Imprints for More at Four

Imprints for More at Four collaborates with North Carolina Governor Easley's state-supported pre-K initiative to provide parent education services to the more than 20 More at Four classrooms in Forsyth County. Parent educators work in partnership with parents and teachers to insure the educational success of every child in the program. Services are available in English and Spanish. Services offered include the following:

Personal Visits
Families enrolled in Imprints for More at Four receive monthly visits from certified parent educators. The nationally acclaimed Parents as Teachers curriculum is used to share well-researched child development and parent support information. During the visit, the parent educator talks with parents and shares activities with parents and children to stimulate child growth and development. The parent educator can also share teacher feedback and observation information on the child’s progress in the classroom. Visits with parents and children can be done in the family’s home, at the More at Four site, over the phone, or any other mutually agreed upon location.

Classroom Time
In addition to personal visits, the parent educator spends a minimum of two hours in the classroom each week to observe and interact with individual children and to meet with parents and teachers.

Teacher Consultations
The parent educator is available during weekly visits to consult with teachers and any other family service workers regarding the developmental well-being of the child. The parent educator will encourage and facilitate communication between parents and teachers and will support famliy and More at Four partnerships and parent involvement in the program.

Group Meetings
Imprints for More at Four offers group meetings on discipline, kindergarten readiness, and other parent-requested topics. Group meetings provide the opportunity for parents to share common parenting concerns and issues in a setting facilitated by a trained parent educator.

Screenings
Imprints for More at Four assists teachers with screenings of children’s overall development, health, hearing, and vision. Parent educators can use the Ages and Stages developmental screening tool as an interactive activity involving parent and child.

Referrals
Parent educators with Imprints for More at Four can help families to access early intervention and community resources. The parent educator supports parents through the referral process and encourages them to become well-informed.

Motheread/Fatheread
Motheread/Fatheread is a curriculum and approach for teaching literacy skills to adults and children. We use multicultural children’s literature about such issues as child development, self-reliance, and problem solving, in a format designed to enhance or develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Story Sharing, a companion program, reaches out to children directly. Through Story Sharing, adults (childcare teachers, parents, social service workers) read aloud to children with enthusiasm and inflection. Three areas of emergent literacy - creative thinking, problem solving, and comprehension skills - are reinforced through Story Sharing.

Contact Us
Imprints
502 North Broad Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101-2510
336.722.6296
bwest@imprintsforfamilies.org