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 Little Sunshine’s Playhouse maintains an identity and brand image of unrivaled distinction in early childhood education. Our facilities serve as a castle for a “Once Upon A Time” experience that enables each child to develop their imagination. We use industry-leading technology in our programs to provide exclusive services such as our Kiddie Cams™ and LuvNotes™.

At Advantage Tutoring, we provide academic support for students both in our office and in your home.  Our tutors are partnered with students based upon personalities, learning/teaching styles, subject expertise, and schedules.  We offer individual and small group preparation for the HSPT, ACT, and the SAT.  Students are equipped with proven strategies on how to successfully approach any test by accurately identifying their strengths, weaknesses, and test taking style.  Additionally, we offer customizeable homeschool programs.  Advantage Tutoring can provide personally designed, state-standard aligned curriculum in all subject areas as well as tutors who are knowledgeable in required courses for students attending K-12th grade online schools.

Discover the possibilities at St. Francis Xavier Jesuit Elementary School! St. Francis Xavier is the only Jesuit Catholic parish elementary school in Arizona.  St. Francis Xavier has  Preschool (3’s) through 8th grade  As a Jesuit school celebrating nearly 80 years, we are also enjoying a newly constructed, state of the art campus.

As a Jesuit Catholic School we bring a strong sense of mission into every aspect of our school community, including everyday practices and decision-making. After 8 decades in Phoenix, many of our families have attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School generation after generation. From our Pledge and Prayer in the courtyard every morning through our aftercare each afternoon, your child will be steeped in a sense of family and connection with students, teachers and staff.

Our curriculum and instruction are aligned with diocesan standards including the Superkids Reading Program and Eureka Math for Preschool – 2nd grade. (Happily Ever After is introduced to Preschool students as precursor to the language arts program). Specials for  all students include Spanish, Art, Music and PE.

Beyond our talented and dedicated teaching staff, St. Francis Xavier Jesuit Elementary School has instructional aides and a reading specialist in Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade classrooms, along with a licensed counselor, school nurse, librarian, technology coordinator and math coordinator.

St. Francis Xavier Jesuit Elementary School offers an aftercare program that is child centered providing students the opportunity to play, complete homework and participate in activities all within an age appropriate enrichment.

To schedule a tour of our campus please visit our website at school.sfxphx.org.

The philosophy at Temple Kol Ami’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) is to foster each child’s intellectual, physical, emotional and language development in an environment that’s safe, nurturing and challenging while being sensitive to the needs and preferences of families. Infants through pre-Kindergarten learn to grow and develop a positive self-image and strong sense of Jewish identity using a developmentally age appropriate curriculum that integrates Judaic and secular materials.
The ECC is a play-based school where children learn by engaging in a variety of hands-on, multi-sensory experiences that interest and challenge them. Children begin to develop communication and language skills while learning to be sensitive to the needs and feelings of themselves and others.

The core curriculum includes Art, Body Movement, Hebrew, Music, Literacy Links, Science and Spanish. The campus includes a dedicated science classroom where students get up-close-and-personal with insects, two beautiful playgrounds, and a one-of-a-kind splashpad. Convenient before and aftercare programs are also available with elective enrichment classes like Drama, Language Lovers, Science Club, Tennis and more.

Classes are taught by highly-qualified educators, and student-to-teacher ratios are small. There are typically 2 teachers to 12 students in each classroom. In infant rooms, the ratio is even smaller: 9 students to 2 teachers.

The ECC also offers a weekly Mommy & Me program for moms and children ages Infant to 24 months. This teacher-led class is a great first step to help children socialize and prepare for preschool.

“I want all of our students to develop healthy self-esteem, critical independent thinking skills and, most of all, a lifelong love of learning—because when they have that, they go on to do extraordinary things,” says Debbie Glassman, ECC Director.

The mission of Ben’s Bells is to inspire, educate, and motivate people to realize the impact of intentional kindness, and to empower individuals to act according to that awareness, thereby strengthening ourselves, our relationships and our communities. Ben’s Bells Project was founded in 2003 after the sudden death of Jeannette Maré’s two-year-old son, Ben. The simple, everyday acts of kindness following his death helped Maré survive and begin to heal. She was inspired to establish Ben’s Bells Project as a way to recognize and continue the kindness shown to her. On the first anniversary of Ben’s death, four hundred bells were hung in public places for strangers to find. Today volunteers are invited to come to our studios to help create Ben’s Bells which are then hung throughout the community. To date, more than 58,000 bells have been hung in Tucson and beyond. In addition to bell distributions, Ben’s Bells Project provides kindness education programming for more than 124 schools, organizations, and businesses. For more information about Ben’s Bells: bensbells.org.

