Makes quality pre-kindergarten programs available to Pennsylvania residents at no cost to qualifying families. Full day program instructional time is 3 hours.

Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

Offers a learning environment filled with physical education, music, the arts, Jewish culture, and nature. Specialists offer additional enrichment opportunities for children to develop new skills in aquatics, sports, and dance.

Provides a licensed music and movement program for families with children. Important factors that are touched on are school readiness, family engagement, and parent-child relationships.

Provides a comprehensive child development program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Head Start engages parents in their children's learning and helps parents in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Head start offers both full day or part day center based options. Early head start offers both home based or center based options year round.

Makes quality pre-kindergarten programs available to Pennsylvania residents at no cost to qualifying families. Full day program instructional time is 3 hours.

Recruits and trains volunteer reading coaches to increase literacy development by expanding opportunities for children to have shared adult-child book reading time, ultimately helping youth read on grade level by 3rd grade and stay on track to school success. Both in person and virtual opportunities are available.

Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

Provides enriching experiences for children aged 3-5, adhering to the PA Department of Education standards. All staff are thoroughly background-checked and committed to fostering equity and inclusion. Offers after-school options extending past our preschool's school day.

Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

Offers programs that support writers ages 2 to 5 in early literacy and kindergarten readiness. Workshops for toddlers and their caregivers are complemented by free book giveaways and early literacy resources.

Offers activities to develop fine and gross motor skills, cognitive skills, pre-writing, language reception and expression, and social behavior.

Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

Pre-K Counts is a state funded early childhood education program that provides full-day pre-kindergarten services to children ages 3 to 5 in selected area school districts. Children receive vision and hearing screenings on-site and are provided with a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily. Dental, medical, immunization, and mental health referral services are also available. Curriculum focuses on school readiness and social-emotional development.

Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

Offers comprehensive services to children 3 to 5 years old and their families that include high-quality education, social-emotional assessments and development, physical health screenings and monitoring, including vision, hearing, and dental screenings, and nutrition. All families enrolled in Head Start work together with a Family Coach to develop goals that support their journey of reaching self-sufficiency.

Pre-K Counts is a state funded early childhood education program that provides full-day pre-kindergarten services to children ages 3 to 5 in selected area school districts. Children receive vision and hearing screenings on-site and are provided with a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily. Dental, medical, immunization, and mental health referral services are also available. Curriculum focuses on school readiness and social-emotional development.

Family Centers, located at Jefferson and Central Elementary Schools, coordinate and facilitate a variety of support services for Allentown School District families. Family Centers seek to ensure the healthy growth and development of children by coordinating a wide variety of support services for families in the communities in which they live. These services include: * Parent Support and Child Development Education * Pediatric Health Services * Healthy After-School and Summer Activities * Family Preservation Services * Education and Employment-Related Services Family Development Specialist certified in parent education home visits meet groups of parent sand provide assessments and support to parents for their children from pregnancy through kindergarten. They facilitate access to needed services and coordinate case management services. Health centers are also located in the elementary schools served by the Family Centers. Collaborative partners representing health, communitie

Offers collaborative coordination, playgroups, parenting help, developmental screens, prevention programs, special delivery baskets, and family group truancy meetings.

Offers programs that support writers ages 2 to 5 in early literacy and kindergarten readiness. Workshops for toddlers and their caregivers are complemented by free book giveaways and early literacy resources.

Offers several writing and literacy programs online via Zoom.

Provides early care, education, and services for infants through pre-kindergartners and their families.

Classrooms experience for 3 and 4 year old children whose family incomes meet or exceed Head Start limits. Services are offered in the Kennedy Early Childhood Center for eligible students in the Greater Nanticoke Area School District. Curriculum focuses on school readiness skills. Transportation is not provided.

An in-home early literacy and parenting program that prepares young children for school success by increasing language and literacy skills, enhancing social-emotional development, and strengthening the parent-child relationship. During the school year, home visitors go to homes twice each week for 30 minutes and take a new book or educational toy for the child to keep. They show the parents how to use the item to promote school success.

Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.