Photo of Lorena Vasquez (left), a specialist for the Early Education Program of Fort Worth, during an educational session with several pre-school age children. The end goal of this program is directed toward the parents to assist them in using a home based methodology so that pre-school age children will have better knowledge and skills when they start school.

This article deals with the program "Early Childhood Matters", whose aim is to help pre-school age children from lower socio-economic brackets succeed in school. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.