• All children are born ready to learn!
• All Parents want their children
  to reach their full potential!
• Parents are the child's first
  and best teachers!
• Children don't come with directions
  or recipes for success!
• Every parent can use a helping hand.
• Home visits and playgroups are fun ways to learn.

• For Home Visits and Play Groups
• All families with children ages birth
  to age six in the following school districts:
• Climax-Scotts Comstock
• Galesburg-Augusta Gull Lake
• Parchment, Schoolcraft Kalamazoo, Portage
• Vicksburg

The Home Visit. During a home visit, a certified parent educator shares information on child development, brings an age-appropriate activity for you and your child to do together, and with you, observes your child's play and development. Usually, visits are conducted at your home, making it convenient and safe for small children. Visits last about an hour.

Playgroups. Playgroups will consist of small groups of parents and their children. Each playgroup is filled with fun activities based on the theme of a children's book. They will meet daytime and evenings at your local elementary school.

Screenings. Screening provides a yearly opportunity for you to see where your child's progress fits in with standardized measures of child development. Screenings usually reassure parents that their children are meeting developmental milestones within usual age ranges. If delays are identified that may affect future learning, you can be referred to resources that will provide the help your child needs.

Resource Network. Each Parents as Teachers program identifies resources in the community that are available for supporting and enriching families.

• KRESA
• Michigan Dept. of Education
• Kalamazoo County School Districts
• Climax-Scotts, Comstock
• Galesburg-Augusta, Gull Lake
• Parchment, Schoolcraft
• Kalamazoo, Portage
• Vicksburg