Resources for Parents Archive

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Parent Information

Welcome to CDC's Parent Information! Here you will find a wealth of information from across all of CDC, covering everything from safety at home and the community to immunization schedules and developmental milestones. Let the CDC's Parent Information site help you keep your child healthy and safe!

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with disease health flu immunizations on December 07, 2010 #

Family Professional Partnerships (Online Module)

CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge recently released CONNECT Module 4: Family-Professional Partnerships, which focuses on effective practices for developing trusting family-professional partnerships in early care and education programs (including home visiting, early intervention and other 0-3 settings). CONNECT Modules are free and use an evidence-based approach to professional development. They include video clips, activities, and handouts that are designed to be embedded into existing curricula, coursework and other professional development opportunities.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with CONNECT modules family school partnership family professional partnership connecting with families relationships on November 30, 2010 #

Making Life Easier: Diapering

For many families, changing a child’s diaper becomes a major battle. This routine is one that is often not as scheduled or predictable as other activities. It is often unpleasant for adults and not an activity that the young child enjoys. As your child grows older and becomes more mobile and interested in interacting with his world, diaper changing might become even more difficult. While it can be challenging, it is also an opportunity for building a positive, nurturing and responsive relationship with your child. Several proven strategies can help to make diapering a positive and relationship building experience for both of you.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with diapering positive behavior support on November 30, 2010 #

Making Life Easier: Running Errands

Running errands (e.g., going to the store, bank, etc.) is one of those essential household routines that all families experience. It is often thought of as a “maintenance” activity that is necessary for the family, but not enjoyable for young children. However, there can be huge benefits in taking your young child along. He learns about his community while spending time with someone he loves and trusts, someone who can help him understand the world beyond home and family. Running errands together offers the chance to build self-confidence, curiosity, social skills, self control, communication skills, and sensory exploration. He’ll have opportunities to greet and interact with other children and adults with your guidance and support. He will also be able experience the myriad of smells, tastes, sounds, and textures of the greater world within which he lives. However, running errands can be extremely difficult if the child has challenging behavior. It’s not uncommon for families to feel overwhelmed by their child’s challenging behavior and resort to only running errands when someone else can care for the child at home. Sometimes, depending on the errand (e.g., a long shopping trip, parent visit to the doctor), that might be the best strategy. Still, there are steps you can take to help you and your child get the most out of these outings.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with behavior positive behavior support errands on November 30, 2010 #

Making Life Easier: Bedtime and Naptime

any families find bedtime and naptime to be a challenge for them and their children.When a young child is sleeping, her body is busy developing new brain cells needed for her physical, mental and emotional development. Parents also need to feel rested in order to be nurturing and responsive to their growing and active young children. Here are a few proven tips for making bedtimes and naptimes easier for parents and children.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with sleep naptime mental health social emotional skills on November 30, 2010 #

How To Help Your Child Become a Better Reader - Espanol

As a child learns to read, your role is to help young readers experience joy and begin to view reading as a pleasurable experience. You can also help children become independent readers through praise and encouragement provided while reading. It is critical that children realize success while reading. This booklet will help children become better readers through offering guidance and giving you tips on how to encourage and support a child’s reading. This is the Spanish version.

Filed under Parents Schools Espanol and tagged with family engagement family literacy Title 1 Order from KPIRC tips parent involvement phonics testing fluency on November 03, 2010 #

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Wonderopolis

Wonderopolis.™ It’s a place where parents seek and nurture a brighter world for their children through the power of discovery, creativity, learning and imagination. Wonderopolis™ is brought to life by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). You see your children not only for who they are but for all they can become, yet you may need a little help directing that passion and igniting that wonder. We can help you get there — together. You don’t have to travel far. Wonderopolis is a special place found in a curious question, an everyday adventure and right in your own home. Just let wonderment be your guide. Our Wonders of the Day will help you find learning moments in everyday life, ones that fit in with dinner preparations or carpool responsibilities or a stolen moment between breakfast and the bus. Welcome to Wonderopolis.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with literacy early literacy on November 02, 2010 #

Safe Sleep Kansas

Remember the ABC’s of Safe Sleep A baby should always sleep alone, on the back and in a crib. Place your baby alone in a safety-approved crib with a firm mattress covered with only a fitted sheet. A car seat is an appropriate place for baby to sleep while traveling in a car, but baby should always sleep in a safety-approved crib for naps or night while at home.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with sleep SIDS on October 18, 2010 #

Literacy Activities Packet

This packet of reading activities is courtesy of the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center. Parents can do these activities with their children to reinforce literacy skills in five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency and Comprehension.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with literature early literacy Title 1 tips Order from KPIRC writing homework literacy family reading education teachers phonics parent involvement fluency fathers development on October 13, 2010 #

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Great Families Mean Great Schools: PIRC Outcome Data, 2008-2009

From the National PIRC Information Resource Center. The Parental Information Resource Center (PIRC) program is a nationwide effort designed to build successful family involvement in education. The program supports families’ engagement in improving the education of their children and builds effective home-school partnerships. Funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement, the program focuses on projects serving families of English Language Learners, low-income, and racially and culturally diverse children from cradle to career. There are 62 PIRCs, each chosen through a competitive process, resulting in at least one in every state, the District of Columbia and most U.S. territories.*

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with PIRC data book on September 27, 2010 #

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