Learn & Play Tampa Bay

Learn & Play Tampa Bay has Neighborhood Play Squads in your area every season! Your local Neighborhood Play Squad is a group of families who will be learning and playing together in weekly Learn & Play sessions over a 10-week period. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but modern parenting can be isolating. Our Neighborhood Play Squads are intentionally designed to help you form bonds with other families who are on a similar journey. By the end of the 10-week program, your Neighborhood Play Squad will feel like an extension of your “village.”

LEARN & PLAY TAMPA BAY OFFERS

• Weekly 60-minute play sessions
• Songs, stories, and play in English & Spanish
• Support from experienced bilingual Educators
• Time to connect with your child through play
• Social interactions with other parents

ENROLL TODAY

Follow the steps below to join your local Neighborhood Play Squad! After completing the 10-week program, new families will receive a complimentary one-year, basic membership for up to five family members. While families who have completed a 10-week session in a different year or with a different child are welcome to join, the complimentary membership is only available in your first year of enrollment.

1. Submit an application to join your local Neighborhood Play Squad for an upcoming 10-week period.

• Choose the Neighborhood Play Squad that meets near you from the list below
• Complete an application at LearnPlayTampaBay.org
• There is no cost to apply, enroll, or attend the sessions
• Participants cannot enroll in more than one 10-week period or at more than one location in a school year (October-August)
• Participation is for one child and one adult who live within the same household
• Participating children must be between the ages of birth to 5 years old and reside in Hillsborough County

2. Our team will start to contact families to complete their official enrollment paperwork within one week of submitting an application.

• Families will receive notice via phone and email and a link to enroll in the upcoming 10-week period. Families have 48 hours to complete their enrollment paperwork.
• By enrolling, you are committing to the 10-week program
• Families who apply but are unable to enroll in the upcoming Play Squad will remain on the waitlist and will be contacted if a spot opens for the 10-week period
• Families who do not enroll in the 10-week period are eligible to apply for the next 10-week period

3. Once enrolled, attend the weekly 60-minute play sessions at your local CBFRC during the 10-week period with fellow members of your Neighborhood Play Squad.

These bilingual play sessions will teach you techniques to engage with your child and give you the confidence to guide them on their play journey as they grow and develop.

4. Take a simple evaluation at the end of the 10-week period to earn your complimentary year-long membership to Glazer Children’s Museum!

Toward the end of the 10 weeks, you will be asked to take an evaluation to help us measure our impact on the participants of this program. Once you have completed the 10-week program and your evaluation, you will receive a complimentary yearlong membership to Glazer Children’s Museum where you can apply what you and your child learned about play. The complimentary membership is only available in your first year of enrollment.

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LOCATIONS

All sites are Children’s Board Family Resource Centers throughout Hillsborough County.

* This new format replaces the old format for all Learn & Play Tampa Bay sessions.

* This new format replaces the old format for all Learn & Play Tampa Bay sessions.

Funding is generously provided by the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, with support from the Children’s Board Family Resource Center.