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resources for parents:

The information and links (in blue) below are for you to use and/or to share with the parents at your facility.

~ Parent Education and Child Care Tips

~ Resources for families with special needs children

~ Parent Trainings in the Community:

• American Red Cross-Dallas Chapter: January-June 2009 Course Schedule
  

• Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers
  English-language class offerings:

  • Bringing Baby Home©

  • Childcare Provider Seminar

  • Bringing Baby Home©

  • Childcare Provider Seminar

  • Family Life Education: Parenting Class Series (begins April 1 through June 3, 2009)
    • Click here for more information

  • Love and Logic®

    • Every Second Saturday ... Click here for flyer
    • Weekly ... Click here for flyer

  • Love and Logic®, Birth to Six

  • Parenting with Love and Limits®

  • Parents Empowering Preschoolers

  • Teen & Young Adult Parenting Class Series
    • 8 week course begins May 7, 2009 ... Click here for more information

  Spanish-language class offerings:

  • Familias Felices

    • Click here for flyer

  • Fortaleza en la Familia -

    • For more information, click here

~ Parent Trainings Online:

• Offered through Kansas State University—choose from 5 free courses by clicking on WonderWise Parent Online Courses

~ Parent Tips for your bulletin board or to use as handouts:

• How to help your child learn at home
• Hidden threats to learning
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Reading aloud to you children and reading readiness checklist
• Safety First
• Tips for shopping with children
• When your child is sick

~ Newsletter: Building Readers—Click below to find out "How Families Can Help Children Become Better Readers"

• May 2008 Issue:
  

  Individual articles:

  • Conversation can enrich your child's vocabulary
  • Explore worlds of fun with your child at the library
  • Build listening & speaking skills to boost reading
  • Learn how you can tame your restless reader
  • A love of language leads to a love of reading
  • Go beyond books to get your child ready to read
  Spanish edition

• April 2008: "For better reading, choose the best books"

  • Spanish edition

• March 2008: "Use magazines and catalogs to teach letter recognition"

  • Spanish edition

• February 2008: "Use storytelling to boost your child's reading skills"

  • Spanish edition

• January 2008: "Early writing is a part of reading!"

  • Spanish edition