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Creating lifelong learners throughout Sumner county Futures Unlimited logo

Prenatal to 3rd birthday

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Expectant moms receive personalized prenatal and postnatal information to make their transition into motherhood easier.

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Child & family engagement activities

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Community-based playgroups

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The county's most experienced child development screeners for children ages 0-5

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Ages 3 to 4

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Head Start is offered as full-day. Sped & Pre-K are offered in a half-day format.
Our preschool has expanded--and so has our eligibility! We urge ALL families to see if they qualify.

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Explorative learning to
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Research-based curriculum ties all classroom activities to cognitive outcomes

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School readiness check points to ensure your child is making progress toward their next educational step

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Your county's premier early childhood program

Futures Unlimited, Inc. | 2410 North A Street Wellington, KS 67152 | (620) 326-8906, ext 245

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This institution is an equal opportunity provider

Prenatal Early Head Start:

  • Serves prenatal parents who meet federal guidelines prenatal to birth. After birth, the infant is automatically enrolled in the program until third birthday.
  • Focuses on parenting, fostering attachment, basic care, health, family strengthening, stress reduction and life skills
  • Emphasizes social and emotional development and nurturing self-regulation.
  • The curriculum is called Great Kids, Inc. and provides home visitors with research-informed, strength-based & solution-focused “Home Visit Conversation Guides.”

Birth to Three – Early Head Start

  • Serves infants and toddlers who meet federal guidelines birth to third birthday.
  • Offers research-based learning experiences to maximize growth and development in the home environment.
  • Provides lesson plans covering all learning domains (language, cognitive, physical, social/emotional and approaches to learning) designed around everyday routines and materials in the home.
  • Offers child development playgroup experiences and outings.
  • The curriculum used is from Frog Street and is called Love & Learn. Home visitors work with parents to create rich learning opportunities directly to families in their homes.

Developmental screenings are offered for ages 0-5.

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure. 

To apply, click HERE

Futures Unlimited & USD 353 Pre-K

We believe every part of a child’s day at school is a learning opportunity. The mission of the preschool program is to provide intentionally planned environments that foster a sense of community and a lifelong love of learning.

Futures and Wellington USD 353 work in collaboration to provide preschool program services. We urge all interested families to see if they qualify. 

Futures preschool offers a 5-day/week schedule. Preschool classrooms are located at Futures (Head Start/SPED) and Kennedy Elementary School (Pre-K and At-Risk) in Wellington, Ks.

Head Start serves Sumner County children ages 3-4 who meet eligibility requirements. Pre-k & SPED is offered to Wellington School District children.

Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum
Frog Street is a high-quality, research-based curriculum. The curriculum provides intentional instruction in key areas of development so children can effectively continue on the path to kindergarten readiness. The teachers work in partnership with parents and community partners to support a child’s learning and development.
•  Focuses on key literacy and math skills needed for kindergarten
•  Integrates science, social studies & physical development
•  Includes Conscious Discipline® strategies for social-emotional development

Developmental screenings are offered for ages 0-5.

Have questions? E-mail us! Click here to read news for current preschool families.

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

The birth of a child is one of the most anticipated and anxiety-inducing events in one’s life. Many feel uncertainty because they fear the unknown. Our Early Head Start prenatal services deliver helpful information, in a personalized, comfortable format to quell the fears of even the most uncertain expectant mother.

Growing Great Kids – Prenatal Curriculum

The curriculum provides home visitors with research-informed, strength-based & solution focused “Home Visit Conversation Guides.”

  • Serves prenatal parents who meet federal guidelines prenatal to birth. After birth the infant is automatically enrolled into the program until age three.
  • Focuses on parenting, fostering attachment, basic care, health, family strengthening, stress reduction and life skills
  • Emphasizes social and emotional development and nurturing self-regulation.

