Editor’s note: The North Carolina House and Senate are considering cutting funds and making major changes to the state’s Smart Start and More at Four early education programs, which could impact thousands of children in Western North Carolina. As part of a Special Report, this Photo Essay with photographs by contributor Mike Belleme shows children benefiting from Smart Start early education efforts at one Western North Carolina child care center.

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Photo Essay: At Alice’s Playground Center in Henderson County, preschoolers benefit from building blocks of Smart Start early education initiatives

by Mike Belleme, Carolina Public Press
May 25, 2011

<h1>Photo Essay: At Alice’s Playground Center in Henderson County, preschoolers benefit from building blocks of Smart Start early education initiatives</h1> <p class="byline">by Mike Belleme, Carolina Public Press <br />May 25, 2011</p> <p><em><strong>Editor’s note: </strong>The North Carolina House and Senate are considering cutting funds and making major changes to the state’s Smart Start and More at Four early education programs, which could impact thousands of children in Western North Carolina. As part of <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/category/special-reports/children-in-wnc">a Special Report</a>, this Photo Essay with photographs by contributor Mike Belleme shows children benefiting from Smart Start early education efforts at one Western North Carolina child care center.</em></p> <p>[galobj viewid=19]</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org/2947/henderson-county-preschoolers-benefit-from-building-blocks-of-smart-start-early-education-initiatives/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org">Carolina Public Press</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-cropped-CPPlogo_icon_RGB.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://carolinapublicpress.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=2947&amp;ga3=G-45T85MYXXN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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