The First Five Years is a weekly radio program presented by Maryland Family Network and airing on WEAA 88.9 FM. The program was previously on WYPR 88.1 FM. The series is focused on the extraordinary developmental period from birth to age five. The First Five Years highlights the challenges and opportunities related to nurturing young children and helping them build a solid foundation for success in school and in life. This program is made possible in part by M&T Charitable Foundation.
On New Year’s Eve Crystal Hardy-Flowers died of complications from COVID-19. Crystal operated the Sandtown-Winchester based Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center for over a decade. We owe it to Crystal’s life lived in service to others that we don’t lose any more child care providers to this virus.