Pot Luck Dinner Parenting Group – With Dr. Ruth Matsuura

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Ruth Matsuura, M.D. with David Matsuura's Family

You’re invited to a monthly pot luck dinner.  The purpose of these dinners are to encourage parents to interact and pick up positive parenting ideas to help love and nurture children.  The group has moderators to take questions and get practical answers.  Children are not born with instruction so the group provides the support and place to ask questions.

By making time to attend this worthwhile event, you’ll save time avoiding and overcoming future problems.  Highly recommended for parents with children under seven years of age, children and anyone interested in parenting are welcomed to attend.  “Parenting is the high calling in a person’s life” ~ Ruth Matsuura, M.D.

Septembers Topic:       Dads the Center of a Family

Moderators:                   Ruth Matsuura, M.D. and Carl Okuyama

Date:                                Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Time:                               5:30 pm to 8:300 pm

Cost:                                 No Fees, Pot Luck Dinner

Place:                               Carl and Amy’s Place, 1346 Kilikina Street, Hilo, Above Hilo Medical Center (take second left Lahi, first right Kilikina)

Guests:                            Stephen Carter; Isha Charbonneau; and Regina Purinton of Parents, Inc.

Rsvp:                                startsathome@hotmail.com or (808) 937-4392

Starts at Home on K-CIF FM 90.3 – Friday, September 10, 2010 at 7:00 am.

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Dads showing the way

Hilo, Hawaii – Starts at Home will be on K-CIF FM 90.3 – Friday, September 10, 2010 at 7:00 am. Leonard Mukai, Ph.D. and Carl Okuyama will be speaking about successful parenting and Dads the center of the family.  Wives and children are encouraged when the family is led by a strong and participating dads.

To find happiness Walt Disney said,  ”A man should never neglect his family for business.”  Oil Tycoon J. Paul Getty said “I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.”  And, U.S. President Bill Clinton said “The single biggest social problem in our society may be the growing absence of fathers from their homes and children.”

Host of the show is Robert Daley, Jr., President of K-CIF and Pastor Bob Bruzelius.

“Starts at Home” – Encouraging Parents and Loving Children.

Teach Green with U.S. National Parks – Free Kids WebRanger Program

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U.S. National Parks Service

The U.S. National Parks service has come up with an excellent learning tool for parents and children called WebRangers. It’s a great way to teach children to read, think green, and learn about nature; other categories include history, animals, parks, puzzles, science, and people. It was  fun doing the games and learning at the same time.

Get your Free Web Ranger Membership Card
Free Web Ranger Membership Card

Children get a free membership card, WebRanger Station office, and rewards points as they learn and have fun.

Starts at Home is pleased to be a member of Webranger.

Set up your child's free WebRanger Station

Teach a Child to Read – Introduction to Your Baby Can Read

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Result - Train a child to read early in life.

“Dr. Titzer says the current practice of starting to teach reading skills in school is too late and children benefit greatly from getting a much earlier start since a child basically has only one natural window for learning language — from about birth to about age four. During this period it is easier for a child to learn any type of language including spoken, receptive, foreign and written language. The earlier the child is taught to read the better they will read and the more likely they will enjoy it.”

Studies prove that the earlier a child learns to read, the better they perform in school and later in life. Early readers have more self-esteem and are more likely to stay in school. Meanwhile, a national panel of reading specialists and educators determined that most of the nation’s reading problems could be eliminated if children began reading earlier.

Maybe the correct question is…Why should a parent delay teaching a child to read when the most natural time to learn language is during the infant and toddler years?

Seize this small window of opportunity to enhance your child’s learning ability and order the Your Baby Can Read Early Language Development System today!”

A parenting website you want to see:  Your Baby Can Read