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An initiative to provide early childhood education opportunities for Blaine County youth was front and center when Wood River Women’s Foundation members held their annual meeting this year.
Beth Oppenheimer, executive director of the Boise-based Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children told the women assembled under a tent at Trail Creek Cabin that early stimulation is crucial to children’s success, as their early years are a time of remarkable brain growth. Early education sets the foundation for subsequent learning and development, she added.
The Idaho AEYC has created childcare and preschool programs in 19 other communities, she said, as she praised the effort to create one in Blaine County.
