Kindgarten in KansasCongratulations! Your child will soon be old enough to enter kindergarten! During this time of mixed emotions, as you move into the role of trusting partner of his/her kindergarten teacher, this booklet will help ease the process. Designed to provide you information on what you need to know and what you can expect as the first day of school approaches, we hope it is just what you’re looking for! This resource may also be purchased from KPIRC for $1.00 per copy by emailing your request to kpirc@kpirc.org Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with early childhood Head Start kindergarten transition Order from KPIRC early childhood education family early literacy back to school school readiness family school partnership development on March 05, 2010 # |
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KPIRC 2008-2009 Annual Summary ReportThe Kansas Parent Information Resource Center promotes meaningful parent involvement at all levels of education and provides information and resources to help parents, educators and other organizations promote the educational success of every Kansas child. This report summarizes the work of the KPIRC for the 2008-09 grant year. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with Order from KPIRC accountability on February 22, 2010 # |
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Healthy ChildrenThe Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start has created a new website designed to empower parents that is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The site includes information about ages and stages from prenatal through young adult. It also includes healthy living information (e.g., nutrition, fitness, sports, oral health, and emotional wellness), as well as safety and prevention information, health issues, news, and tips and tools. It also includes a place where parents can “Ask the Pediatrician” or “Find a Pediatrician.” Filed under Parents and tagged with health development on January 26, 2010 # |
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Circles of Caring: What Child Abuse Prevention Looks LikeThe West Virginia Prevent Child Abuse America Chapter has created a short video based on the Strengthening Families Protective Factors. It is a powerful combination of the recent Frameworks reframing research blended with the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) Protective Factors framework. Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with protective factors child abuse prevention social/emotional on January 26, 2010 # |
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Engaging All ParentsResearch about the positive impact of Parent Involvement, presented by KPIRC Director, Jane Groff. Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education Businesses and tagged with ESEA Law Title 1 research on January 26, 2010 # |
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Coffeyville Community Elementary School, Family and Parent Partnership Project Report (FPPPs)The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) annually supports five Family and Parent Partnership Projects (FPPP’s) in public schools across Kansas. These schools are asked to plan, strategize, implement and evaluate family engagement efforts in their school. Each school submits an annual proposal to KPIRC with a specific plan for family engagement planning and strategies for the school year. This is the Family and Parent Partnership Project midyear report from Coffeyville, Kansas. Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with effective practices family family school partnership Parent Involvement Plan Family Centers on January 18, 2010 # |
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Reading Tip Sheets for ParentsReading, and a love for reading, begins at home. Our one-page Reading Tip Sheets offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers. Although we've divided these tips by age, many of them can be used with children at various ages and stages — we encourage you to choose the ones that work best for your child. Tip sheets for parents of children in Preschool through Third Grade are available in eleven languages! Filed under Parents Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with early literacy fluency phonemic awareness phonics literacy reading on January 15, 2010 # |
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Institute for Youth, Education and FamiliesThe YEF Institute has published a new toolkit on Preventing Gang Violence and Building Communities Where Young People Thrive. The toolkit draws upon lessons learned over the past three years from the California Cities Gang Prevention Network, a 13-city network formed to identify strategies for reducing gang violence and victimization. The kit highlights a wide range of city practices and contains eight chapters divided into three sections: marshalling resources to fund anti-gang strategies; strategic partnerships within the criminal justice system, and with county agencies, schools, neighborhoods, and the faith community; and targeted approaches, including street-level outreach and facilitating reentry from detention facilities. Filed under Parents Schools Businesses and tagged with high school gang preventions guidance community family family school partnership public education parenting on January 15, 2010 # |
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Born Learning: Your Child At...SeriesThroughout the early years, your child will grow and change tremendously. For more information about your child’s age and stage, use the following tools. Includes information on development, immunization schedules, discipline, and more! Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with development immunizations parenting on January 14, 2010 # |
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A Place of Our OwnKCET’s A Place of Our Own (and Los Niños en Su Casa in Spanish) is a daily television series, a website, and an extensive outreach program devoted to the unique needs of people who care for children. Family, friends and neighbors – everyone who takes care of young children – are child care providers. Every interaction and every activity of these adults with their charges provide valuable opportunities to help children learn and grow. A Place of Our Own shares ways for us all to help children acquire cognitive, social, emotional and physical skills, as well as nurture language and literacy development. Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with high quality preschool early childhood education podcasts literacy on January 14, 2010 # |
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