announce that CEO and Little Sprouts Founder, Susan
Leger-Ferraro was selected to be a speaker at the 2007 Inner City
Economic Forum on July 13, 2007 in Boston. The panel is hosted
in conjunction with the Inner City Entrepreneurs. Initiative for
a Competitive Inner City Director Manjari Raman commented on Susan's
appearance, "She is very motivational. Her inner city business
is very inspiring and she speaks well to many issues that inner
city entrepreneurs face: control, capital, growth, mission, community
impact and expansion to scale". She continued, "Little
Sprouts was selected to present to the whole audience because
it is seen as one of the best companies participating in the initiative".
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Little Sprouts has been chosen among 2600 applicants to submit
a full application for the 2007 ERF grant which would include
funds for the new Roxbury center as well as a collaboration with
Fitchburg and Adventure Kids.
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Little Sprouts Founder and CEO Susan Leger-Ferraro
was awarded the 2007 ATHENA Award on Friday, April 27th. This
international award recognizes women in the community who strive
for excellence and assist women in their own advancements.
For more information on the ATHENA Award,
visit
www.athenainternational.org
Photo: Susan Leger-Ferraro holding award with
broadcaster Liz Walker (left) and Sally Cerasuolo-O'Rorke (right)
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Little Sprouts Founder and CEO Susan Leger-Ferraro,
along with educational partner Mark Andrews, Vice President of
Northern Essex Community College met with State Representatives
and Senators to show the strong and impactful alliance between
higher education and early education.
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Little Sprouts gave back to the community
by participating in local charities. On May 6, 2007, Little Sprouts
staff and families gathered in Boston to participate in the Project
Bread's 39th annual Walk for Hunger.
On June 15 & 16, 2007, Little Sprouts
staff and families gathered again to participate in the Relay
for Life to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The relay
was at the Northern Essex Community College track in Haverhill.
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Little Sprouts receives Award from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives Recognition as 2006 Partners in Education.
Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi and State Representative
Brian Dempsey presented the Award to Little Sprouts Founder Susan
Leger-Ferraro.
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Little Sprouts has been named one of the
"Top Businesses in the United State's" for 2006. Little
Sprouts was selected as a Top Small Business by DiversityBusiness.com.
Over 500,000 businesses in the United Sates had the opportunity
to participate in the 7th annual survey. The awards are based
on annual gross sales. This award is the basis of Diversity Business'
annual Top Business List which is seen by over 15 million people
and is used by major corporations and large buying organizations
for finding new business partners.
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