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What is Parents As Teachers?
Parents
As Teachers (PAT) is an early childhood family
education program to assist and support families
in preparing their children for success in
school and beyond.
Give
your child the best possible start in life! Join
the more than 100,000 families who are
benefiting from Parents As Teachers.
Potosi R-III School District's three parent
educators currently serve over 200 families.
For more information or to enroll in this free,
voluntary program, please call
(573)
436-9675.
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Babies are born to learn.
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In their earliest years, children learn
more and at a much faster pace than at
any other time in their lives. From the
beginning, all parents are teachers.
Parents need to know how to make the
most of these crucial early-learning
years, giving children the best possible
start in life.
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Scientific evidence confirms the
importance of early learning.
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Research on brain development shows that
beginning at birth the brain uses
stimulation from the environment to make
itself work. Unless adequately
stimulated at the right time, the brain
will not get properly "wired" to do
certain jobs. If "windows of
opportunity" are missed, this "wiring"
may happen later only with great
difficulty or may never happen at all.
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Family education programs that begin at
the beginning can make a difference.
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Early childhood family education
programs are an excellent way to assist
and support families in preparing their
children for school and life success.
Parents As Teachers is an
internationally recognized program of
this nature that has demonstrated the
effectiveness of beginning at birth to
empower all parents as their children's
first and most influential teachers.
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