Withdrawn toddler blossoms into social butterfly

Jazmine lives with her parents and two younger siblings in Queets, a remote Native American village on the northwest coast of Washington State. Over the course of Jazmine’s two-year participation in Save the Children’s Early Steps to School Success program, the withdrawn toddler, once unwilling to interact with others, has blossomed into a four-year-old social butterfly who smothers her two younger siblings with affection. As a result of the program — which is designed to assist children with language, social, and emotional development and equip parents with the skills and knowledge to successfully support their child’s growth — Jazmine’s conversational skills and cognitive abilities are equivalent to those of a much older child.

Thank you Tom and MSAF for helping provide families like Jazmine’s with the age-appropriate reading materials, activities and learning tools they need. Jazmine’s brothers, two-year-old Adam and five-month-old Hunter, are now also enrolled in the Early Steps program and are already showing progress.