CHILD Center for Early Learning

08/28/2026

Family game night was a huge success! Thanks to all of our families that came out and joined in the fun! For those of you that weren’t with us tonight, or even those of you that were, here are some fun games you can play with your child at home as well! 

08/26/2026

🎓🌟 We’re so proud to share that our school was recognized by the Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County as an Excellent VPK provider for the 2025–2026 school year!

🎓🌟 Excellence in early learning deserves to be celebrated!

The Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County proudly congratulates 24 of our contracted VPK providers for earning the Florida Department of Education’s highest VPK performance designation: “Excellent” for the 2025–2026 school year!

Please join us in celebrating:

🎓 Micanopy Area Cooperative School, Inc.
🎓 Baby Gator Child Development & Research Center at UF at Newell Drive
🎓 Holy Trinity Episcopal School
🎓 St. Patrick Interparish School
🎓 Wiles Elementary School
🎓 First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville, Inc.
🎓 Rising Star Educational Academy #1
🎓 Angel’s Christian Academy LLC
🎓 Newberry Elementary School
🎓 The Oak Tree Christian Academy (South)
🎓 Pumpkin Patch Child Care Inc.
🎓 Terwilliger Elementary School
🎓 Bhaktivedanta Academy
🎓 O2B Kids College 4
🎓 Gainesville Country Day School
🎓 Talbot Elementary School
🎓 Child Center for Early Learning
🎓 High-Class Educated Role Models Academy, LLC
🎓 Little Angels Child Care & Learning Center
🎓 Open Arms Child Development Center
🎓 Sonshine Day Preschool
🎓 The Oak Tree Christian Academy (North)
🎓 Gainesville Empowerment Zone Family Learning Center
🎓 Oh To Be Kids

The Florida Department of Education assigns annual designations based on performance metrics that measure the quality of teacher-child interactions and student learning gains. Providers earning scores from 61–100 receive the distinguished “Excellent” designation.

We are incredibly proud of these providers and their commitment to delivering high-quality early-learning experiences for Alachua County’s youngest learners. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! 💜💚💛

Micanopy Area Cooperative School UF Early Childhood Collaboratory Alachua County Public Schools: Pre-Kindergarten Programs HER Academy - High Class Educated Role Models Academy Open Arms Child Development Center St. Patrick Interparish School Pumpkin Patch Child Care & Learning Center Bhaktivedanta AcademyO2B Kids Midtown

08/26/2026

Hope you and your family can join us for this fun event! There will be pizza and fruit for dinner so you won’t have to cook! Join us for some family bonding and learn a few fun new games you can play with your child at home. 

08/25/2026

Yesterday, our little Seniors had fun learning all about the 5 Senses! 👀👂👃👅🖐️ They explored how we see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. After learning, they got their morning exercises in and started the day moving and grooving! 💪🏽🎶💙🧡

08/21/2026

✨ Shape, Creativity & Movement! 🎶
Our Seniors had so much fun learning about the hexagon, our shape of the month! They used popsicle sticks to create their very own hexagons and then danced the fun away during Music & Movement with colorful streamers! 🎶💃🕺

08/21/2026

🌱 Our Juniors Are Growing! 🌱
Our Juniors are learning all about the life cycle of a plant! 🌿 Today, they started their very own bean-in-a-bag experiment using ziplock bags to watch their beans sprout and grow. 🫘💧☀️
We can’t wait to see what happens! 🌱👀

08/20/2026

Here’s a few of our little Freshman & Sophomore classes having so much fun! 🎶💃🏽From music & movement indoors to exploring the great outdoors, our little learners are busy learning, moving, and making memories! 💙🧡✨

08/18/2026

What a GREAT week for our Seniors! They were learning, growing, creating, and having a whole lot of fun along the way! 🖍️📚✨

08/18/2026

Our Juniors had an AMAZING week! They learned, explored, played, and showed us just how much fun learning can be! 🎉📚💙

08/18/2026

The Sophomores had a SUPER successful week! Lots of learning, laughter, creativity, and fun filled their days! 📚✨🧡