Learn Early
Our Focus
A Strong Start for Little Learners
From birth to age 5 is the most rapid growth period in children. In these 5 years, kids establish their foundation for all future learning. It is essential that children and their families are supported during this crucial time. To help, we’ve teamed up with proven solutions, like Healthy Families, which provides in-home support for new mothers, and offer activities the whole family can engage in to ensure our early learners are prepared for success in school.
- Home Visitation
- Parents as Teachers
- SPARK Early Learning Professional Development
- Learn Early Events & Activities
Home Visitation
Through our partnership with Healthy Families aT Healthnet, we're providing home visitation services for families with children from birth through 3 years old.
Partner
Parents As Teachers
Parents as Teachers (PAT) focuses on increasing a parent’s knowledge of early childhood development, improving parenting practices, and providing early detection of developmental delays and health issues.
Services are centered around four key components: personal visits, group connections, child screenings, and access to a resource network, all designed to support families and ensure children’s success. PAT also works to prevent child abuse and neglect and enhance children’s school readiness by providing home visits for families with children before birth through kindergarten.
Partner
SPARK Early Learning Professional Development
The IndyEast Promise Neighborhood teamed up with SPARK Learning Lab to provide neighborhood early learning providers with training, coaching, resources, and more!
Having quality options for childcare in your neighborhood is essential for preparing little learners for kindergarten. The IndyEast Promise Neighborhood teamed up with SPARK Learning Lab and their All Our Kin Business Series. This Series is specifically for Family Child Care Home providers to help boost their business with essential skills in marketing, contract writing, financial management, risk management, and effective communication.
Local family childcare providers went through a 7-week program to strengthen their child care business. Upon completing the training, providers received a free laptop, printer, and marketing tools, including refreshed logos, flyers and business cards. Additionally, graduates have access to ongoing support from the IEPN Early Childhood Engagement Specialists at Edna Martin Christian Center (EMCC) and John Boner Neighborhood Center (JBNC).
Do you own an in-home child care and are interested in participating in SPARK? Click the button to learn more.
Partner
Previous SPARK Participants
- Many Mini Miracles Childcare
- God’s Little Angels Childcare
- Edna Martin
- Mary’s Little Lambs Day Care
- Early Childhood Business
- Autumn’s Playhouse
- Many Miracles Childcare & Preschool 1
- Littl3 An63lz Early Learning
- Aunty Sharon’s Childcare
Learn Early Achievement Project (LEAP)
The Learn Early Achievement Project (LEAP) Initiative was designed to create a sustainable and stable early childcare system in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.
This project is focused on continuous quality improvement and monthly collaboration amongst Family Home Providers, as well as providing 30 families with access to affordable, high-quality early childhood education, fostering a brighter future for the community’s youngest members.
Partner Providers: Rita Ann’s Early Learning Academy, Kiddo’s Child Care, Mary’s Little Lambs Daycare, Auntie Karen’s Kids, Lulu’s Learning Lab, God’s Little Angels
Organizations
Early Learning Activities and Events
Throughout the year, our lead partners, John Boner Neighborhood Centers and Edna Martin Christian Center, organize events and activities for parents of young children.
Events include community baby showers, kids kitchen, arts and crafts and parent cafes. Perfect for children ages birth through 5 years old and their caretakers these events provide educational activities and connection to other caretakers.
View Upcoming Events
All the upcoming activities geared specifically to families with young children, ages birth to 5 years old.
Monthly Activities
Each month, access to interactive activities for focusing on developmentally appropriate skills.
