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Parenting Classes
- Early Childhood Basics 101
Date: Thursday, March 18th @ 6:30PM
Where: Smart Start of Davidson County
What: Come and join us for a fun and interactive class where you will learn about the basics of Early Childhood Care. This class is designed for parents or community child care providers.
Call: (336) 249-6688 to register - STEP Parenting Series
Date: Starts Thursday, March 4th
Where: Fairgrove Family Resource Center
Call: 472-7217 to register
Websites
- Searching for Child Care?
- Grow A Child (Developmental Checklist)
- Social and Emotional Development for Children
- Division of Child Development
Helpful Hints
- Smart Start Programs for Families - English and Spanish
- Preventing the Flu - English and Spanish
- Getting your child ready for school
- Encouraging your child's literacy
- How will my child learn best, through play
- Checklist for finding Quality Child Care
(Infant and Toddlers) - Checklist for finding Quality Child Care
(Preschool) - Car Seat Safety - English and Spanish
- Searching for Child Care? Spanish
Parenting Books (Available at Smart Start for check-out)
- 'Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting' by Michael H.
- 'Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline' by Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D
- 'I Love You Rituals' by Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D.
- 'The Everything Parent’s Guide to Positive Discipline' by Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D.
- 'Discipline That Works' by Thomas Gordon
- And Many, Many More
Children's Books (Available at Smart Start for check-out)
- 'The Mitten' by Jan Brett
- 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle
- 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' Laura Numeroff
- 'Brown Bear Brown Bear, What do you see?' Bill Martin Jr.
- 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams
- And Many, Many More
Child Care Scholarships
Child Care Resource and Referral
Parents As Teachers Program
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