Focus on Five

San Joaquin County Office of Education

2707 Transworld Drive
Stockton, CA 95206
http://www.sjcoe.org

Jamie Baiocchi (Director Early Childhood Education)
(209) 468-9062

This project provides services to 350 children in the 95205 and 95206 communities. The project provides for health insurance screenings for 350 families, six health fairs/events and four annual parent education workshops at five targeted Focus on Five Creative Child Care locations. It also provides for training preschool teachers and curricula for 12 to 14 Creative Child Care Inc. classrooms. In partnership with the University of the Pacific, this project provides for parent education and kinetic curricula activities every other week at five Creative Child Care sites; 20 nutrition based parent education sessions using the Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future nutrition education program and the Rethink Your Drink campaign. The Go, Glow, Grow curriculum within the classroom environments for 350 children will also be provided in the first year. In the second year of the project, a nutrition and fitness program will be implemented across multiple Creative Child Care Inc. locations within San Joaquin County to improve healthy eating habits and physical activity in children. This project will initiate a change to policy and practice to prioritize health related activities within classrooms.