Parent/Child Playgroups provide both
parents and children with a support
network of peers, which enables
them to grow and develop.

Parent / Child Playgroup

Twice weekly playgroups for parents with children from birth to age 5 are an education-based, social opportunity for families in the community. Facilitated by a parent educator, playgroup is a place for parents to let their children socialize with peers, for adults to make new friends, and for all who participate to enrich their family lives.

Through Parent/Child Playgroups developmental skills such as social/emotional, motor, cognitive and visual/spatial are enhanced through a variety of activities and environments. Parents are encouraged to engage their children in activities that promote early literacy skills as well as sensory integration and gross motor development. Parent/Child Playgroups provide both parents and children with a support network of peers, which enables them to grow and develop in all of the skills mentioned previously.

Playgroup is open to:

• Families with children from birth to age 5
• Families living in the six town area of Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock, Brooklyn, Pomfret, and Killingly

Dates, times and place:

• Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 - 11:30
• Held at the Mary R. Fisher Elementary School Early Learning Center

Playgroup offers access to:

• WIC (every 3rd Friday)
• Across the Smiles Dental Van (every six months visits at the TEEG site) to focus on oral hygiene care
• University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Expanded Food and Nutritional Education Program (EFNEP) to provide information on nutritional awareness
• Parents As Teachers (PAT) to provide you with the most current and up to date information about your child at their specific developmental stage

Please contact TEEG to register.

2009 Parent / Child Playgroup Accomplishments to Date: 1,537 lives touched.