New Year’s Eve offers an opportunity to look back to the past and to hope for the future. Especially this year, when we are not only welcoming in a new year but also a new decade, the celebration will likely be exceptionally memorable. Most people commemorate the New Year by making resolutions to make changes …
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Don’t Squander Your Child’s Free Pre-Kindergarten Benefit
All children residing in Florida can participate in the pre-kindergarten early education program of their choice at no cost to their family thanks to an entitlement program offered by the state. Yet many parents choose not to take advantage of this paid voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) benefit either because they didn’t know about it, they don’t …
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Keeping Kids Engaged During the Holiday Break
Children attending STEM-based education programs like those offered at The Amazing Explorers Academy are accustomed to a certain level of intellectual stimulation. When they are in the classroom, their minds are continually challenged with new ideas, bold concepts, and social interaction with other children. But all that can stop during the holiday break. Rather than …
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Making Friends Is an Important Life Skill
When children are born, they rely on their parents for everything: Food, warmth, safety, even companionship. But as kids get older, it’s important to their social development that they interact with other children their own age. Children with siblings have an advantage when it comes to socialization skills. Being around their brothers and sisters teaches …
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Your Child’s Future Starts Today
Compared to adults’ lives, children’s lives are relatively carefree. There are relatively few commitments, deadlines, or worries to cloud kids’ sunny days. Yet children’s futures can be determined when they are still very young. And it’s usually up to their parents to guide them in the right direction. The choices they make for their children …
Kids Benefit from Being Around Other Kids
People are naturally social animals. Think about the way you act when you are in a stimulating social setting — such as a cocktail party full of witty chatter or a business meeting — compared to when you are by yourself at home. Don’t you tend to rise to the occasion? Children are the same …
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Setting the Stage for Success
The period between birth and eight years old is one of the most important in a person’s life. Brain growth is on an accelerated path while simultaneously a child is profoundly influenced by the environment and the people around them. What we learn during early childhood is what guides the rest of our lives. So …
5 Ways Your 4-Year-Old Can Benefit from Pre-School
The state of Florida offers free pre-school education to every 4-year-old. Unlike elementary school, enrolling your young child in pre-school isn’t mandatory. But it does offer some enormous advantages your child can benefit from throughout their education, their career, and in their personal life. Here are five great reasons to take advantage of Florida’s innovative, …
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How to Apply for Florida’s Free Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program
Florida is one of the few states in the US offering all of its 4-year-old children free access to free pre-kindergarten education. The state’s Voluntary Free PreKindergarten program provides emergent literacy skills — including letter and sound recognition — that can help a child be successful throughout his or her education as well as into …
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Reading Will Always Be a Critical Life Skill
There’s been a lot of conversation lately about the future of reading, specifically books. In an era where anybody can stream anything anywhere at any time on their smartphones or tablets, will there really be a need for books in the not so distant future? Or will they go the way of radio, an archaic …
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