Educational Services
Parents play an important role in the education of their child by:

• Providing input for children’s interests and activities
• Participating in Home Visits 
• Participating in Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Having ongoing conversations with the teacher in regard to the child’s progress

Bring your child to school every day.  It is important to your child’s success because it helps children:

• Learn the skills they need for Kindergarten and beyond.
• Build self-confidence
• Make new friends

We believe that children learn from adults and other children in the classroom because they:

• Gain independence
• Learn communication skills
• Learn problem-solving skills
• Learn from each other’s strengths

Your child will be observed daily to assess their developmental progress:

• These observations will occur throughout the year.
• Activities based on these observations will help to increase their learning
• Children work to increase their reading, writing, math, science  and social skills

We believe that children learn through play because:

• It encourages active involvement and interest in the activities.  The classroom is set up with materials to promote this learning.

Transition Services

The Head Start Program Performance Standards require that our Head Start agencies establish and maintain procedures to support successful transitions for enrolled children and families from previous child development programs or homes from Head Start into Kindergarten.

Transition Services assist parents of transitioning children work toward preparing for a smooth transition from Home Head Start into a school environment that will best suit the needs of their children.


The process includes:

• Preparing parents and their children for Early Head Start to Head Start and Kindergarten and helping parents and their children adjust to the differences between Home to Head Start and Kindergarten.  We also provide teaching transitioning families about the different schools and/or services available in their communities.
• New St Paul Staff will work diligently with pregnant moms to develop goals regarding the birth and baby care. We will work with mom and family to ensure that baby and family have a smooth transition into Early Head Start and Head Start.