{"id":9,"date":"2026-02-05T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/our-saviors-christian-vpk-program\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:54:52","slug":"our-saviors-christian-vpk-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/our-saviors-christian-vpk-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Savior&#8217;s Christian VPK Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111c8aea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"111c8aea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5654e21b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5654e21b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have a young child and live in Florida, you\u2019ve likely heard of VPK or seen it advertised at early childhood centers. I know I\u2019ve seen the slogan \u201cFree VPK\u201d on school billboards. But unless you pull over or look it up, you\u2019re probably wondering, what is VPK? VPK stands for Voluntary Prekindergarten, and it\u2019s a free program for 4 and 5-year-olds who live in Florida! Our Savior has an amazing faith-based program for VPK!<\/p><p><strong>Why is VPK Important?<\/strong><br \/>That\u2019s a fair question! Research shows that the most important growth and development in the brain occurs by the age of 5. In fact, in the first few years of life, more than one million new neural connections form every second! Structured early learning helps foster a child\u2019s ability to follow directions, develop better language and reading skills, score higher on school-readiness tests, and have better social skills once they enter kindergarten. Plus, VPK can help promote a love of lifelong learning!<\/p><p><strong>Enhancing Learning at Home<\/strong><br \/>Remember, you are your child\u2019s first teacher. This principle has been drilled into my brain ever since I became a parent myself. VPK enhances what a child learns at home. VPK classrooms are equipped with a developmentally appropriate curriculum, manageable class sizes, and qualified teachers to help ensure your child is successful in school and life.<\/p><p><strong>Our VPK Program<\/strong><br \/>Our VPK celebrates faith through music, prayer, and Bible lessons. The program also focuses on building healthy habits (important hygiene routines such as brushing teeth and washing hands); early literacy skills (learning how to identify words and write letters); mathematical and scientific thinking (learning outdoors in nature, introduction to STEM principles); social studies and art (identifying different family members and peers, crafting, and dance); and motor development (participating in active group activities).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the benefits of Our Savior&#8217;s Christian faith-based VPK program in Florida. Learn how structured early learning enhances development, prepares children for kindergarten, and fosters lifelong learning through music, prayer, and engaging activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging2.oslplantation.school\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}