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

Family fun is an important component to all our programs ages 0-5. For families enrolled in Early Head Start, home visitors involve families in fun activities to promote their little one’s growth and development. They follow Frog Street’s Love & Learn Curriculum – Birth to Three. For example, early childhood professionals may use a lesson plan that details age-appropriate homemade painting fun with a list of creative painting projects to involve the whole family. Activities may include making the paint, finding and using homemade objects for brushes and completing art projects using finger paint or shaker paint.

Additionally, Early Head Start families are invited to monthly play group experiences and outings in the community including Futures playground, local parks and the Wellington Family Aquatic Center.

 

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

Early Head Start families are invited to monthly play group experiences and outings in the community including local parks, Futures discovery playground and the Wellington Family Aquatic Center. Day-time and evening play groups are offered to suit a family’s schedule and include snacks or meals for the whole family.

For families enrolled in preschool, parents and siblings are encouraged to be part of numerous family events, often involving outdoor fun and food. Family involvement is welcome in all of our programs.

 
Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

Child Check is a free developmental screening for children ages 0-5 to check a child’s learning, speaking, moving, seeing and hearing skills. Checks are completed by early childhood professionals and therapists right here in Wellington.

Since all children develop differently, parents may wonder if their child is on the right track.

If a child needs further evaluation, a referral will be made to the appropriate service.

Child Checks are held regularly at the Futures Unlimited Family Support Center at 15 Industrial Ave, Wellington, KS. See upcoming Child Check dates, click here.

Checks are provided at no cost and by appointment only.

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

Futures Unlimited & USD 353 Pre-K

One of the primary goals is for children to enter kindergarten ready to succeed. Full-day (until 2 pm) and half-day Monday-Friday preschool is available. Specific preschool services—Head Start, special education, At-Risk and Pre-K—are designed to serve the unique needs of the children in our communities and are delivered inclusively.

Futures and Wellington USD 353 work in collaboration to provide preschool program services.  We urge all interested families to see if they qualify. 

Futures preschool offers a 5-day/week schedule. Preschool classrooms are located at Futures (Head Start/SPED) and Kennedy Elementary School (Pre-K and At-Risk) in Wellington.

Head Start serves Sumner County children ages 3-4 who meet eligibility requirements. Pre-k is offered to Wellington School District children with a limited number of slots available to ANY Wellington School District age-eligible child who doesn’t already have a preschool home.

We regularly invite the whole family into the programs we offer to support the family’s well-being through health and safety as well as promote parent leadership and advocacy. This all comes together beautifully to support a child’s development and readiness for school.

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

  The discovery playground at Futures Unlimited, Inc. was built on the “recognition that children grow healthier, wiser, and more content when they are more fully connected throughout their childhood to the natural environment in as many educational and recreational settings as possible. These benefits are long term and significant and contribute to their future wellbeing and the contributions they will make to the world as adults”– Nature Action Collaborative for Children (NACC) at: www.worldforumfoundation.org/nature.

Our playground underwent a significant expansion and now features even more green space and play amenities for children and their families to enjoy! We boast multi-faceted play structures, climbing apparatuses, tricycles with a paved riding track, a basketball court, sand play, outdoor musical instruments, a covered pavillion, and an incredible space to run–giving children a healthy, stimulating, unique outdoor learning experience.

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum

Frog Street is a high-quality, research-based curriculum. The curriculum provides intentional instruction in key areas of development so children can effectively continue on the path to kindergarten readiness. The teachers work in partnership with parents and community partners to support a child’s learning and development.

  • Focuses on key literacy and math skills needed for kindergarten
  • Integrates science, social studies & physical development
  • Includes Conscious Discipline strategies for social emotional development

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

This is such an exciting time of learning for 3-5 year olds. Each day the child builds upon the previous day’s learning. Because a child gains at such a fast rate at this age, we have built in “check points” to measure their progress throughout their year and gauge their school readiness. It’s a great way to measure and share with parents the ways their child has grown during their time at preschool and show how it benefits them as they continue on their journey toward kindergarten.

Have questions? E-mail us!

Click to view our Early Childhood Brochure.

To apply, click HERE

2410 North A Street, Wellington, KS 67152
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