Our Parents' Place
You play the most significant role in the development of your child(ren), and we want to help!
Here you will find the latest education news that affects you and/or your child(ren) as well as
links to some of Traci Pettit's favorite professional organizations' sites.  She has benefited and
continues to benefit from these research-based organizations - as a secondary public school
teacher, collegiate instructor of pre-service early childhood/elementary teachers, in her own
studies in early childhood education, and in helping her maintain the safest and most
nurturing environment atPettit Private School, conducive to growing the whole child.
Updated frequently
with the latest
information that
affects you and/or
your child(ren).
Starfall
is an excellent
online "learn to
read" website that
will meet your child
where he/she is in
literacy
development:
emergence,
beginning or
fluent.
Reading Rockets
provides a wealth of
information to help
you help your
kiddos learn to
read.  The
information is
invaluable!
Zero to Three
is the nation's
leading resource on
the first years of
life.  You will be
amazed at how
much information
is available for you!
Scholastic
has helped children
read and learn for
over 85 years! The
parent page provides
you with practical
information to help
you foster a love of
learning within
your child(ren).
ASLC
(Association for
Library Service to
Children)
will help you
learn about
quality literature
that's available for
your young
reader(s).
PBS for Parents
teaches how children
become readers and
writers and how you
can help them at each
literacy stage.
The site also provides
a "book finder"
where you can locate
developmentally
appropriate books for
your child(ren).
Get Ready to Read
is a quick, yet
comprehensive,
screening tool
developed by Reading
Rockets
to help you find out if
your child (intended
for a 4-year-old) is on
track to learn how to
read.
Texas
Department of
State Health
Services -
immunizations
Texas
Department of
State and
Health Services,
vision and
screening