Great Start Collaborative Saginaw

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  • Family Resources
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    • Home Visiting >
      • Birth-Five
      • Birth-Five Saginaw Public Schools
      • Healthy Families America
      • Great Lakes Bay Health Centers Maternal Infant Health Program
      • Michigan Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program
      • Nurse Family Partnership
      • Nurturing Parenting
      • Saginaw ISD Early Head Start
    • Is my child on track?
    • Parent Coalition
    • School Readiness
    • Talking is Teaching
  • Activities
    • Community Events
    • Lending Library
    • Little Free Library
    • Talking is Teaching
  • Get Involved
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engaged parents

my child is number one priority.

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

  • 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

learn how

contact


Great Start Saginaw
3933 Barnard Road
Saginaw, MI 48603
989-399-7452
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  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
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  • ​Get Involved
  • Great Start Readiness Program
  • Great Start to Quality
  • Head Start / Early Head Start
  • Home Visiting​
  • Is My Child on Track?
  • ​Imagination Library
  • Kids Count​
  • MDHHS
  • Michigan's Children
  • Parent Coalition
  • School Readiness​
  • United Way 211​​
  • Contact