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[PRESS RELEASE] Landon Homes Provides Book Donations to Promote Early Literacy

by Amy Lyn | May 4, 2015 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Events, Families & Parenting

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., April 29, 2015- At a luncheon held on April 27, 2015, home-builder Landon Homes presented the Early Learning Coalition of North Florida (ELC) with more than 150 children’s books to help promote early literacy. The luncheon was hosted by Landon...

[PRESS RELEASE] Successful Reading Program Seeks Volunteers in Clay County

by Amy Lyn | Aug 18, 2014 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, ELC Leadership, Events, Families & Parenting, Press Release

ORANGE PARK, Fla., August 18, 2014 – The Early Learning Coalition of North Florida (ELC) is expanding its volunteer reading program into Clay County and is currently seeking volunteer Reading Pals. Reading Pals go into local child-care centers and VPK classrooms...

[Press Release] Free Family Concert Featuring Jack Hartmann

by Amy Lyn | Sep 1, 2012 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Events, Families & Parenting, Press Release

  PALATKA, Fla., September 12, 2012 — The Early Learning Coalition (ELC) is sponsoring a free community concert on Saturday, September 22, 2012. The concert will feature children’s singer Jack Hartmann, with special guest Elmo from Sesame Street. Hartmann...

Winnie the Pooh Visits kids from Sea Side School

by Amy Lyn | Feb 24, 2012 | Events

Winnie the Pooh visited kids from Sea Side School in St. Augustine on January 31, 2012.
NEWS RELEASE: Clifford the Big Red Dog Brings Christmas to 600 Local Children

NEWS RELEASE: Clifford the Big Red Dog Brings Christmas to 600 Local Children

by Amy Lyn | Dec 8, 2011 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Events, Families & Parenting, Press Release, Volunteers

  Clifford the Big Red Dog and volunteer Murrell Weissinger delivered books to 20 children at Little Tots Child Care Center in St. Augustine, Dec. 6, 2011. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – PUTNAM AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, Fla., Dec. 8, 2011 – More than 600 local 3-year-olds...

Photo Albums: Your Family’s Story Waiting to be Told

by Amy Lyn | Jan 5, 2011 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Events, Families & Parenting

There may not be words printed beneath each photograph, but chances are, you know a story you can pass along to your child: the trip to Chicago in that old Plymouth Dart, the Christmas you had an emergency appendectomy, fishing in Nana’s lake. Research has shown that...
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