Head Start Family News September 2021

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Early Head Start Splashes, Socializes Early Head Start students received services through our home based program during the 2020-2021 school year due to COVID-19 concerns.

We were thrilled to welcome some of our babies and toddlers back into centers on June 1, 2021. And they were thrilled to see each other for a social event at the West Park Splash Pad in Elyria on July 23. Early Head Start serves pregnant women and babies and toddlers up to age 3. Socialization is an important part of our home-based program.

Attendance and Getting to School on Time Matter

From the moment your child steps into his or her Preschool is a time for building the social, emotional, Head Start classroom, the day is carefully planned to cognitive, and language skills needed for school maximize learning. readiness. Many of these skills build on one another so A healthy meal and a class meeting are two ways the absent children may miss the foundational skills needed teachers prepare the students for the day ahead. Being for the next skill. on time and present for both of these important daily components is key to a successful day in school.

Additionally, following the predicable daily routine helps to build confident and eager learners.

Regular attendance is also critically important in our Help your child become a lifelong learner by getting quest to build lifelong learners. him or her to school each day, on time.

Book of the Month: The Pigeon Has to Go to School Some children will be excited and counting down the days until they start preschool, but not all, and that’s typical.

For all children, talk about things they will see and do at school and remind them of what you will be doing while they are at school. Talk to them about who will be picking them up each day. For those nervous children, tell fun stories like what art supplies you liked best and your favorite picture book. After a few days of school, those nerves just melt away when they see all the amazing things to do and play within our Head Start classrooms.


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