Family Potluck - Operation Family

School Family Nights - Kits Available

PTO Today has several kits to make it easy for your school to put together a Family School Night...there are kits available for:

Family Reading Night
Family Movie Night
Get Movin' Night
Family Arts & Crafts Night
Family Game Night

"Get parents engaged, excited and involved! What’s the best way to get more parents involved in your school? Host a School Family Night! Our School Family Nights program is a great way to bring more parents into your school and connect with your school’s families. Once parents see what a great time they can have with their kids at your school events… they’ll be ready to sign up for more..."
 
Source: PTO Today

Study Links Child Care to Problem Behavior

The more time that children spent in child care, the more likely their sixth grade teachers were to report problem behavior.

Also, children who got quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did youngsters who received lower quality care.

The findings come from the largest study of child care and development conducted in the United States. The 1,364 children in the analysis had been tracked since birth as part of a study by the National Institutes of Health.

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Education Organizations

ASEC Online - American Savings Education Council

Child Care Organizations

Better Kid Care
National Network for Child Care