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Programs Home VisitingGathering Place - Parent Support Group Home Visiting This program is for people who are expecting a child, or are a caregiver with a child from birth to six years of age. A home visitor from the community will visit you in your home or wherever you feel most comfortable and offer support related to child development, nutrition, health and safety and problem solving. The home visitor will also link you with other programs and services available in the community. Parent-Child Mother Goose This is a 10 week group experience for parents and their babies and young children. It focuses on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs and stories that will create memories. Call for date, time and place. No fee Nobody's Perfect Parent's of children under the age of 6 meet once a week for 6 weeks to learn and provide support to each other. If you are interested in building on what you already know and do, your interests and strengths, your sources of support and your knowledge of resources in the community this program is for you. Call for date, time and place. No fee. Childcare paid. Gathering Place - Parent Support Group Graduates of Mother Goose, Nobody's Perfect and participants in Ready-Set-Go!'s activities have a meeting on Friday's at Begley School to share information on issues concerning parenting. Once a month a guest speaker visits the group to talk about interesting parenting topics. Community Voices This is a night out for parents that offers the opportunity to meet new friends, share ideas, learn new skills and help to develop your neighbourhood. 
This town hall type meeting offers a chance for community members
to share their ideas and ask the Ready-Set-Go! staff and board members
questions. Must call ahead and reserve childcare. Call for date, time
and place. Toy and Resource Lending This program is run out of the Ready-Set-Go! house and allows parents and children to borrow toys, videos and books on a weekly basis. A selection of Arabic children's books are available. The resource library also has books, magazines and pamphlets on community resources and child development information for parents. Special Events for Families Workshops and Special Events are offered throughout the year. Celebrating families and community is an important part of supporting families and these special events happen at various times. Contact Read-Set-Go! for more information on upcoming events. |
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