Teaching Parents Teaching Children The Salinas Adult School Parent Center offers:      Classes and Workshops for Parents                of children infants to teens,                plus Childbirth classes      Parent-Child Cooperative Education      Distance Learning                At Home for Parents Call 796-6970 for more information The Parent Center is closed for the Summer 2010.

Salinas Union High School District Title 1 Information for Parents "Affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children." The Salinas Union High School District is dedicated to providing quality, practical resources and education opportunities through this site for parents with children in middle and high school under Title 1. Children learn significantly better when parents are actively involved throughout their children's education. Understanding childrens' health, growth and development and schooling helps parents assist their children in meaningful ways. INTERNET RESOURCES for PARENTS: Click to visit websites that parents can find useful. Healthy Families Hunger Resources for families FOOD BANK for Monterey County For information about leveraging the power of the family for literacy: www.famlit.org For help with math, for middle school and high school www.khanacademy.org For math help, preschool thru 6th grade www.ixi.com/math For help with talking to kids about drugs and more: www.drugfree.org American Academy of Pedatrics –Wide range of resources for parents on child development issues, birth thru teens. www.aap.org Resources for adolescent health and development: www.drpaul.com/adolescent/index.html Great interactive site for parents and teens to learn more about teen brain development: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/ Internet safety for parents and youth www.ftc.gov Memory aids to help students do better on tests library.thinkquest.org Great site for the whole familiy to learn more about nutrtion, with interactive sections to help www.mypyramid.gov How parents can help kids succeed in school. What Makes Kids Succeed In School? Homework without hassles — almost www.allprodad.com/playbook Fun ideas for cooking with kids: www.fathersworld.com/recipes/dadscookin Return to Top of Page

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