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First Teacher Program -- What's Included with First Teacher
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Newsletters: The monthly newsletters are friendly and easy to read with useful information on parenting. We include short articles on self-esteem, discipline, health and safety, respect for authority, handling anger, sleeping and feeding problems, nutrition, breast feeding, activities for children, immunization and language development. In school districts where First Teacher is sponsored, programs for families that are available from local community agencies and the local school district are discussed. We want parents to be involved and feel important within the community.
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Developmental Cards: These cards help parents learn what is expected and appropriate social, physical and mental development for their child. These are mailed to families every three months until age one and then every six months until age five. The cards help parents understand their child's development so they will better know when to seek help if their child has any developmental delay.
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Spanish Materials: We have translated the developmental cards and portions of each newsletter in Spanish for those families who wish to receive this edition. Example of a Spanish parenting article.
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Hospital Newsletter: Parenting Matters Foundation publishes a separate edition of First Teacher that is targeted for parents of newborns. | |
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We can work with any group or school district who is interested in providing a newsletter and/or developmental cards for parents they serve. We can individualize the newsletter to your by including articles about what is going on in your community and we will be responsible for making contacts with other agencies or organizations working with parents of young children in your community.
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If you are working with less than 200 families, the generic newsletter is the best route. It is not specific to any one area but still contains all the great parenting articles. This program has been very successful. Each school district does the program a little different.
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