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Opportunities To Communication
As parents and child care providers, you can create opportunities to communicate with your children and be involved in their daily lives by:
- Reading to or with child, asking questions about the story or how they would handle a specific situation in the story.
- Being involved at school by attending important events such as parent/teacher conferences, volunteer or helping with school projects.
- Asking open-ended questions about daily activities so child can respond.
- Having family night, outings and trips.
- Making time to play with child.
- Eating meals together and allowing each family member a chance to talk about their day.
For more information go to https://www.chs-ca.org
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/
http://first5sandiego.org/
https://allaboutyoungchildren.org/english/
Additional Resources
First 5 San Diego QPI Parent Survey (English)
First 5 San Diego QPI Parent Survey (Spanish)
At-Home Learning Resources for the COVID-19 Outbreak
Coping With Stress During Infectious Disease Outbreaks
To Learn More
Book For Children
What makes Me Happy? By Catherine & Laurence Anholt
Book For Adults
Becoming The Parent You Want To Be By Laura Davis & Janis Keyser
Parent Review
Higher Learning Academy is by far one of the best choices you could make as a parent. Every parent wants to know their child is left in the hands of someone that will care for them with love, patience and kindness. Higher Learning staff exceeds at all of the above. However, it doesn’t end there. Sending your child to Higher Learning is like gaining extended family members, a village. We all know it takes a village to raise our kids but some struggle to find and/or relay on their village. When you walk through the doors at HLA you can ensure to be greeted with a smile, even addressed by name. The staff genuinely cares how you are doing. If your not your “normal” self they will inquire and be a shoulder to cry on and extra ears when you need someone to listen. Their experience with children is unmatched. Each teacher adds something special to your child’s day.
Dr. Agnes is God sent to the community. She loves what she does and loves each and every kid that come through the door. Not only that, her heart extends to even your financial situation. When I hit hard times she still allowed my son to attend and told me to let her know when I could pay. Words cannot express my gratitude for Dr. Agnes. Over the 3 years my son attended HLA, I fell in love with this school and so did my son.
I served as the Parent Committee President for the 2017-2018 school year. I am a working professional with a very demanding career. HLA made it possible for me to continue to advance in my career as worrying or stressing about my son’s well being was removed from my list of worries. I really want to see HLA continue to expand and reach more kids in the community. If you are looking for a preschool to call home, look no further. I assure you, you will not regret making Higher Learning Academy home for you and your child(ren).