The Ben’s Bells Phoenix studio opened in 2015 and is located in downtown Phoenix in the heart of the Roosevelt Row Arts District. The studio is open weekly for people to participate in the project of making Ben’s Bells, and bells are distributed Valley-wide. Phoenix now has over 10 Kind Campus schools and provides programming and events throughout the community.

Be a host family for a high school exchange student!  Short term and full year students are available from 60 different countries.  Student arrive speaking English and with medical insurance.  You can be a single or empty nester also.  Share you life to change another, host an exchange student with Greenheart Exchange!

Known for its classical liberal arts philosophy, rigorous curriculum, and small class sizes, Candeo Schools has been consistently ranked in Arizona’s top schools since its inception in 2008. The complexity and rigor of their curriculum naturally increases each year in order to properly prepare motivated students for the top preparatory high schools and universities in the nation.

Candeo Schools’ mission is to grow wisdom and virtue for a life well lived through rigorous knowledge-based schooling in the classical liberal arts. At Candeo, who students become as a result of what they learn is just as important as what they know.

Would you like your child or teen get a few helpful and fun-filled lessons in manners and proper etiquette?

As much as you try teaching manners and proper etiquette at home, sometimes children just need to listen and learn from another adult. SueAnn Brown, a certified etiquette instructor and owner of It’s All About Etiquette, offers the following Online and In Person courses…

• Summer Etiquette Camps in June and July
• E for Etiquette  ages 6-8
• Etiquette for Young Ladies and Young Men ages 9-12
• Essential Etiquette for Teens ages 13-18.

Students will learn the following: Proper dining skills, how to set a table, having proper eye contact, shaking hands, phone etiquette, proper introductions, how to write thank-you notes, the importance of having good hygiene, and many more valuable life lessons. Your child will be amazed at how much FUN learning about manners and proper etiquette can be!  For more information please visit our website http://www.itsallaboutetiquette.com

Hello Everyone! The Queen of the Sciences Lab is offering families to participate in a short, fun research study online via Zoom and earn a $15 Amazon gift card.
We’re looking for students who were in 6th or 8th grade in the past year (2020-2021).
If you’re interested or would like more information please contact us at 850-644-2024, or email qotslab.psy.fsu.edu with your contact information and your availability.
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We are a LIVE virtual program working to meet the needs of families with children ages 0-5 years. You can explore our classes with our VESS Curriculum – approved by the Florida School Readiness Program and recognized worldwide for its evidence-based approach to the development of the whole child.  Our online program provides children 0-5 years old with the richest and most wholesome early learning experience at home. Our professional educators have developed a complete experience-based program that targets all academic areas to get children feeling ready and excited about kindergarten, while having in mind that life goes way beyond academics and should also nurture life-long love for learning, independence and an array of Thinking Skills. Literacy, math and science, are all targeted. We are confident that children learn best through fun, hands-on, minds-on exploration, novelty, collaboration, bonding and connection to real life. These concepts are core to any of our classes. Concept Maps, Graphs, Visible Thinking and other brain-based teaching strategies are utilized to help children truly learn and develop their young minds. Our virtual preschool program fits any family’s schedule, needs and interests.  The goal of our program is to promote literacy, mathematical and scientific skills in an engaging hands-on, minds-on format that excites children about learning, getting them ready to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. Children 3-5 years explore academic concepts hands-on and minds-on through cooking, engineering, performing science experiments and exploring books together, allowing them to experience how these concepts work in real life. Our teachers provide a wholesome learning experience that prepares children academically while also developing critical Thinking Skills: a problem solving mindset, creativity and innovation, analytical skills, a love for learning, social skills, and independence. Our complete program provides approximately 2 daily hours of live class time in small groups of 11 children divided by age. All classes are offered in 3 different schedules daily.  Younger children are offered shorter class times to fit their levels of readiness and interest, all the while including all of these concepts.  We currently offer a 2 week free trial. 

CIMA Law Group is a top law firm in Phoenix. Since 2013, we have provided honest legal representation for thousands of clients across Arizona. Our expert attorneys help you and your family through any legal matter. We give you the personal attention you deserve and work hard to win your case.

CIMA Law Group represents individuals, corporations, non-profits, and other institutions. Our staff is bilingual in English &Spanish. We specialize in Immigration, Criminal Defense, and Personal injury cases. Our Government Relations department specializes in matters involving federal, state, and local government agencies.

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Fun Summer Enrichment Ideas & Activities for kids!
Help introduce your child to the science behind sports. Here are some exciting, fun ways to entertain your child during summer break as an alternative to video games: https://stemsports.com/summer-enrichment-ideas-activities/