Lee's Summit Parents as Teachers

Great Beginnings Early Education Center

Parents as Teachers celebrates 35 years of building strong communities, thriving families and children that are healthy, safe and ready to learn.

905 NE Bluestem Drive kerry.boehm@lsr7.net 816-986-2480 pat.lsr7.net

Sometimes you just get lucky!

What a wonderful evening for a concert! The weather was perfect, the venue was great and the music amazing! Jim Cosgrove, aka Mr. Stinky Feet had families off their feet dancing, singing and having fun.

Hope to see you at our next group connection!

Why Cross midline?

Crossing midline is required for the right and left sides of the brain to communicate. The more they communicate, the stronger the connection between the two. If the two sides of the brain do not communicate and work together, they are out of sync and one area dominates the other causing academic, behavioral, language, physical and/or social challenges. The key to helping our children be calmer, happier and functioning at their best is to get their whole brain working together. Imagine a line going down the middle of your body. Whenever your arms or legs cross that line to the other side of your body, that is crossing midline. Simple and fun crossing midline activities includes:

-driving cars on a large path -drawing on large paper on wall or easel -simple yoga positions -simon says games-animal walk activities


The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri Collect acorns, leaves, pinecones, and other bits of nature to make an autumn sensory tub.	Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell Buy an apple and a pumpkin at the grocery store, then explore them using your senses - sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.	The Dark,Dark Night by M. Christina Butler Go into the back yard or out onto the driveway after the sun has gone down - What do you hear? What can you see? How is night different?

The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

Collect acorns, leaves, pinecones, and other bits of nature to make an autumn sensory tub.

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell

Buy an apple and a pumpkin at the grocery store, then explore them using your senses - sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

The Dark,Dark Night by M. Christina Butler

Go into the back yard or out onto the driveway after the sun has gone down - What do you hear? What can you see? How is night different?


The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Make spider webs with yarn, construction paper, and glue.	The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown Make paper plate masks of different animals and make their sounds as you read the book.	Your child gets the most out of books when you show how important reading is to you. Be a role model and read!