Learning begins in the womb, and the family’s involvement in a child’s life has a lasting impact on a child’s health and success. The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) provides parents and educators with early childhood information and training. KPIRC also supports policies, programs, and organizations that promote family involvement in a child’s growth and development throughout early childhood.
Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Teachers and Child Care and Family Providers
This 48-page booklet draws from scientifically-based research about what you can do to help children to develop their language abilities, increase their knowledge, become familiar with books and other printed materials, learn letters and sounds, recognize numbers, and learn to count. It also presents many examples of strategies for teaching these skills to children and includes examples of ways to create an environment that will nurture childrens natural curiosity and their zest for learning. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with child care high quality preschool preschool literacy family daycare numeracy on December 08, 2008 # |
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Shining Stars Toddlers Get Ready to Read: How Parents Can Help Their Toddlers Get Ready to Read
You are your child's first and most important teacher. This booklet gives you ideas on how to help your young child get ready to read! Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with early literacy Order from KPIRC Shining Stars school readiness language reading on December 08, 2008 # |
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Shining Stars Preschoolers Get Ready to Read: How Parents Can Help Their Preschoolers Get Ready to Read
You are your child's first and most important teacher. This booklet give you ideas on how you can help your child get ready to read. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC literacy preschool school readiness reading Shining Stars on December 08, 2008 # |
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Getting Ready for School Begins at Birth: How to Help Your Child Learn in the Early Years
Children are born ready to learn. Children are naturally curious beings who are motivated to make sense of the world around them. The brain is the only organ that is not fully formed at birth. During the first 3 years, trillions of connections between brain cells are being made. A child’s relationships and experiences during the early years greatly influence how her brain grows. Children learn best through their everyday experiences with the people they love and trust, and when the learning is fun. This booklet is designed to help parents prepare their children for later learning in a fun and appropriate way. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with school readiness zero to three years infant development on December 08, 2008 # |
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PAT Update: Kansas Parents as Teachers and Kansas Tiny-k Programs
The Kansas Parents as Teachers program and the Kansas Tiny-k program have been working together for many years to bring comprehensive services to families whose children have diagnosed disabilities and/or developmental delays. The level of involvement ranges from the most basic referral of children from PAT to Tiny-k for evaluation to a more extensive collaboration of combined play groups and family service coordination. This information brief for professionals presents ways in which the two program work together. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC Tiny-K PAT Update early childhood special education on December 08, 2008 # |
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PAT Update: Kansas Parents As Teachers and Tiny-K Programs
The Kansas PAT program and the Kansas Tiny-K program have been working together for many years to help families with infants and toddlers who may have learning or health difficulties. This information brief for parents, in both English and Spanish, provides information about the two program and how their collaboration works. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC PAT Update Tiny-K early childhood special education on December 08, 2008 # |
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PAT Update: Parents as Teachers and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
The bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) represented a sweeping overhaul of federal support to schools. NCLB is based upon four key principles: 1. Stronger accountability for results; 2. More choice for parents of children from disadvantaged backgrounds; 3. An emphasis on teaching methods that have been demonstrated to work; 4. Greater flexibility for states, school districts, and schools in use of federal funds. As a research-based parent education and family support program, Parents as Teachers (PAT) supports No Child Left Behind. This information brief provides links between the PAT program and NCLB for professionals. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with PAT Update Order from KPIRC NCLB on December 08, 2008 # |
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PAT Update: Key Parents as Teacher's Findings: A Research Overview
Studies on Parents as Teachers (PAT) have been going on since the program started in 1984. Schools, private groups, persons, and states have studied how PAT works. In the studies, researchers (people doing the study) talked to parents who were in the Parents as Teachers program and parents who were not in the PAT program. The researchers counted how many times all these parents went to visit their children in schools, school activities, and talked to the teachers. The researchers compared the two groups and found that the parents in PAT did more things to help their children do better in school. This information brief provides information for parents, in both English and Spanish, on the effectiveness of the PAT program in preparing children for school. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC PAT Update on December 08, 2008 # |
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PAT Update: Key Parents as Teachers Outcomes: A Research Overview
As a research-based parent education and family support program developed over 20 years ago, evaluation has been integral to the success of the Parents as Teachers program since its inception. The first evaluation of PAT was funded through a contract from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Subsequent studies have been supported by the State of Missouri and other states, independent school districts, and private foundations. A few studies have been carried out by individual researchers. This information brief provides an outline of outcomes from these studies. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC PAT Update on December 08, 2008 # |
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PAT Update: Kansas PTA and Parents as Teachers
The Kansas Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and the Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (KPATA) are beginning a joint venture to promote their mutual interest in families with children prenatal to 5 years of age. PTA offers a foundation for affirming young children as they grow and develop. PTA provides support, resources, programs and activities to assist families of young children. The programs and activities of an early childhood are determined by the interests and needs of each group. This information brief provides in-depth information on this partnership. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with PAT Update Order from KPIRC PTA on December 08, 2008 # |
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