{"id":40400,"date":"2021-12-02T14:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T14:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ftf\/?post_type=family-stories&p=40400"},"modified":"2021-12-03T19:26:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:26:22","slug":"quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence","status":"publish","type":"family-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

He wouldn\u2019t stop crying.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what Edi Medina tried, her son Leo did not want to go to preschool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leo was attending Aguila Preschool and would arrive home in tears every day. His teachers told Medina that he was crying throughout the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But between the teachers at the preschool and his mom, they were determined to make young Leo feel as comfortable as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aguila Preschool is part of the Aguila Elementary School District and is located about 20 miles west of Wickenburg. The preschool participates in First Things First\u2019s signature program Quality First,<\/a> which works with home-based and center-based child care providers and preschools across Arizona to improve early learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Find quality child care<\/p>\n

Learn more about Quality First and search for participating child care providers in your area. Many offer scholarships.<\/p>\n

Visit QualityFirstAZ.com<\/p>\n

Leo had always been shy, and other than his 7-year-old sister, he had no friends. In order to get Leo used to his surroundings and coming to school, instead of sending him home every day because of the crying, his teachers and mom agreed to keep him at school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leo also wasn\u2019t talking. He comes from a Spanish-speaking home, but most of his classmates and teachers spoke English. And when he did speak, he used a few small words, mainly when he needed food or water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt took about two months,\u201d Medina said. \u201cSometimes they would shift him back and forth between the classroom and the administrative office so he would get used to everyone. After a couple of months Leo loved going to school to see his friends and teachers.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leo not only made friends in his class, he started speaking more to them in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The coping skills that Leo was given at Aguila Preschool helped lay a firm foundation for his learning, Medina said. After being in preschool most of the year and making progress, the COVID-19 pandemic forced families to bring their students home and attend school online. This was not an easy task for any child, let alone a preschooler. However, Leo was not swayed from his progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Leo\u2019s first day of kindergarten approached, Medina was nervous her son would have problems starting school, but she shouldn\u2019t have worried. Leo\u2019s first day was a huge success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe really likes his teacher, Miss Darby, and loves playing outside at recess,\u201d Medina said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Leo tells her he has seven friends he like to hang out with. There isn\u2019t an ounce of shyness left and he is speaking in both English and Spanish very well. For Medina, this is a true story of success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the programs of Quality First and First Things First that helped Leo start kindergarten with confidence,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40401,"template":"","tags":[92,93,159],"class_list":["post-40400","family-stories","type-family-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-child-care","tag-quality-first","tag-northwest-maricopa","regions-northwest-maricopa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence - First Things First<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First Things First\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AZFirstThingsFirst\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-03T19:26:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AZFTF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/\",\"name\":\"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence - First Things First\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-02T14:10:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-03T19:26:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Region Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/\",\"name\":\"First Things First\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#organization\",\"name\":\"First Things First\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/firstthingsfirst_card_gray.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/firstthingsfirst_card_gray.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"First Things First\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AZFirstThingsFirst\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AZFTF\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/azfirstthingsfirst\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/first-things-first\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FTFArizona\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence - First Things First","description":"The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence","og_description":"The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/","og_site_name":"First Things First","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AZFirstThingsFirst\/","article_modified_time":"2021-12-03T19:26:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@AZFTF","twitter_misc":{"Tiempo de lectura":"2 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/","name":"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence - First Things First","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-02T14:10:35+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-03T19:26:22+00:00","description":"The FTF Northwest Maricopa Regional Partnership Council funds Quality First so families can send their children to quality child care programs","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Northwest-Maricopa-2021.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/quality-first-preschool-helps-aguila-boy-find-confidence\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Region Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/region-stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Quality First preschool helps Aguila boy find confidence"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/","name":"First Things First","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#organization","name":"First Things First","url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/firstthingsfirst_card_gray.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/firstthingsfirst_card_gray.jpg","width":800,"height":450,"caption":"First Things First"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AZFirstThingsFirst\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AZFTF","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/azfirstthingsfirst\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/first-things-first","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FTFArizona"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region-stories\/40400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region-stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/family-stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region-stories\/40400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40623,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region-stories\/40400\/revisions\/40623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftf-stg.magnetry.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}