Parents as Teachers program helps families prepare children for school success

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Saturday marks National Parents as Teachers Day, celebrating a nationwide program that gives parents the tools and resources to be their child's first teacher before they enter school.

The Parents as Teachers program connects families with parent educators who provide monthly home visits focused on early childhood development. Parents can voluntarily sign up as early as prenatal until their child enters school.

Hannah Colvin, a parent educator with the Lee's Summit R7 School District's Parents as Teachers program, visits the O'Leary family monthly to support their daughter Summer's development.

"We bring research based information on some of those difficult areas of parenting as children continue to develop, for example, teaching kids how to use the po