Learning for Life

Five Resources Every Parent Should Know About

(Series originally aired January 2009)

This video series focuses on resources for any and all parents. Included are a look at what local libraries and the state's 13 children's museums offer families, how to find child care in your area and information about the importance of a baby and toddler's oral health. Also featured is the Family Help Line, a statewide hotline for parents.



01.18.10

Libraries offer free activities: A lot of new parents think if they sign up for parent-child music classes and group activities they'll give their child a better educational start. But those classes can cost a lot of money. Did you know your child can enjoy a lot of the same types of classes and experiences - for free?


01.19.10

What to look for in a good daycare: The executive director of the Washington Child Care Resource and Referral Network discusses options parents have in choosing a daycare.

 

01.20.10

Museums can spark children's creativity: Children's Museum of Tacoma Executive Director, Tanya Andrews, talks about how museums can spark your child's creativity.

 

01.21.10

Early start essential for healthy teeth and gums: With the help of the Washington Dental Health Foundation, more young children and pediatricians are getting early start building healthy teeth and gums.

 

01.22.10

Free parent helpline answering parents' questions: Deborah Feldman reports about a free parent helpline that's available to help parents with questions big and small.

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Learning for Life

segment topics

Helping Kindergartners
Get a Great Start in School

Improving the Quality of
Licensed Child Care

Play & Learn Time
for Migrant Families

Helping Kids Successfully
Transition to Kindergarten

State Releases 10-Year
Plan for Early Learning

Autism: What You Need to Know
When a Child has Special Needs:
One Family's Story

Keeping Up with the Cost of Helping
Children with Special Needs
Early Learning and Children
with Special Needs

When Discipline First
Becomes an Issue

Children and Sugar
Young Children and Divorce
Outreach Doulas supporting
Latina, Somali mothers

Giving Dads Another
Chance to be Dads

Using Dance to Help
Children's Development

Using Drama to Help
Develop a Child's Imagination

Looking into the Baby Brain
Helping Children Who've Been
Expelled from Preschool
Raising an Adventurous Eater
Post-Partum Depression:
What it Means for Mom and Baby

Sponge School Teaching
Languages to Young Children

Interview with Sponge Language
School Founder Jackie Mighdoll

Investing in Kids Now
Fights Crime Later

How to Best Discipline
Young Children
Educare Early Learning Center
Grand Opening

Parent Ambassador Program
Managing Childhood Food Allergies
Child Life Specialists
The Toddler
Five Resources Every Parent
Should Know About

Gifts that Last a Lifetime
Getting Involved in Early Learning
Creativity
Social & Emotional Development
Preschool
Baby: The First Year
Play to Learn
Let's Get Physical!
How Washington State is
Improving Early Learning

The Economy and Families
School Readiness