More than one in ___ children arrive in kindergarten without the skills needed for lifelong learning.

A child not reading at grade level by the end of first grade has an ___% chance of not reading at grade level by the end of fourth grade.

The number of ___ children know when entering kindergarten predicts their future success in school.

From ___ to age 5, a baby’s brain will make trillions of connections between billions of neurons.

Brain size ____during the first year, and by age 3, a child’s brain has nearly reached its adult weight.