For Families

Education Begins at Birth

From the time a child is born, he or she is learning and taking in valuable lessons from the environment. In the early years, the child typically learns from parents, family members and other engaged caregivers. From birth to age five, children are exposed to the skills necessary to begin school ready to learn in the classroom. The goal for preschool-aged children is for them to be ready to enter kindergarten. Virginia provides resources to help families, caregivers and communities prepare them for successful entry into kindergarten.

VQB5 Quality Profile Website

Parents can now access information about quality and safety for more than 3,100+ publicly-funded early childhood sites via the VDOE's new, easy-to-use online VQB5 Quality Profile website. With information on early childhood sites in every city and county in Virginia, this new tool helps families learn about the quality of the sites to help them choose the best option for their birth-to-five children. 

The VQB5 Quality Profile Website includes quality information for publicly-funded sites, including child care centers, family day homes, Head Start, and public school preschool, as well as for privately-funded sites that participated in the VQB5 measurement and improvement system last year.