During the month of March, our Ready To Learn Program will be out and about in many locations in Central Virginia. We would love to have your family join the fun. Here are some of the details:

Thursday, March 1, we will be at the Virginia Discovery Museum in Charlottesville at 10:30 a.m. for an engaging story time. An interactive, hands-on activity along with a free children’s book will be given to each child. This activity is appropriate for 3-5 year olds and is free with admission to the museum. 

Ice Age Death Trap, a one-hour NOVA-National Geographic program about the fossil find, will premiere on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  The television special follows scientists as they race against time to uncover this unique site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window into the vanished world of the Ice Age.

During World War II, Hitler’s scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction.  Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant minds from British universities and Hollywood studios to a country house near London.  Here, they secretly pored over millions of air photos shot at great risk over German territory by specially converted, high-flying Spitfires.  Peering at the photos through 3D stereoscopes, the team spotted telltale clues that revealed hidden Nazi rocket bases.  The photos led to devas

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What a pleasure it is to see children having fun while they are learning.  Our monthly early childhood e-newsletter, Idea Kids, offers engaging ways to help children be successful in school.  It is designed to meet the developmental needs of children primarily between the ages of 2-8 years old.