Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Our fun, informative services are FREE to families with children under school age who live in Center School District:
Parents As Teachers (PAT) provides personalized home visits, group activities, developmental screenings, playgroups and storytimes as well as a toy lending library, community playroom and internet connected computer.
Sheila Lewis, Coordinator
slewis@center.k12.mo.us
Boone Elementary School
8817 Wornall Rd
Kansas City, MO 64114
(816)349.3715
About Parents As Teachers
Because 95% of brain development occurs in the first 5 years of life...
Because children don't come with an instruction manual...
Because families are the foundation for all learning....
Parents as Teachers can help through:
Personalized home visits conducted by a certified parent educator with the latest child development information for families with children from birth to kindergarten entrance.
Printed information based on the latest research outlines what to expect as your child grows and develops.
Group activities provide opportunity for parents to share experiences, discuss topics of interests, and socialize.
Screenings of your child's educational and sensory (vision and hearing) development gauge progress from year to year.
Success By Six Resource Center and Lending Library has toys, games, books, internet connected computer, and parenting resources available for check out in a bright, welcoming environment.
Play group room provides an informal opportunity for parents and their children to meet and mingle.
Newsletter keeps families informed about upcoming opportunities.
Developmental Screenings
Annual screening conducted on home visits for all PAT children and by appointment for any child aged 3 months through kindergarten.
Developmental screenings conducted by appointment at the center for other interested families living in the district by calling 816-349-3715.
Kindergarten screenings are conducted at the elementary school your child will attend. Call your elementary school for details.
Preschool screenings are conducted at Boone Elementary School. Please call 816-349-3700 for an appointment.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

INSPIRE A LOVE OF READING
Enroll your child in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and get a FREE BOOK every month until their 5th birthday.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age 5, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and the State of Missouri. Every child birth to age 5 in Missouri is eligible to participate – sign your child up today!
Link to sign up - Check Availability - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library