{"id":598,"date":"2016-12-08T21:26:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T02:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/12\/08\/early-childhood-program-jump-with-jill\/"},"modified":"2020-05-19T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:41:21","slug":"early-childhood-program-jump-with-jill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/12\/08\/early-childhood-program-jump-with-jill\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Childhood program \u2018Jump with Jill\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The unprecedented performance at TSC on Oct. 21, 2016 was in partnership with the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). \u201cJump with Jill\u201d is a music-based nutrition education program that promotes healthy eating using the same media tools as mainstream music and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJump with Jill assists with training to promote learning about fruits and vegetables, exposing these values to children while they are in childcare programs,\u201d said Angie Martinez, TDA field operations manager. \u201cLow-income families sometimes don\u2019t have access to educational programs about healthy foods so they can learn. Jump with Jill teaches kids to enhance their healthy eating and exposes them to nutrition at a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cJump with Jill\u201d performance marked the first time the show has ever been brought to the Rio Grande Valley as part of the TDA Farm Fresh Initiative. The show was performed for a crowd of 30 preschoolers, ranging from ages 3 to 5, with parents and special guests as on-lookers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that learning healthy habits should start at a young age\u201d said TSC Childcare Development Manager Marisela Nava. \u201cEmpowering children to make good healthy eating habits promotes learning, and that is our focus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJump with Jill\u201d has received two Emmy nods, two Telly Award wins, and utilizes three touring casts that travel around the world to perform for children of varying ages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTSC was awesome, the facility is just beautiful and the staff was wonderful,\u201d said Renee Zelinksi, who performed the part of Jill. \u201cThe kids sang and danced their hearts out. When they sing and dance about healthy food, it sticks in their minds more and while they\u2019re having fun, they can remember it better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Texas Southmost College<\/strong><br \/> Originally established in 1926, Texas Southmost College currently offers the first two years toward a bachelor&#8217;s degree, along with career and technical education leading to certificates and associate degrees, college preparatory studies to prepare students for college-level work, workforce training, and continuing education. Recently selected as a Bright Spot by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, TSC offers 53 programs of study leading to an associate degree or certificate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; width: 300px; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 80%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/News\/Jump-with-Jill.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Preschoolers at the Texas Southmost College Ra\u00fal J. Guerra Early Childhood Center danced and sang with the \u201cJump with Jill\u201d performers to learn about eating healthy and following proper nutrition.\" \/>Preschoolers at the Texas Southmost College Ra\u00fal J. Guerra Early Childhood Center danced and sang with the \u201cJump with Jill\u201d performers to learn about eating healthy and following proper nutrition.<\/div>\n<p>The Texas Southmost College (TSC) Ra\u00fal J. Guerra Early Childhood Center was jumping with children laughing and dancing to the \u201cJump with Jill\u201d performance that visited the college in late October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Early Childhood program \u2018Jump with Jill\u2019 - News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/12\/08\/early-childhood-program-jump-with-jill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Early Childhood program \u2018Jump with Jill\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Preschoolers at the Texas Southmost College Ra\u00fal J. 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