Florida Center for Early Childhood- Starfish Academy

The Florida Center for Early Childhood is a nationally accredited nonprofit organization providing an array of comprehensive therapeutic services, clinical interventions, prevention and early education programming for children and families.

The Florida Center’s Early Childhood Education Program, the Starfish Academy, is a nationally accredited inclusion program serving children 18 months to five years old.

Our faculty of highly trained and nurturing educators focus on teaching important pre-K skills for kindergarten preparation and beyond in the areas of language and early literacy, self-help, social-emotional learning, cognition and physical development.

The Starfish Academy incorporates music, art and drama into our education based program to encourage growth for the "whole child." In 2013, the Starfish Academy added the MindUP™ curriculum to support social and emotional learning skills.

The Starfish Academy's classrooms are designed to meet the needs of both typically developing children and children needing additional supports. We do this by providing developmentally appropriate curriculum, experiences and activities, as well as individualized, onsite therapy services such as Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Therapy.

The Starfish Academy offers voluntary prekindergarten (VPK) programming. VPK is a FREE prekindergarten program for all 4-year-olds on or before September 1 of the program year who reside in Florida.

Locations:
4620 17th Street
Sarasota, FL 34235
(941) 371-8820 x1019

6929 Outreach Way
North Port, Fl 34287
(941) 371-8820 x1912