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Bright Beginnings

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Cheri Moore

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Academic

Quick Links for

Teachers and Parents

For Teachers and Parents

• Bright Beginnings Web Link
  This Web site is one product of the Department of Education’s Bright Beginnings initiative that provides teachers and parents with resources to help children in Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) through third grade, succeed in reading and mathematics.

  http://www.brightbeginningsfl.com/

• FDLRS Child Find                                                                                                                            The purpose of Child Find is to discover whether a child has special learning needs, to identify what those needs are, and to provide the programs and services which will best address them.

  http://wwwdevmst.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/9032/fdlrscf.asp

• Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Standards (PDF, 219KB)
  The Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Standards (2008) describe skills that four-year-old children should know and be able to do by the end of their prekindergarten year and are designed to guide prekindergarten administrators and teachers in designing and implementing appropriate early learning environments.

  • What I Learned in VPK - Child Portfolio
  • What I Learned in VPK - Teacher's Guide

   

For Teachers

• Sample Lesson Plans Based on the Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Standards
  These lesson plans, based on the Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Standards, are designed to help develop the skills that four-year-old children should know and be able to do by the end of their prekindergarten year. The lesson plans are organized under the targeted VPK Education Standards that are included in each plan. Related VPK Education Standards are also included in each lesson plan to show prekindergarten administrators and teachers how one lesson can be easily integrated across the domains of the VPK Education Standards.

• VPK Teacher Toolkit
  The VPK Teacher Toolkit is new for 2009. Each Toolkit folder is created based upon what stakeholders have shared as areas they would like more information on. The direction of each topic is the result of a workgroup that includes stakeholders from across the state, as well as national experts. The information in each folder includes information and footage from real VPK classrooms across the state. New information and resources will be added to folders as it becomes available.

• Emergent Literacy for VPK Instructors Online Course
  http://www.flvpkonline.org/elInfo.htm