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As your child's first and most influential teacher, you can encourage the language, motor, social-emotional, and cognitive development of your child. Parents as Teachers provides child development information and parent-child activities that encourage your child's development.

Below are files to download from past issues of the NC PAT News - Parent Page. Available in a variety of topics, these pages provide information about your child's development along with fun ideas and activities to do with your young child to help promote learning. You will need Acrobat Reader to view the files. Click the link below to obtain Acrobat Reader for your computer.

Attachment With Your Baby:
It's All About Trust (pdf/)

Brain Development:
Sharing Books with Infants and Toddlers (pdf/))

Cabin Fever:
Ideas to Shake the Winter Blahs (pdf/))

Choosing Books for Babies and Young Children (pdf/)

Connecting With Your Child (pdf/357k)

Development:
Promoting Thinking Skills (pdf/26k)

Development:
Promoting Thinking Skills Age 3-5 (pdf/440k)

Emergent Literacy:
Learning to Listen (pdf/109k)

Emergent Literacy:
Rhymes and Songs (pdf/132k)

Helping Children Handle Stress (pdf/122k)

How to Learn and Grow with Music (pdf/92k)

How Things Work:
Play Makes Things Happen (pdf/136k)

Memory, Seperation, & Stranger Anxiety pdf/)

Movement:
Keep Your Youngster on the Go! (pdf/1.5 mb)

Playdough:
It's Gooey, Fun and Educational! (pdf/80k)

Sleep Routines:
Lullaby and Goodnight (pdf/520k)

Social-Emotional Development:
Important to School Readiness (pdf/105k)

The Magic of Blocks (pdf/3300k)

Thinking Skills
Important to School Readiness (pdf/105k)

Will Play Get My Child Ready for School? (pdf/104k)