Join Us for a Parent Meeting Head Start offers parents many opportunities to get involved in the Head Start program. One of these opportunities is the chance to connect with other families at the parent meeting.
These meetings will provide parents with the opportunity to help make important decisions in the program, in addition to enhancing your child’s education. Research shows there is a connection between parents involved in the child’s education and the success of the child (Newland, 2015). Parent Meetings are one effective way to partner with parents and to get your feedback on important decisions. Here are some ways attending meetings can benefit parents: Plan- Events, meeting, activities Knowledge- monthly educational topics Connections- build
relationships
with the community
program,
Leadership- learn skills
parents,
leadership
Socialization- interact with parents Resources- learn community resources and services
Choosy Says: Stretch!
It’s Time to
Let’s do some fun and simple stretches and wake up those According to the Head Start muscles! Performance Standards, programs 1. Raise your arm high up in the should plan a variety of opportunities air. Now lean over to the side for parents to learn about the and see how far you can go. program, child development and the Do this 3 times! curriculum, local resources, have a variety of family engagement 2. Now it’s time for the other activities. side! Do the same thing with your other arm. Do this 3 We need you to help us fulfill times! this task. Making these connections during the pandemic is even more 3. Next, stand up nice and tall. meaningful to the program and the Raise both your arms way child. up high over your head. Now reach down, grab your toes, Head Start Works because of your and count to 10. Let’s do this involvement. 3 times! We hope to see you on Zoom for 4. What other body parts do you our next parent meetings. want to stretch? Give it a try!
Couponing Workshop
Join us on Zoom January 13 at 11 a.m. for a workshop with Rachel Krych. Learn how to use coupons to stretch your grocery budget! Log in instructions will be posted on ClassTag.
Sign Up Your Child’s Imagination Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book-gifting program that mails free, highquality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their family’s income. Reading to your child is so important at an early age. Children from lower income homes may hear 30 million fewer words by age three. Together we can close the vocabulary gap and foster the love of reading! Please see your family service worker to get your children signed up for the Lorain County Imagination Library Program.
After stretching your body, take three deep breathes to further relax your body. Stretching and breathing are great stress relievers for the whole family!
