First Steps 4K Resources - SC First Steps

ReadyRosie PowerPoint and Facilitator’s Guide: These were reviewed during the November PD Day and can be downloaded from www.readyrosie.com.
First Steps 4K Family Engagement Sign-in Sheet

2025-2026 Reflection Log: Please upload your attendance sheet and record the family engagement opportunities, such as family orientation, family-teacher conferences, and family workshops.

Family Orientation Materials

Family Handbook - Electronic Version (English)

Family Handbook - Electronic Version (Spanish)

Family Orientation Slide Deck

Family-School Partnership Agreement

Family Orientation Videos

Segment 1: Welcome

Segment 2: Classrooms

Segment 3: Daily Schedule

Segment 4: Curriculum

Segment 5: Screening and Assessments

Segment 6: Family Engagement

Segment 7: School Family

Segment 8: Connections to the State Office

2025 First Steps 4K Preschool Power Hour Recording

Family Conference and School Transitions Resources

Family-Teacher Conferences

Family-Teacher Conference Tips

Family-Teacher Conference Checklist

Family-Teacher Conference Form

Webinar Recording: Tips for a Successful First Steps 4K Family Conference

School Transitions

Ready for Kindergarten: A Guide for South Carolina Families

Countdown to Kindergarten Resources

First Steps 4K + Child Care Scholarships

Processes and Procedures

DSS Connection Form

First Steps 4K + Child Care Application Process - For Providers

First Steps 4K + Child Care Scholarship Application Process - For Families

First Steps 4K + Child Care Scholarship Talking Points

First Steps 4K + Child Care Scholarship Program Details and Contact Information

Logos, Graphics and Brand Guidelines
Use these logos and graphics for your websites and large print jobs.

Logo - First Steps 4K
Logo - First Steps 4K + Child Care Scholarships

First Steps 4K Marketing and Outreach

First Steps 4K Marketing and Outreach Toolkit

Logos and Brand Guidelines
Use these logos for your websites and large print jobs.

Logo - First Steps 4K
Logo - First Steps 4K + Child Care Scholarships
First Steps 4K Brand Guidelines

Print Material
All materials listed below are available for you to use, print and distribute throughout your community.

General Apply Now Quarter-Page Flyer

2025-2026 Apply Now Quarter Page Flyer (English)

2025-2026 Apply Now Quarter-Pager Flyer (Spanish)

Attendance Matters Flyer

Palm Card - General
Palm Card - Customizable
Poster - First Steps 4K (11"x17")

How can I use my palm cards?

Print Services

Social Media Graphics
These graphics are great to use on social media, websites and print advertisements to show how students are learning using key components in SC's Profile of the Ready Kindergartner.

2025-2026 Apply Now Graphic (English)

2025-2026 Apply Now Graphic (Spanish)

Every Day Builds the Way Graphic (1 of 2)

Every Day Builds the Way Graphic (2 of 2)

Other Resources

Canva - A How to Guide

Social Media Recruitment and Outreach Ideas

Social Media Messaging Examples

Lead Teacher Job Description Template
- Email your lead teacher job description to Samantha Ingram for posting to the SC First Steps Employment web page.

Training

Connecting and Thriving: First Steps 4K Outreach

The Building Blocks to Grow Your Business

Healthy Learners

Healthy Learners works collaboratively with communities, schools, healthcare providers and families to remove health barriers to learning through screening, referral and access to medical services. Healthy Learners will serve All Pre-K through 8th grade students to improve academic and health-related outcomes.

Healthy Learners Fact Sheet

Healthy Learners Video

Healthy Learners Staff Directory

Healthy Learners Consent Form - Online Version

Healthy Learners Consent Form - English - Print Version

Healthy Learners Consent Form - Spanish - Print Version

Help Me Grow

South Carolina’s gateway to raising healthy children.

As the state’s most comprehensive, healthy development resource hub for families of young children, Help Me Grow (HMG) connects caregivers to the specialists, tools and services they need to support their child’s behavior, health and learning.

Care coordinators guide caregivers through the complicated network of services and supports available to children birth to age 5.

Help Me Grow offers:

Child development specialists to identify and connect parents to the right resources close to home.
ASQ (Ages & Stages Questionnaire) developmental screenings to measure a child’s progress and explore everyday ways to support his or her learning.
SC’s most connected grid of child development and community resources, ranging from basic needs to parent support.

Help Me Grow supports your practice and the families you serve.

Help Me Grow works with child health and service providers to offer developmental screenings, follow up connection to services, and information regarding healthy child development. With just one referral, HMG provides an individualized resource navigation pathway for each family.

How Professionals and Help Me Grow support families and children in SC

Help Me Grow Flyer

SCIMHA PEAR Network Brochure

Ready Rosie

Getting Started with Ready Rosie

Teaching Strategies will host weekly “Implementing ReadyRosie with Fidelity and Success” webinars at 11AM or 4PM. First Steps 4K Coaches and Teachers new to ReadyRosie are encouraged to sign up for one here. You can also watch a recorded training any time.

Quick Start Guide

This document provides steps for teachers creating a classroom and inviting families to ReadyRosie.

Invitation Flyer

Teachers can access flyers in Ready Rosie under the Resource tab. The family invitation flyer is in English and Spanish.