Early Childhood Learning Centers are school readiness, theme based learning centers for children ranging in age from six-weeks to
five-years in age. Our teachers and staff provide a full-day program from 5:30am until 6:00pm at our Airside location and 6:30am until 6:00pm at our Broadway Avenue and Skinner Street locations that is designed to encourage and
enrich social skills, language development, fine motor skills, self esteem, respectfulness, responsibility, resourcefulness, and creativity.
Voluntary Prekindergarten or VPK gives children a jump start by preparing them for school and enhancing their pre-reading, pre-math, language and social skills. By developing the skills children need to become strong readers and students at an early age, children are more likely to be successful in school. VPK classrooms offer high-quality programs that include high literacy standards, developmentally appropriate curricula, manageable class sizes, and qualified teachers.
What is VPK?
VPK stands for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. If you live in Florida, and your child turns 4 four years of age by September 1, your child is eligible to participate in Florida's Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) education program.
Benefits of early education and the VPK program:
- The most important growth and development in the brain happens by the age of five.
- The early years are the learning years. A child’s ability to be attentive and to follow directions emerges in the early years. Structured early learning fosters these abilities for later success in school and in life.
- Pre-K prepares children to be ready for school. Children who participate in high-quality early child hood education programs develop better language skills, score higher in school-readiness tests and have better social skills and fewer behavioral problems once they enter school. They are also better prepared for Kindergarten, especially in the areas of pre-reading, pre-math and social skills.
Enroll your 4-year-old in VPK today!
