The Family Connections Newsletter is offered four times a year to families in the Minneapolis Early Childhood Family Education program. Check out our most recent publications.
Summer Fun for Families May, 2008 Free or low-cost activities for families with young children.
For more information, see this summer's newsletter.
Summer Recreation for Special Kids May, 2006 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that private and public recreational providers make reasonable accommodations to integrate children with disabilities in their programming. Check out this list of free or low-cost summer activities.
Dear "Been There" Winter, 2006 A parent wonders how to find and afford respite care.
Life Beyond Diagnosis: Making Connections Fall, 2006 The moment of diagnosis can sometimes be devastating, but part of moving on is making connections with informed parents and professionals and telling our own story.
Transitioning to a New School Fall, 2003 Is your child moving on to a new early childhood or school setting this fall? It can be frightening for children – all children – to make transitions. It can be frightening for parents too, maybe even more so.
Taking Care of Yourself Winter, 2003 You sign a few information releases to drop in the mail, salute the stack of recommended reading that various professionals have handed to you, then quickly try to make order in the house before the kids arrive home.
The tragic death of a local preschooler from swallowing a lead trinket reminds us all to be extra careful about the possibility of lead in or around our house.
