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Highlights

  • Hill District Shop ’n Save Supports Ready Freddy

    Once again a Ready Freddy is the recipient of a generous donation from the corporate community.…

  • Fostering Positive Racial Identities

    Shannon Wanless, an assistant professor, and Aisha White, a research project manager in the Office…

  • Partnering for Success with Giant Eagle

    When Chanel Fields’ daughter started making the honor roll she was convinced that regular…

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The Ready Freddy Program

We believe that a quality transition to Kindergarten will bring life long benefits to a child. The Ready Freddy Program is unique in that we work to bring together all the necessary elements and participants for a quality transition.

Supported by own research and the research of our partners, we have built on our transition efforts to include work on Kindergarten enrollment and attendance.

On this site you will find information about our work in Pittsburgh Public Schools. Look through the sections of the site designed to help you and your own Kindergarten community.

Take Freddy home!

Spotlight on Staff

joanna-kemp Joanna Kemp has joined the Ready Freddy team and is working to improve regular daily attendance at Pittsburgh Langley K-8. She works in class with the kids and collects attendance data. In addition, she promotes the importance of kindergarten attendance via community outreach activities. Learn more

Community Outreach

  • Latasha photo-thumbnailMeet Latasha

    Engaging the community is always a priority at Ready Freddy and luckily we have Latasha, a Community Outreach intern working directly with Medina Jackson, our Community Organizer. Latasha was…

Featured Research

  • Freddy&BlondeGirlBlending Theory with Practice

    Blending Theory with Practice: Implementing Kindergarten Transition Using the Interactive Systems Framework is a paper written by Ken Smythe-Leistico, Colleen Young, Laurie Mulvey and their…

Ready Freddy is funded by:

  • Henry L. Hillman Foundation
  • The Pittsburgh Foundation
  • The Heinz Endowments
  • The Grable Foundation
  • The Buhl Foundation
  • Birmingham Foundation
  • The Sprout Fund
  • Giant Eagle

The Ready Freddy Program

University of Pittsburgh
Office of Child Development
400 North Lexington Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Phone: 412-383-5385
Email: rfreddy@pitt.edu

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