Today was our final Parents-As-Teachers get together for the year and forever thanks to the great governor of Idaho. What a butthead. P.A.T. is a - correction, was a - state funded program that had teachers come to the homes of children ages 1-5 to teach them a lesson once a month, give the parents materials to work on with their kids to prepare them for kindergarten, and then we also had a group get together once a month. It was a free program that has been wonderful for me and the girls and many of my friends. Statistics show that when kids participate in this program they test much higher and do much better in kindergarten. Apparently that wasn't important to our governor. He cut the funding about a month ago, six weeks after the state representatives had been in session. He didn't consult anyone about the effectiveness of the program, just decided to cut it. He also hasn't said where that money is going. Educating our kids must not be a big priority. This program is really important for families that can't afford to send their kids to preschool. I am obviously very upset about this.
Anyhow, today the final party was at Porter Park in Rexburg - they have a big carousel and a splash park - only it was about 45 degrees today, so their was no swimming, but the girls had a lot of fun on the carousel.
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I had never even heard of that program. I am sorry they cut it. Aren't you sick of the cold weather? For pete's sake, it is june! We finally warmed up a bit, but it is supposed to get cold again. How are we supposed to keep up our tans when it is snowing outside? :) Can't wait to see you this week!
Here I am commenting again, wow! Don't you just love politics, when Amber was little me and a group of ladies in my ward each took a turn and did a preschool in our homes, it was either once or twice a week and we picked our own subject and did a lesson and play time and had a little snack. It was so fun and free, and I only had to do it once every few weeks the kids had alot of fun too! I can't wait until Zions it will be crazy fun! Marianne
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