Please contact Mandy Gerry at 413-587-1471x3 or mgerry@northampton-k12.us
to talk about whether this program is a good fit for your family.
The ParentChild+ at-home visiting program emphasizes verbal interaction and learning through play. Home visitors help parents to realize their role as their child's first and most important teacher. Home visitors help families find creative ways to play and read with weekly gifts of books and educational toys.
In two weekly 1/2 hour visits, there is time to read, talk, and play together, creating bridges of mutual understanding and building a strong foundation and love for learning. Each week, the first visit introduces a toy or book for the child to keep, and the second vist is an opportunity to play with it again together.
This program is for children ages 15 months thru 4 years of age.
PC+ graduates are:
Please call Mandy Gerry at 413-587-1471, extension 3, or mgerry@northampton-k12.us for more information or to find out if your family is eligible.
In two weekly 1/2 hour visits, there is time to read, talk, and play together, creating bridges of mutual understanding and building a strong foundation and love for learning. Each week, the first visit introduces a toy or book for the child to keep, and the second vist is an opportunity to play with it again together.
This program is for children ages 15 months thru 4 years of age.
PC+ graduates are:
- 50% more likely to be prepared for kindergarten than their peers
- scored 2.5 times higher on social-emotional skills than their peers
- enter school performing 10 months above their chronological age
Please call Mandy Gerry at 413-587-1471, extension 3, or mgerry@northampton-k12.us for more information or to find out if your family is eligible.