A Newsletter for Parents of Preschoolers

Published 6 times a year.
Columbia Public Schools Parents As Teachers
555 Vandiver Dr. Columbia, MO 65202-1508
Belinda Masters, Coordinator (573) 214-3955

Activity Line 214-3959

Volume 23    Number 2     October-November 2007

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Dear Parents ...

Thanks to all of you for sharing your ideas and feedback with us by completing our annual Parent Survey. We are continually striving to offer you the best services we can. Over ninety percent of those who responded reported that personal visits have been very helpful in providing them a chance to discuss concerns, ask questions and found them helpful in understanding how young children grow and learn. Some parents requested more personal visits each year, while other parents requested fewer each year. The State of Missouri funds Parents as Teachers and requires that programs offer 5 contacts to each family per year, two of which can be group meetings, leaving only 3 personal visits. Because of the strong support we receive from our local school district, our program is able to offer families several home visits in a year-round format.
Many of you commented on how fun and informative the group meeting and parent-child activity

 

 

Hearing & Vision
Screenings

for ages 6 months to 5 years
PAT office, 555 Vandiver.
 

Wednesday, October 17 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, November 8 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
 

 Wednesday, December 5 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

No appointment is necessary.
Please sign in upon arrival.


 

 

 events have been. Some families asked that we provide more meetings in the evening, while some families asked for us to provide more meetings during the daytime. While we do our best to provide group events at a wide variety of times and locations, we know that we will not always be able to meet each family’s individual scheduling needs. We are also limited by meeting space, as we have such wonderfully large turn outs for our meetings. You might not know that while the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires that PAT programs provide 10 events per year, our program offers many more events than the minimum. Did you know that we have an active teen parenting program that provides two meetings per month in each of the three high schools? We’re also proud to be able to offer monthly infant massage classes and monthly meetings for parents of infants at the Daniel Boone Regional Library (our Partner in Education). If you have not yet taken advantage of attending one of our events, you are truly missing out. Please review the calendar of events included in this issue to learn about upcoming PAT meetings we have planned for your family.
Overall, 98% of parents responded that they are very satisfied with the Parents As Teachers program. If you are a parent who feels that you and your child have benefited from participating in PAT, we would appreciate you mentioning this to your friends, family members or coworkers who have young children. Enrollment is simple: ask them to contact our office at 214-3955 or visit our website to sign up today -- www.columbia.k12.mo.us/pat

Belinda Masters,
Coordinator, Parents As Teachers
 

Parents & Infants
to 12 months
10:30 - 11:30 am

Columbia Public Library

Friends Room
 

Monday, October 1 Reading to Your Baby
Monday, November 5 Traveling with Young Children
 Monday, December 3
Deck the Halls without Climbing the Walls

Pre-registration is not required
for these discussion groups.
 


 

Tool Time

for Preschoolers
...for 3 to 5 year olds...
 

Thursday, October 18
6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Russell Blvd Elem. School

1800 W. Rollins Road

Directions:
• From Broadway & Russell Blvd (across from Shelter Insurance) drive south on Russell Bvd to the school, OR
• From Stadium & Rollins, drive east on Rollins to the school, OR
• From Stadium & College Park Drive,
drive north on College Park to the school.


 

 

 

Make It & Take It

Monday, October 29
for Infants & 1 year olds
 

Monday, November 5
for Infants & 2 year olds

Each session will be held
from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
at Smithton Middle School,
3600 W Worley St.

Directions:
• From Broadway & Fairview, drive south on Fairview to Worley, west on Worley to the school, OR
• From Stadium & Worley, drive west on Worley to the school.
 

 

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