As one of the first ambassadors in the cadre of Vroom Ambassadors for Child Care Aware® of America, the Office of Early Learning (OEL) continues to promote Vroom throughout the state of Florida. Vroom is such a unique resource for families that it is easy to connect Vroom to many other initiatives promoted by our agency and our partners. It has become routine to include links or references to Vroom in many of our projects and plans and to encourage the 30 early learning coalitions within the state to do so. Vroom is routinely referenced in the Family Engagement Plans for the early learning coalitions and included as a staple in presentations and events at conferences and events with partners.
Vroom provides interactive tools and resources that highlight the science behind early brain development, showing parents how they can turn everyday activities like bath time and meal time into opportunities that build their children’s brains. The Vroom Partnership at Child Care Aware® of America is made up of Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies who educate and provide Vroom resources to families, providers, and organizations in their communities so they too understand the importance of brain development during the first five years of life. Learn more about Vroom here.
All of our CCR&R State Network, School Readiness Program and Voluntary Pre-kindergarten Program staff include Vroom and the science behind Vroom in presentations, as well as in guides, calendars for families, and learning resources for families and child care providers. OEL aligned Vroom tips to the new Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards that were adopted in 2018. On OEL’s website, families can access the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards specific to their child’s age and find Vroom tips to use to practice each standard at home.
We include Vroom app information, baby tip cards and the Vroom bookmarks in the mail-outs we send to other organizations requesting materials from OEL.
Vroom is a wonderful resource for families and makes it easy for family members of all generations (Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennia) to use. Vroom is convenient to access from a mobile phone, computer or tablet. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and babysitters can use Vroom tips and feel that they are supporting their grandchild, sibling, cousin, niece or nephew in their learning. Because Vroom has tips that families can use when they are engaged in their everyday routines, parents love the tips to keep their child e
As our Vroom journey continues, it leads us into new areas and partnerships to reach more families in Florida, through partnering with local school districts that have prekindergarten programs, connecting with faith based programs for families and grandparents, and reaching out to additional health care providers. We hope that “each one, teach one” applies to spreading the news about Vroom to more families with young children. The “Vroom orange” and the “Florida orange” make a great pair!