The 19th Soar in 4 Community Conversation was hosted by Manatee NAACP president Mr. Rodney Jones at the Bradenton Village Apartments Community Center. More than thirty community members attended and provided valuable insights, concerns and dreams for their neighborhood. “We share ideas and talked about ways we can collaborate and how we can move forward,” […]

Our Soar in 4 families went on a family field trip to the Central Library! This Soar in 4 family field trip was a commitment. Families had to drive to meet us at a different location. This Soar in 4 event did not take place at their child’s school – it took place at Manatee […]

A “math-friendly” culture is one that views math as fun, friendly, important, a source of curiosity, and useful in everyday life. Parents, side-by-side with their child in block play, model positive dispositions toward math and learning such as playfulness, curiosity, creativity, and problem solving. They are taking the first steps in creating their own math-friendly, […]

Blockfest is a research-based exhibit that helps raise awareness of early math and science learning by offering hands-on block play experiences to families with young children. On July 5th parents, preschool teachers and our community volunteers become more knowledgeable about the importance of early math and science learning as it impacts both school readiness and […]

The Soar in 4 summer program is designed to enhance positive parent-school communications through weekly teacher and parent communication throughout the summer. Last night our pre-kindergarten teachers welcomed families to their second summer family event at Rogers Garden Bullock Elementary School. Our Wonders of Water Unit, which is our second unit of study, was previewed […]

Soar in 4 families at Ballard Elementary began our second family event by making their own dinner! The purpose of the dinner was for parents to model how to go through a cafeteria line and make choices. The expectation was that children would be able to verbalize their name, make a choice and carry their […]

Our Sea Breeze Elementary Soar in 4 families welcomed a guest teacher, Ms. Tara Legowski. Ms. Legowski is a pre-kindergarten that came to preview our Nature All Around Us unit. Nature All Around Us will be the first unit our Soar in 4 students study first quarter. Our families learned that the purpose of this […]

Our first Soar in 4 evening began with a motivational video from Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene. Gretchen Rubin’s quote “The days are long, but the years are short” captures the nuance of Dr. Greene’s message. Her words resonated with the VPK parents as she shared they are raising tomorrow’s leaders today. And a parent’s investment […]

Vocabulary, pre-emergent literacy skills and orientation was the theme for our first Soar in 4 family event on June 6th. Parents learned what they can do at home to help build their preschoolers vocabularies such as introducing a new word in context so that their child can learn what it means, using facial expressions and […]