make learning and health a priority by:

reading with your child (20 mins/day)

• Great Start to Quality Family Resources
• I is for Infant: Reading Aloud to Young Children Benefits Brain Development
• Imagination Library
• Little Free Library
• Saginaw County Public Libraries

playing with your child

• Child Development Institute
• Children's Zoo
• Cool Math Games
• Education.com Stories
• Great Lakes Moms
• Math in the Mail
• Mid-Michigan Children's Museum
  
• PBS Kids
• Saginaw County Parks

talking with your child

• How to Talk to Your Baby
• The Importance of Talking to Babies
• Talking is Teaching

being a good role model for your child

• Parent Support Programs CAN Council
• Power of Dad
• The Center for Parenting Education: Being a Role Model and the Promise and the Peril

Making Community Connections 

• 211 Northeast Michigan
• City of Saginaw MI Neighborhood Associations
• MOPS
• MOPS Bethlehem Teen
• United Way of Saginaw Volunteer

regularly attending well visits

• CDC Vaccines and Immunizations
• Healthy Children Well-Child Care Visits
• Is My Child on Track?

providing nutritious meals and snacks 

• Help Guide to Healthy Foods for Kids
• MSU Education Family Information
• Saginaw Food Pantries

engage with your child's learning & programs by:

advocating and speaking up for your child

• Great Start Collaborative Parent Coalition
• Great Start to Quality

attending events and volunteering

• 8 Benefits of Volunteering at Your Child's School
• Great Start Collaborative Parent Coalition
• United Way of Saginaw Volunteer

being aware and familiar with your child's learning environment (including child care)

• Great Start to Quality
• Himama Child Care Apps for Superstar Centers
• National Association for the Education of Young Children

connecting with parents and teachers

• Great Start Collaborative Parent Coalition
• Himama Child Care Apps for Superstar Centers

advocate for our children

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