by Mary Kay Roth | Apr 30, 2025 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
Zainab Khudhair came to Nebraska about a year ago, moving here from her homeland of Iraq to be with her husband and his family in Lincoln. The 21-year-old had been studying mathematics and hoped to become a teacher, but she hit something of a snag when she arrived in...
by Clover | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, Prosper Lincoln announced the priority areas that will define its third iteration. Early Childhood remains a critical pillar, the only priority area that has consistently been a focus of Prosper Lincoln since its beginning ten years ago....
by Mary Kay Roth | Apr 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Business students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may not yet need childcare, but this month they participated in a competition in cooperation with Lincoln Littles to come up with some strategic, creative solutions to ease the current challenges in early...
by Clover | Apr 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Ariana Garber This year Lincoln Littles has kicked off something new, The Wellness Program. Spearheaded by our Workforce Manager, Julie Jones-Branch, in partnership with Jaci Foged at the University of Nebraska Extension for Early Childhood; they have worked...
by Mary Kay Roth | Mar 6, 2025 | Providers, Supporters
Last semester, Jane Anderson not only learned what a public health nurse might do for our community, she also helped provide supportive advice for a community nonprofit, Lincoln Littles. “Overall, I was able to learn a lot about public health nurses and what it means...
by Mary Kay Roth | Feb 18, 2025 | Employers, Supporters
When Christine Weeks started her advertising agency, Eleanor Creative, she had four young children, not much money and had experienced her own childcare hardships and challenges, with unpaid maternity leaves and little support for new moms. Weeks didn’t want any of...
by Clover | Feb 15, 2025 | Parents, Providers
Families with children ages birth to eight are invited to experience age-appropriate activities at the annual Early Childhood Family Fair presented by Lincoln Littles and organized by the Support for Families Work Group on Sunday, February 16 from 2 to 4 pm at Gateway...
by Mary Kay Roth | Feb 12, 2025 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
Of course, a toddler cannot understand an intercom message about a tornado warning and an infant cannot march out of a building in case of a fire drill. But a tweaked set of emergency messages and procedures used at Lincoln Public Schools is now arriving for Lincoln’s...
by Clover | Dec 16, 2024 | Parents, Providers, Supporters, Uncategorized
Prior to 2020, a group of early childcare directors in Lincoln started discussing the need for a program that would help support the directors of these centers. When that call came, Lincoln Littles answered. Lincoln Littles created the Peer Mentor Program as an...
by Mary Kay Roth | Oct 15, 2024 | Employers, Parents, Providers, Supporters
Five years ago, a movement was born in our community when the Lincoln Community Foundation launched the first Lincoln Littles Giving Day with dollars aimed at supporting our youngest Lincolnites. A year later the Lincoln Littles office emerged. This talented,...
