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Milestones Learning Center is actively licensed by Florida State's Department of Children and Families. Our license number is C20LE0136. The school seeks to uphold all of the requirements set by this agency. If you have questions regarding our licensing status or how we implement our policies please contact us.

Milestones Learning Center is located in Estero, Florida and serves families throughout Estero, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, and surrounding Southwest Florida communities.

Milestones Learning Center provides care and education for children ages 8 weeks through 5 years old. Our programs are designed to support each stage of development, from infancy through kindergarten readiness.

Our school is open Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 5:30pm No children should arrive prior to 7:00am; cut-off for arrival is 9:00am School Holiday Closings: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the Monday prior to Lee County Schools starting, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday that followsThe school is closed two weeks each year: The week between Christmas and New Years & The week of July 4th Our school offers 10.5 hours of care but families should limit their use to no more than 9.5 a day for the health of their child.

We are a full-time, year-round early learning center focused on providing consistency and routine for children and families.Your child's space is reserved in our program, and you may use that space in whatever way works best for your family's schedule. Whether your child attends 2 days a week, 3 days a week, mornings only, or full-time Monday through Friday, the tuition remains the same.One of the benefits of our program is that families are not locked into a specific attendance schedule. If your needs change from week to week, you have the flexibility to adjust your child's attendance without having to switch tuition plans or pay different rates.The only attendance requirement is that if your child will be attending for the day, they must arrive before 9:00 AM. Arrivals after 9:00 AM require a doctor's note. This policy helps us maintain classroom routines, staffing ratios, and meal schedules while still providing families with flexibility in how often they attend.This allows families to create a schedule that works best for them while ensuring their child always has a guaranteed spot in our program.

Availability varies throughout the year. We recommend contacting us as early as possible, especially for infant care, to learn about current openings and waitlist options.If you choose to place your child on our waitlist, we will do our best to meet your needs. Please understand there may be a wait for a specific age due to capacity limits. Although we can try to give an estimate, we cannot always know when an opening may come available as this is oftentimes determined by students transitioning out or within our program.

Families throughout Estero, Bonita Springs, and Fort Myers choose Milestones Learning Center for our family-owned approach, flat tuition model, included meals and infant formula, low teacher-to-child ratios, experienced educators, and commitment to preparing children for lifelong learning success.

VPK is a state funded program for children who are 4yrs old the year prior to their entry into kindergarten. VPK is a state-funded program designed for first time students; the four-year-old who has never been in a school setting and needs to learn how to socialize prior to heading to kindergarten. It benefits part-time students who have parents working with them at home 2-3 hours a day to prepare them for kindergarten. Milestones Learning Center is well established in the field of early education and the children in our care generally start at infancy and develop social skills, language and problem-solving skills at the appropriate ages or earlier. Milestones has always exceeded the standards set for four-year-olds by Florida’s Department of Education. Compared to the state VPK, our program is more user friendly. This means we have no strict attendance requirement - family vacations and sick days can be taken as needed. We have no restrictions on days in which educational instruction can occur. Teachers can teach every day. There is no need for a later lunch hour for students (as meals are not allowed to be a part of the VPK hours), and there is a wider variety of assessment tools used to ensure our students are on track and ready for kindergarten socially, emotionally, and academically. Our curriculum and approach to learning remains the same. We believe learning should be hands-on and fun with extended time given to discover and explore. Lastly, our teachers continue to be the most experienced in their field, our class sizes remain smaller than VPK recommendations with just 10 students in our classes, and our students continue to be in the top of their class as they enter kindergarten. We are proud of our Pre-K students!

No. Milestones Learning Center does not participate in Florida's VPK program. Instead, we provide our own high-quality, year-round Pre-K program focused comprehensive early learning and kindergarten readiness,hands-on learning, program designed to support each child's academic, social, and emotional development.

Call us at 239-301-2962 or email info@milestones-estero.com