By Sylvie McCarthy<\/p>\n
Sheretta Joseph is the owner and director of Ready, Set, Go, Learn Childcare, which is located on Jacksonville\u2019s Northside.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Feb. 7, Ready, Set, Go, Learn hosted their \u201cMy Hero and Me\u201d Valentine\u2019s dance with the theme \u201cHeroes and Hearts.\u201d The dance was held at Caring Hands CPR Jax. Caring Hands offers basic first aid and CPR training in Jacksonville. Caring Hands also offers babysitting courses that are perfect for teenagers looking to start their own babysitting business.<\/p>\n
Joseph opened Ready, Set, Go, Learn three years ago, and she\u2019s been teaching CPR for 15 years. She is part of a mentorship program and to help promote increased male engagement in the childcare setting she put together the \u201cMy Hero and Me\u201d dance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted the dads, uncles, big brothers, godfathers and anyone who is an active role model in the child\u2019s life to come be apart of it,\u201d said Joseph.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this event was to bring families together for a Valentine celebration that honors the\u00a0positive male role models\u00a0in their child\u2019s life. The dance focused on connection and creating meaningful memories\u00a0between children and the special men who support and guide them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole point of the male engagement process is to have more men active in their child\u2019s life especially during the early years,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n
Children and adults were encouraged to wear their favorite superhero costume to the dance, which also featured crafts and refreshments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event supports our commitment to building strong family partnerships and encouraging active male involvement in early childhood development,\u201d said Joseph.<\/p>\n
Ready, Set, Go, Learn Childcare offers before- and after-school care and summer care. Go to rslchildcare.com to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sylvie McCarthy Sheretta Joseph is the owner and director of Ready, Set, Go, Learn Childcare, which is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-153141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}