Bright Beginnings...O'Fallon Parents as Teachers
offered by the City of O'Fallon in collaboration with Faith Lutheran Programs for Young Children.


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Take a look at our current newsletter 
to discover the opportunities awaiting you and your child through Bright Beginnings..

Click the link!
 
 

Archived newsletters:

PAT News May 2010
 
 
  

PAT News November09  
    
 
Links to parenting information:

Parent Pages:

Find out what's happening at each stage in your child's development from birth to five by clicking on this link and going to the Site:

Ages & Stages

or click on the specific age for your child:

YOUR CHILD AT:

Born Learning Videos:

Respond to your Babies Cries

Follow Your Babies Cues

Building Blocks of Sound

Predictable Routines

Supportive Cheer


Additional Helpful websites:

Parent Satisfaction Survey



A video from the Rockwood school District's PAT program


Links to Parenting articles:




Separation Anxiety


    What is Parents as Teachers?

"A great deal of stress has been relieved now that I have someonehelping me find out more about the programs and informationthat I would like to utilize in raising my daughter."   

Sanford, Maine

      Being a parent is hard work.  
In the first few years, children learn more and at a faster pace than at any other time in their life. You help shape your child's future through the kinds of experiences you provide.
Your baby was born to learn, and as a parent, you are your child's first and most important teacher.
  
      Parents as Teachers is here to help you!

Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5.

Parents are supported by PAT-certified parent educators trained to translate scientific information on early brain development into specific when, what, how and why advice for families. By understanding what to expect during each stage of development, parents can easily capture the teachable moments in everyday life to enhance their child's language development, intellectual growth, social development and motor skills.


As a PAT family, you receive:

Personal visits -- during which your parent educator will share age-appropriate child development and parenting information, help you learn to observe your child, and address your parenting concerns.

Parent group meetings -- which are opportunities to share information about parenting issues and child development. Parents learn and support each other, observe their children with other children and practice parenting skills.
 
 Screenings -- to assess your child's overall development as well as health, hearing and vision.  
 

 Resource network -- that links your family to other community services.

  



       
...More about Parents as Teachers  

Thousands of Parents as Teachers sites can be found nationwide...local programs working with parents to provide them with parenting support and information on their developing child. Parents as Teachers is designed to foster strong, loving relationships between parents and their children.

 

TO ENROLL- 
Download, complete and return the Enrollment Record to us at:
 
PAT O'Fallon- Bright Beginnings    
520 E. US Hwy 50, O'Fallon Illinois, 62269

Call us and leave a message at  618-632-5019 or email us!  

We have a waiting list for personal visits, but there are many other ways we can meet your needs .  Playgroups, field trips, parent meetings and developmental screenings are available while you wait and in addition to personal visits.









 
Fun times, developmental screenings and friendships await moms, dads and toddlers participating in a playgroup.


        Music, movement and Literacy activities abound in Playgroup!

Check out our current newsletter and call the PYC office at 632-3618 
for more information!
 



 




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