Purpose:
This program consists of six one-hour sessions (delivered one/week) of parent and child activities based on the Comfort, Play and Teach™ framework developed by Invest in Kids. The program provides parents with an opportunity to learn about and support their child’s development. In a group setting, parents discover ways to comfort, play with and teach their toddler through participating in engaging, fun and interactive activities with their children, thereby further enhancing their child’s development and building on the parent-child relationship.
Audience:
This program is designed for parents and their children, 18-36 months of age.
Program Features:
Because Comfort, Play and Teach™ is grounded in the latest research on child development, this program provides a rich learning experience for parents and children that has the following features:
- An introduction to Comfort, Play & Teach for parents that provides an understanding of the framework and how to apply it in the interactions they have with their child daily.
- Theme-based sessions that include developmentally-appropriate, engaging activities for parents and children.
- A description of the developmental benefits for the child.
- A description of the Comfort, Play &Teach opportunities for each interactive activity.
- Weekly session guides for parents that include an overview of the weekly theme, songs and activities for the session, suggested activities to try at home, and a weekly Comfort, Play and Teach™ checklist based on everyday activities.
- A training DVD for facilitators that provides an overview to Comfort, Play & Teach, as well as how to deliver the program to parents and their children.
Program Goals:
- To introduce parents the Comfort, Play & Teach framework developed by Invest in Kids.
- To provide parents with an opportunity to use the Comfort, Play and Teach™ framework with their children the context of fun-filled, interactive activities.
- To increase parents’ knowledge of child development.
- To provide parents with information and strategies on using comfort, play and teach in home and community environments.
- To increase parents’ confidence in supporting their child’s development.
- To provide parents and children an opportunity to connect with other families in a community-based, group setting.
- To provide communities with a program to engage families that is grounded in current research in child development.
- To introduce parents the Comfort, Play & Teach framework developed by Invest in Kids.
- To provide parents with an opportunity to use the Comfort, Play and Teach™ framework with their children the context of fun-filled, interactive activities.
- To increase parents’ knowledge of child development.
- To provide parents with information and strategies on using comfort, play and teach in home and community environments.
- To increase parents’ confidence in supporting their child’s development.
- To provide parents and children an opportunity to connect with other families in a community-based, group setting.
- To provide communities with a program to engage families that is grounded in current research in child development.
