It was a great night at the Central Library! We had great traffic into the room with multiple families in that room at a time. Many were families of incoming 4 year old students so we didn’t set the…

Children learn through positive interactions with caring adults who understand how children develop and provide opportunities for meaningful hands-on learning experiences. They learn best through enga…

Soar in 4 believes that every child has the power to successful in school and in life and every parent, family member and caregiver can help. The question is: How can we help our children succeed? Our…

This past Wednesday was our very first Soar-In-4. We really had no idea what to expect. This is the first time we have participated in this event. We had a great time. The volunteers make the differen…

We had a beautiful evening with the families at the Museum on Wednesday. A total of 19 families joined Partners In Play for the 1st time – a total of 47 clients. We also had many teachers coming thr…

Staff from 6 neighborhoods, Ballard, Blackburn, Bayshore, Oneco, Rogers Garden Bullock, Sea Breeze and Tillman were invited to the Manatee County Central Library to learn more about the Soar in 4 summ…

Early learning families learned about light and shadows and explored both natural and man-made sources of light.  This exploration took place inside and outside 3 downtown locations, the ArtCenter, t…

Thank you to United Way for coordinating the Publix Serves volunteer project, . We’re thrilled that these amazing volunteers from Publix to support the missions of United Way and the SCGLR. In all, …

Do you like to build, and tinker and try new things? Then you are a maker!  Our Soar in 4 kids and their families came to the South Florida Museum to investigate how things work and discover how thi…

I bet you know that building with blocks is fun but did you know that it also helps you to build your brain?  When you play with blocks you can learn math by counting, adding, subtracting, classi…

The Mosaic Backyard Universe will be a two-story interactive education exhibit for children ages 2-8 and their families. Designed to be a familiar setting – a backyard, the exhibit focuses on scienc…

The Early Learning Task Force continues on its path to actively build a more cohesive early learning community through implementation of the Conscious Discipline model in Manatee Country early learn…

Native Floridian, country singer and songwriter Andy Pursell, came to visit Ms. Luanne to debut the theme song for her television visitors.  Andy composed, wrote the lyrics and performs the openi…

Our early learners and their families were FLY on Tuesday night.  Our FLY (Family Literacy Yearlong) Kits were debuted.  The FLY Kits contain materials and resources which were developed based …

Preschool students from Ballard, Rogers Garden Bullock and Sea Breeze Elementary schools attended a Soar in 4 year long family event with their families where they investigated the concept of diversit…

Our early learning teachers had the opportunity to hold family coaching meetings with their classroom families.  Family coaching can help parents produce extraordinary results in their lives by brid…

Our December Soar in 4 Art Night at the South Florida was the debut of our early learning families from Ballard, Rogers Garden Bullock and Sea Breeze Elementary Schools consolidating.  Outback prov…

Learning in very young children takes place through play, the active exploration of their environment and most importantly through interactions with the significant adults in their lives.  Families s…

We Feel Happy! Thank you to our friend Gladys who cut and sewed 190 puppets for our Soar in 4 classrooms. These feeling puppets will be used in our early learning classrooms to help the students ident…