Preschool

• Dept of Children and Families (DCF)
• Provider search  - Laws and requirements, Training, Director Credential and Gold Seal Info. 
• FL Department of Education Office of Early Learning - Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Resources, Curriculum, Performance standards for VPK, Training, Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener      (FLKRS).
• VPK Readiness Rate  - This site allows the public to access and compare the readiness rate of providers in their area.
• Children’s Forum - Florida TEACH scholarships, WAGES, E-newsletter, resources, and publications.
• Florida Kid Care - Health insurance for children from birth to 18 based on family income.
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education  - All States licensing regulations, parent guide to choosing child care, A-Z child care info links, safety resource guides for out-of-home care.
• National Association for Family Child Care  - NAFCC sponsors the only nationally recognized accreditation system, designed specifically for family child care providers.
• Child Care Aware  - How to find child care from your local Resource and Referral (RR) and Military Child Care help.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children  - The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children.
• FL Association for the Education of Young Children  - The mission is to support early childhood professionals by providing leadership, advocacy, and professional development opportunities.
• Pathfinders Unlimited, Inc. - Owners of the nationally recognized Second Helping and Cuatro Pasos Training (Spanish version of Second Helping), including the accompanying Train-the-Trainer program. Additionally, we administer the Master Provider Credential program and publish Getting It Right the First Time! Leadership series.
• National Providers Appreciation Day -  Provider Appreciation Day is a special day to recognize child care providers, teachers and other educators of young children everywhere.
• Redleaf Press - Redleaf Press is a leading nonprofit publisher of exceptional curriculum, management, and business resources for early childhood professionals.
• Council for Professional Recognition & CDA  - The Council administers the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program.
• Child Development Education Alliance - A professional early childhood organization offers educational equivalencies to the National CDA.
• Dr. Becky Bailey’s Loving Guidance - Conscious Discipline® has been specifically designed to make changes in the lives of adults first. The adults, in turn, change the lives of children.
• Lisa Murphy’s Ooey Gooey  - Supports the creation of child-centered environments where children are actively engaged in real, meaningful experiences.
• Early Explorations by Jeff Johnson - Our primary focus is the promotion of child-directed and developmentally appropriate play in healthy emotional environments during the early years of life.
• Boca Beth - Beth Butler's bilingual products have won several Parent Awards and have been listed on the US Department of Education's linked site Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) as a great resource for helping young children learn a second language - Spanish.
• Patricia Dischler - Teaching the 3C's: Creativity, Curiosity and Courtesy - Activities that Build a Foundation for Success.  Patricia Dischler is a former family child care provider who writes books for providers.  

Our Teachers play a very important role in your child's early education and In our opinion, there is no job better than teaching! Each day is different, and children are a constant source of amazement. They are fun to work with, and watching them learn and grow is extremely rewarding. Each one of our teachers have chosen this distinguished profession because they truly love children and our program enables them to inspire, influence, inform and educate the children in their care. It takes a very special person to teach young children and we encourage you to read more about our wonderful and talented staff.

VPK stands for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.

If you live in Florida, and your child turns 4 years of age by September 1, your child is eligible to participate in Florida's FREE 540 hours of Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) education program.

Our Creative Curriculum focuses on reading, writing and social skills. It prepares children to be ready for Kindergarten.

Our VPK instructors have a minimum of a Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate and have specialized training in the Florida VPK program.

Ratios are 1 instructors to 10 children and no classroom exceeds 20 children

IBK Preschool’s Tamarac 2017-2018 VPK program starts August 21st and will end on April 6th to accommodate our Kindergarten Readiness Camp.  We offer 3.75 hour VPK sessions (Times to be announced) that meet the VPK's 540-hour requirement.  The instructional hours are paid by the VPK program and are free to the parent. In order to accommodate your work schedule, we offer extended care hours for our VPK students, to include breakfast, lunch and snack at a rate of $110 per week.

IBK Preschool’s Fort Lauderdale 2017-2018 VPK program is structured to closely follow the Broward County Public School calendar. We offer 3.75 hour VPK sessions (Times to be announced).  The 3.75 hour sessions run through April 20 and meet the VPK’s 540-hour requirement. The 3.75 instructional hours are paid by the VPK program and are free to the parent. In order to accommodate your work schedule, we offer extended care hours at a rate of $110 per week.

On non-VPK days, the rate remains the same at $110 per week.

To get more information about enrolling in the VPK program click here.  If you are interested in our VPK externded care program, please Contact Us.

IBK Preschool has installed a state of the art security camera system for our families. The facility’s cameras allow you to watch live video of your child learning, playing, and interacting with other children while in our care. Cameras are located in all indoor and outdoor play areas and video is available to enrolled parents as a live feed to help make your day a little brighter. For an additional fee of $5 per week, you may request your username and password by completing our camera authorization form which may be obtained from the Front Desk. Submit the completed, signed authorization form and once approved, your usernames and passwords will be activated.

You may access our live video feed by logging into our site below.

*You must have login credentials to access our live video feed.  Please Contact Us  if you need a reset on your username and password