Pre-school child development program with the goal of offering a wide range of social and educational experiences to children and families which help prepare children for a successful transition into kindergarten. Center-based and home programs available.

Chemung County School Readiness Project is an initiative to ensure that children arrive at school socially, cognitively, physically and emotionally ready to learn. CIDS provides face to face services to the families of infants and preschoolers, provides child development screening until child enters school, makes in person or virtual visits to support the health and welfare of child and families. Provides both skill-building parent education curricula.

Provides a culturally responsive learning environment with dual-language for children from birth to 5 years and their parents/caregivers. Learning activities take place at learning centers, in the community, and in the home.

Provides a culturally responsive learning environment with dual-language for children from birth to 5 years and their parents/caregivers. Learning activities take place at learning centers, in the community, and in the home.

Provides specialized meditation for disputes that include students with disabilities, parents/guardians of children who are receiving early childhood intervention services, agricultural mediation, and conflict coaching to assist individuals with one-on-one strategizing for conflict resolution.

Provides a pre-school program for children from birth up to 5 years old to promote social, emotional, language, communication, literally, motor, physical, and other development areas.

Chemung County School Readiness Project is an initiative to ensure that children arrive at school socially, cognitively, physically and emotionally ready to learn. CIDS provides face to face services to the families of infants and preschoolers, provides child development screening until child enters school, makes in person or virtual visits to support the health and welfare of child and families. Provides both skill-building parent education curricula.

Provides early childhood education and family support services to children and families. The program goal is to offer a wide range of social and educational experiences to help prepare children and families for a successful transition into kindergarten. Services also include nutritious meals, health screenings and services for children with disabilities. Limited transportation is available to participants of the Friendship and Wellsville centers. Children and families enrolled in the home based option receive education and family services during their weekly home visit, each lasting 1.5 hours each week.

Provides an early education setting for youth 18 months to 5 years as well as a Universal Pre-Kindergarten. Offers early literacy, math, and social skills to assist with future enrollment into kindergarten.

Provides a culturally responsive learning environment with dual-language for children from birth to 5 years and their parents/caregivers. Learning activities take place at learning centers, in the community, and in the home.

Provides specialized meditation for disputes that include students with disabilities, parents/guardians of children who are receiving early childhood intervention services, agricultural mediation, and conflict coaching to assist individuals with one-on-one strategizing for conflict resolution.

Offers several classes which are age-specific, The 2's program, 3-4's program and Kindergarten ready program. The cirruculum for each focuses on the needs and development of each specific age group and activities to booster mental, social, physical and intellectual growth.

An intensive school-readiness home visitation program for toddlers and parents. Trained Early Learning Specialists visit families in their homes for one half-hour twice a week for a minimum of 23 weeks, for up to two program years. The Early Learning Specialist bring educational books and toys, which are used to develop early literacy and school readiness skills, increase the parent-child verbal interaction, model positive parenting, and promote pro-social behaviors. Learning materials gifted to the family serve the additional purpose of creating an educational environment in the home that generalizes to other siblings and serves as a bridge to starting school.

Provides Head Start and child care opportunities for children ages 6 months to 5 years.

Provides an in-home school readiness program with twice weekly visits with the family, bringing a new book or toy for the child to keep and model for the parents' fun ways to help their child learn through play.

Focuses on building relationships with families to support parents in realizing their role as their children's first and most important teacher and the positive impact they will have on their child's academic success. Early literacy, math, cognitive, and social-emotional skills are developed in an effort to decrease the preparation/achievement gap for children living in poverty and to start them on the path to school success.

Offers a Pre-Kindergarten program for 4 year olds eligible for kindergarten the following September in either Connetquot or Middle Country School Districts. Connetquot offers a half day comprehensive early childhood education program. Middle County offers a 6.5 hour day. Activities promote social, emotional, physical and cognitive development. Call for more information.

Offers a program designed to promote the development of educationally at-risk pre-school children, ParentChild+ sends trained home visitors into participants’ homes to help parents become their children’s first teacher and make home their first classroom. Home visitors teach parents to increase children’s vocabulary through conversation, reading together, and play. They also assist children to develop pre-literacy skills so they will be on a par with their peers when they enter Pre-K. Developmentally appropriate books and toys are used to foster language development and pre-literacy skills. Children of families that participate in this two-year program begin their formal school experiences with a vocabulary that is on a par with children from “middle income” families. Research shows ParentChild+ children continue to achieve academically at the same level or better through the 4th- and 8th-grade standardized tests. Call for more detailed information.

This series is designed to assist parents of toddlers and preschoolers understand and help develop the skills. It includes interactive early literacy and numeracy activities, discussions about appropriate media usage and an exploration of the importance of play.

Provides an 8 week, 1 hour per week separation class for children 2 years and up to help ease a young child into a preschool setting. During the program, children can be with their parents and parents can see their children when they want or need to.

Provides an early childhood/parent education program with home visits twice a week designed to support school readiness and build parenting skills for children ranging from 16 months to 4 years.

Provides help to parents preparing young children for school, through various programs where both can participate in fun and educational activities.

Provides an early childhood/parent education program with home visits twice a week designed to support school readiness and build parenting skills for children ranging from 16 months to 4 years.

Provides Head Start and child care opportunities for children ages 6 months to 5 years.

Offers integrated services to prepare young children for successful learning through four critical services areas including nursing home visits, early care and education, parent education and healthcare. Programming is offered through a collaborative effort of many agencies throughout the county.