Bay-Arenac Great Start Collaborative

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PARENT RESOURCES KIDS ZONE IMAGINATION LIBRARY TEACHERS & CAREGIVERS

PARENT ADVOCACY TOGETHER TIME CONNECTING WITH KIDS CHOOSING A CHILD CARE PROVIDER JUST FOR DADS DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES TRANSITIONING TO KINDERGARTEN 9-1-1 FOR PARENTS

OVERVIEW IN THE MEDIA

Coordinator:
Elizabeth Shephard

989.667.3280
shepharde@baisd.net

Parent Liaison:
Amy Trogan

989.891.1306
trogana@baisd.net

Welcome to the newly launched Bay-Arenac Great Start Collaborative web site - your connection to early childhood resources in Bay and Arenac Counties and a tool to help ensure your child gets off to a Great Start in the critical days between birth and the first day of kindergarten.

Parent Coalition

Get connected today with other parents in your area to support early childhood.

Developmental Milestones

Find out what milestones are normal for children of varying ages.

Teachers
& Caregivers

Find resources for your classroom or day care centers all in one place.

DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY

It sounds almost too simple to be true, but by reading regularly with your children during their preschool years, you are giving them the biggest boost toward a successful education they will ever get.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library will help you read with your children. There are many reasons parents do not read to their children, but we can eliminate one of them. Every child will have books of their very own, at no cost to you, thanks to Bay-Arenac's Early Childhood Community and Dolly Parton.

Each month a new, carefully selected book will be mailed in your child's name directly to your home. He/she can look forward to new and exciting reading adventures from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library until he/she turns five years old as long as you remain a resident of Bay and Arenac Counties. Should the child move outside Bay-Arenac County, he/she automatically exits the program.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a free gift to your children. All you have to do is read to your children.

PARENTING TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS:

APOLOGIZING:
When you have done something that hurts another person’s feelings or results in negative consequences for another person, and you need to apologize, you should: