Empowering children and families to achieve a healthy, optimal and independent lifestyle.
Memphis, TN
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@porterleath preschoolers have been working on pattern recognition this week.
Recognizing patterns in shapes, sounds, and colors lays the groundwork for understanding math concepts, counting, and spotting letter/word relationships in reading! 📚🔢
Students, parents and teachers at Porter-Leath Early Childhood Center | Manassas saluted Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a breast cancer walk. What a great way to raise awareness and show support for those affected by the disease.
#HotJob Alert Do you have a passion for ensuring our youngest students are ready for kindergarten? Would you like to work with a dynamic team of professionals? Apply to be a Head Start Teacher Assistant. CDA Certification with Infant Toddler Endorsement is required.
At @porterleath, food service workers play an important role in preparing meals for our students so that they are fueled for learning!
If this sounds like you, check out the full description at porterleath.org/careers.
@PorterLeath teachers make numbers and math tangible concepts waiting to be explored! 🎨🐛✨
By blending **art, tactile discovery, and playful problem-solving**, children build deep neural connections that make math intuitive and engaging.
Our interactive "math caterpillar" turns counting into a game of discovery. Lifting the number flap to reveal the matching dots inside reinforces one-to-one correspondence through visual curiosity.
When we integrate creative arts and hands-on visuals into STEM learning, children don't just memorize numbers—they **understand** them. 🧠💡
#PreschoolMath #EarlyChildhoodEducation #InterdisciplinaryLearning #HeadStartAwarenessMonth #HandsOnLearning #MultisensoryMath
What is life like at @porterleath?
We’ve hosted open houses, celebrated 901 Day, honored community heros, invited volunteers to play, showed our grandparents what we are learning, provided CPR training for foster care parents and, of course, grown our brains and friendships.
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#HeadStart's voice belongs on Capitol Hill!
From every corner of the country, this community has come together to protect the future of Head Start for children and families.
#StandForHeadStart #FLI26 #EarlyChildhood
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We’re continuing to spotlight poverty-fighting organizations creating stronger outcomes for Memphians!
Today, we’re highlighting Porter-Leath and their work helping children and families build the foundation for healthy, independent lives.
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And the legacy continues. 💗
From Books from Birth becoming part of @PorterLeath to today’s Give Like Dolly initiative, Dolly’s commitment to literacy continues to reach Shelby County children.
We will always love her. 💕 #OneShelby
3 ways you can”Give Like Dolly” & turn your love for literacy into action, just as Dolly did throughout her life.
The date, 9/25, gives us a simple way to honor Dolly's legacy by giving $9.25 a month for little readers.
Give at porterleath.org/dolly or text DOLLYP to 50155.
Order your Dolly Parton Tennessee license plate. $15 of each plate will be donated to your local Imagination Library here at @PorterLeath! See the county clerk's office to purchase your plate.
Tag us @porterleath in your Dolly Day celebration. Show us how you are celebrating.
We will miss our beloved Tennessee friend and namesake of the Imagination Library, Dolly will live on through the books shared by Shelby County families! The Dollywood Foundation has officially dubbed today as "Give Like Dolly Day."
To kick off today, here is an abridged message recorded in 2019 by Dolly for Shelby County.
The date, 9/25, gives us a simple way to honor Dolly's legacy by giving $9.25 a month to support local readers.
🦋 Give online at porterleath.org/dolly or text DOLLYP to 50155. 🦋
Do you have a passion for early childhood? Do you excel at supporting families with tools and resources? Are you a strong relationship-builder?
If the answer is YES to any of these questions, you may be a perfect fit for the Family Services team at @PorterLeath.
We have a few openings for our family liaison position, so check out the full description at porterleath.org/careers and apply today!