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Addison Partners for Play, Learning, & Education

Addison Partners for Play, Learning and Education (APPLE) is a partnership group of: 

  • Child healthcare and social service providers,
  • Preschool programs, childcare centers, and schools,
  • Family home childcare providers,
  • Addison Library and Addison community-based organizations.

Mission Statement

APPLE's mission is to partner with Addison families so that children and families learn, grow and succeed. We serve families as an early learning community resource hub and connector. We create a linked, unified system of supports for families with young children so that community resources for children are well-known, accessible and easy to use.

 

 

Why:

  • From birth to age 5, 90% of brain development occurs.
  • Early cognitive and social-emotional skills form a foundation for complex skill development.
  • Research shows that high-quality early childhood care and education usually benefits children with:
    • Improved social skills, 
    • Enhanced attention spans and fewer behavioral problems, 
    • Less or no need for special education instruction in subsequent school years,
    • Higher rates of high school graduation and college attendance, and
    • Higher levels of employment and income as adults

How:

  • Promote protective factors including parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of child development, and social and emotional learning for children.
  • We promote developmental screening for all children, aged birth to five.
  • We increase professional and community knowledge of child development.
  • We connect families to services including developmental screening, early intervention, preschool, childcare, medical and dental services, early literacy programs at the library, among other family and child supports.

 

  • teacher helping student at her desk
  • ballerinas are throwing their ballet shoes in the air
  • Happy girl in sportswear resting on ground looking at camera while other girls sitting behind her enjoying talk
  • Auto mechanic working in garage
  • Schoolchildren reading in the library
  • teacher and schoolgirl using digital tablet in the classroom

Upcoming Community Events

Early Childhood Resources

Community Partner Resources

Our Funders

  • ASD4
  • Birth to Five
  • Metropolitan Family Services
  • DuPage Foundation Bright and Early

Contact Us

If you are interested in resources for your child or family, or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to:

 

Maureen Reedy, APPLE Project Director, reedym@metrofamily.org, 773-343-2706 (English)

OR

Rosie Galvez, APPLE Family Advocate, galvezr@metrofamily.org, 773-718-6069 (Spanish or English)