Information and Resources
Head Start & Early Head Start: Programs promote school readiness and child development for eligible low-income families with children from birth to 5 years old. For more information, click here.
Florida Department of Education: It serves as the single repository of education data from school districts, state and community colleges, universities, and independent postsecondary institutions, click here.
Florida Early Learning – Fact Book: The Florida Early Learning Fact Book provides information on Voluntary Pre-kindergarten (VPK) and School Readiness, click here.
Parents’ Pages: Information to help parents prepare their children for school, support their learning and assist them in finding child care, click here.
Vroom: Tools and materials turn everyday moments into brain-building exercises. For more information, click here.
Transition to Preschool
- Helping Your Child Adjust to Preschool, click here.
- Talking to Your Child’s Preschool Teacher, click here.
- Preschool Activity Library, click here.
- Early Education Parent Toolkit, click here.
Transition to Kindergarten
- Your Child Is Going to Kindergarten: Making the Move Together, click here.
Language & Literacy
Florida Electronic Library has more than 190 million articles, e-books, videos, and other electronic resources for the citizens of Florida, click here.
Ten early literacy tips for families, click here.
Resources to support children’s learning at home for bilingual families:
- Help Your Child Learn to Read, click here
- Learning Together at Home, click here
- The Preschool Years, click here
- School Success, click here
- The Importance of Home Language Series, click here
Exploring Math & Science
Early math video series, click here
Help your child develop early math skills, click here