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Early Childhood Education Helps Parents Prepare Thier Children for School Success |
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In 2006-07, 541 Allegan County families and 733 preschool children receive 3303 Parent Educator home visits, and they attended 182 playgroups and 96 Parent University Classes. Further, 152 Allegan County 4 year old children attended the AAESA Michigan School Readiness Program. Allegan County Early Childhood Even Start program strives to break the cycle of poverty by providing educational opportunities for families. Family literacy is the educational format for the Even Start program. Family literacy includes the integration of early childhood education, adult literacy, parent/child interactive literacy, and parenting education. Even Start served 64 Allegan County parents, representing across the county 66 children, with 3,136 hours adult education and 3,299 hours of early childhood education.
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