Category: Early Learning

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Early Learning

Kindergarten Success Creates School Success

The 2023-2024 public school year is underway! Collier County Public School students returned to the classroom on August 10. For incoming kindergarteners, the Florida Department of Education (FL DOE) requires…

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Early Learning News

The Importance of Early Learning and Early Development

As a collective impact network, Future Ready Collier’s first stated goal is to ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to learn and thrive. This necessitates a close look at early…

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Early Learning

Future Ready Collier and Collier County Early Learning

COVID hit schools and students hard. When classrooms closed, few could have guessed how long it would be before students would return. Even now, classrooms are back in session with…

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Early Learning Resources

Helping Kindergarteners Through COVID

Schools and students nationwide have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among obvious indicators, kindergarten enrollment is down across the country. Rural and urban areas, and crossing sociodemographic categories,…

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School Reopening Updates

In any other year, August’s arrival means students and parents start to eagerly gear up for the school year ahead. As the onset of the 2020-2021 school year looms, however,…

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Early Learning News

Pathways Early Education Center: Growing to Serve in Immokalee

Only an hour from downtown Naples, but a world apart, Immokalee is home to Pathways Early Education Center. In operation for more than 56 years, Pathways ably serves its mission…

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Early Learning Resources

Waterford UPSTART School-Readiness Program Offered Free to Collier County Families

Collier County families with children who will enter kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year may be eligible to apply for free access to the Waterford UPSTART Summer Learning Path school-readiness…

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The Early Learning Coalition: Fostering Collaboration with Future Ready Collier

If an objective of early childhood education is helping kids learn the value of sharing and partnership, then a collective impact model is a real-world extension of that ideological premise….

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Early Learning Resources

Healthcare Network Provider Co-authors New Child’s Activity and Coloring Book

The Florida State University Center for Child Stress and Health published a new coloring and activity book, The Germ that Wears a Crown: A Story About the Coronavirus. Co-author Dr….

College & Career Early Learning News Resources

Collier County Public Schools eLearns!

Collier County County Public Schools (CCPS) is committed to supporting children and families in continuous learning. When the schools are closed for any reason, CCPS encourages parents and caregivers to…