Building Braves Early Learning

Hello Early Learning Families! The last few months we have been busy enjoying a variety of fun programs with our Little Braves and families. We hosted our annual "Read Under the Lights" in October, enjoyed our Braves Full STEAM Ahead Book Club Series, Open Gym sessions, Braves Cooking Club, and a Holiday Book Club!

We are looking forward to all the different events this month as we celebrate the holiday season. We are offering another Braves Cooking Club session and helping the Paradise PTO with their Holiday Shop! We are also so excited for the The Factory's Annual Gingerbread House Extravaganza, Tree Lighting, and Holiday Gift Wrapping Party where we will have our free book table. Families are welcome to choose a new book for each child in their home! Last but not least, we will be hosting our annual "Holly Jolly Holiday Party" at The Factory Ministries Gym!

After the new year, our Early Learning Team will be providing a Winter Book Club Series, My Fabulous Five Senses Open Gym Series, a Valentine's Day Open Gym Party, and Kindergarten Transition events! On behalf of our Early Learning Team, we would like to wish you and your families a happy and healthy holiday season! We are looking forward to seeing you all in the new year!

For more information and to register for programs see below:

Braves Book Club Winter Series will start January 9th. This will be a 5 week club at our Brave Kids Learning Center. The goal of Braves Book Club is to provide our families with new books, activities, songs, fun family friendly recipes, child development information, and enjoy time with other Little Braves and their caregivers.

How will it work?

• You will sign up each child ages 1yr and older for the series through our online registration (note: space is limited so please make sure you only sign up for the dates you will be able to attend.)
• The club will meet for 5 Thursday mornings starting January 9th- February 6th from 10am-11am.
• Book Club will include story time, group craft, song time, and snacks. Each family will receive a copy of the week's book to take home.

To sign up follow the link below:

Located at the Together Community Center, this activity is open to any child of any school district. This is a play and learn program for our young learners and caregivers. The goal of this program is to provide a space for our Little Braves to play, run, sing, participate in group circle time, learn about the five senses, and enjoy a small snack. For our caregivers this is a time to enjoy play with your little ones, meet other caregivers, socialize, learn about child development, and connect and learn about the PV district and community resources.

My Fabulous Five Senses Open Gym will be held on Wednesdays, January 8th-February 5th, 10am-11am.

Note: Pre-registration is not required but you will be asked to complete a Brave Kids Learning Center Program Waiver.

Join us on Wednesday, February 12th from 10am-11am for a special Valentine's Day Party. We will have games, crafts, activities, books, gym toys and snacks! Located at the Together Community Center, this activity is open to any child of any school district.

Note: Pre-registration is not required but you will be asked to complete a Brave Kids Learning Center Program Waiver.

Kindergarten Registration Begins: Week of January 27th

Kick Off to Kindergarten: February 3rd, 5:30pm-7:30pm

STEM Connections: Thursdays, March 6th- March 27th, 5:30pm-7pm. Registration required.

Kindergarten Transition Nights: More details and registration coming soon.

Note: Please follow the links below to sign up:

Is your child entering Kindergarten next year? PV's Early Learning Team offers a variety of resources and activities for our learners and families during this transition year. To stay up to date and have all the information please sign up to be added to our Kindergarten 2025/2026 email list by registering your child for a Kindergarten Readiness Kit!

Pequea Valley School District's Early Learning Program in collaboration with Community Action Partnership is now enrolling for our Home Visiting Program implementing the Parents as Teachers Curriculum.

Parents as Teachers is an evidence-based home visiting model that promotes early development, learning and health of children by supporting and engaging parents and caregivers. Each session will include a parent child activity, child development information, and focus on the overall family well-being.

For more information follow the link below:

PV Early Learning program is committed to welcoming all our newest learners to our community with a Welcome Baby Brave Kit. Kits include a variety of supplies and resources for your infant, along with our program information. If you have an infant and reside in the PV district please complete the form below. We will then contact you to set up a delivery time.

Do you have a child in PV under the age of 5yrs? If so you can enroll in our Imagination Library free monthly book program! Follow link below, complete the form, and one of our Early Learning Team members will contact you.

Looking to freshen up your home library? Stop by the Together Community Center and check out our Braves Book Box. We have a variety of free books for the whole family!

If you are looking for a Pre-K Program this year for your child please follow the link below. If you have any questions please contact us here.

Did you know that you can help support Early Learning Programs at Pequea Valley? We have an online giving option for community members and business to support our programs. For more information follow the link below.

Early Learning Programs

Email: lisa_eckert@pequeavalley.org
Website: pequeavalley.org
Location: 3246 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, PA, USA
Phone: 717-314-2517
Facebook: facebook.com/PVBuildingBraves
Twitter: @PVLiteracy