As parents and caregivers of young children, you have always known you are vitally important to your children’s success. But did you know, that by providing a nurturing and learning environment, you can actually influence how their brain develops, which in turn affects their ability to learn and become healthy, happy, successful adults? 

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National Award-Winning Learning Materials NOW AVAILABLE for You and Your Child

Michigan Department of Education R.E.A.D.Y. Materials

The Read, Educate and Develop Youth (R.E.A.D.Y.) program began in 1998 to provide Michigan parents and caregivers with engaging materials and learning activities to help young children develop the language and literacy skills needed to enter school READY.  

 

Since it's inception, R.E.A.D.Y. has become one of the most successful early childhood parent information programs in Michigan and throughout the country. 

 

The R.E.A.D.Y. kit is filled with over a dozen items including learning activities, a book, a Sesame Street READY Tunes music cassette and much, much more.   These kits can be ordered for children in three ages groups: infants, toddlers or preschoolers.  Over 630,000 Michigan parents have received a kit.

 

Other R.E.A.D.Y. products include: The award-winning R.E.A.D.Y. video It Starts with a Book . . . And You illustrating learning activities for young children and the R.E.A.D.Y. For School Literacy Pack for children ages 3-6 filled with over 20 literacy-based learning activities centered around the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 

 

All Michigan R.E.A.D.Y. materials may now be purchased for a nominal fee by contacting Central Michigan University's Educational Materials Center by calling (800) 214-8961 or (989) 774-3953.  Click here to purchase ONLINE

 

WONDER YEARS National Award-Winning Parent Newsletter -- Now Available 

What could be more important than getting a good start on life. Now, Wonder Years is there to help parents and caregivers make the most of their child’s first five years. This full-color, glossy newsletter, and its accompanying development guides, has been parent tested and approved as a trusted resource for facing problems and finding solutions.

 

 

Every other month, Wonder Years readers will find:

• Inspiration to nurture a child's’s growing potential.
• Assurance and advice to help make it through those sleepless nights, temper tantrums and health crises.
• Stories from real parents about what they’ve learned in the trenches.
• Links to dozens of books, web sites, phone numbers and places to get help when needed.
• Expert counsel from leading physicians and educators.
• Insider tips on how to get what is needed from caregivers, doctors and others.
• Simple, hands-on activities that can be used to boost a child’s growth.
• CLICK HERE TO VIEW A  Wonder Years Newsletter

 

Wonder Years was developed through a partnership with the Partnership for Learning, The Children's Trust Fund, Wayne RESA and the Michigan Department of Education.  Newsletters are published bi-monthly. A one year subcription (six issues) is $10.00. Two years (twelve issues) is $18.00.

 

To Subscribe:

Just call 1-800-832-2464. (Be sure to have your credit card ready.)   Click here for  Multiple Orders

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