1. Define Goals and Purpose

Resources

Examples:

The Early Childhood Colorado Framework
The Early Childhood Colorado Framework is a shared vision that Colorado is a place where all children are valued, healthy and thriving. When determining an outcome to achieve the Framework can be used to align efforts and advance Colorado’s shared vision.

The National Collaborative for Infants & Toddlers
The Nation Collaborative for Infants & Toddlers created a sample communication plan outline to help support communication planning.

The Colorado State Library Launches New Website and Growing Readers Together Videos
The Colorado State Library’s Growing Readers Together launched a new early literacy website, coloradoearlyliteracy.org to showcase the work of the State Library in the Early Literacy field and house resources for library staff, parents, caregivers, and early educators.

One resource on the new website is Growing Readers Together’s video-based Play, Learn & Grow workshop for families and caregivers. The video can be viewed as one, 20-minute video, or 4 segments. It presents the latest research on child development and models simple strategies and activities that build early literacy, fine motor skills, and scientific thinking in young children with the purpose of ensuring Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers in Colorado have the skills, confidence, and resources to make early literacy a part of every day. Please view this flyer for more information!

Research:

Reframing Childhood Adversity:  Promoting Upstream Approaches
This brief from FrameWorks Institute seeks to work through framing challenges, offering guidance on positioning, emphasis, and explanation. The guidance has implications for a wide variety of communications goals and contexts, but it is most relevant for efforts designed to educate the public about strategies that work at the community and policy levels.

Toolkits:

Coming soon.