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CAPTION: Approximately 25 families participated in the Parents as Teachers-sponsored “Hornet Fever” event held this (Friday) morning at Garrison School. During the event, several CHS football players and cheerleaders visited and made crafts with children. The kids were also invited to participate in the CHS Homecoming Parade which was to be held this afternoon.

C-T Photo/Megan Neis

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PAT to host meeting at Papa Charlie's Pumpkin Patch
Published: Thursday, October 11, 2007

Parents as Teachers is hosting their Halloween Group Meeting at Papa Charlie's Pumpkin Patch on Monday, Oct. 15. Parents and their children are invited to visit the pumpkin patch anytime from 2 to 7 p.m. Admission is free of charge and everyone will take home a free pumpkin.

During the visit to Papa Charlie's Pumpkin Patch, children will enjoy a hayride, straw castle, train rides, a 70-foot slide, petting zoo bouncing pumpkin, pedal tractors, a merry-go-round and a fish pond.

Rain date for the event will be from 2 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18. Call 646-4840 after noon on Oct. 15 if the weather is questionable.

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A large crowd of kids and parents enjoyed The Parents as Teachers Halloween group meeting at the Chillicothe Middle School last (Tuesday) night. The event featured a parade of costumes and a treasure hunt as well as other fun activities and treats.

C-T Photo/Laura Schuler

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Bill Maupin, demonstrates how to play the bassoon during "Family Fun Night: A Night of Music" held on Tuesday evening at Garrison School. During Family Fun Night, children learned about different musical genres including instrumental, singing and dancing. Volunteers who gave demonstrations for the evening were Maupin, instruments; Janice Shaffer, bells; CHS dance team captains Emily McCoy and Madison Gladfelder, dance; and Marsha Riead, singing.

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Caption: Approximately 14 children attended the Parents As Teachers "Circus of Fun" playgroup at Garrison School recently. During the event, the children made clown hats, had their faces painted, rode around on tricycles and bicycles, played inside a large tent, played with Play-Dough and enjoyed other games.

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Christine Jones, Chillicothe Middle School Stream Team sponsor, teaches
children how to make play dough using glue, starch and food coloring at the
Parents as Teachers (P.A.T.) costume party Tuesday night, October 14, at Garrison Elementary School. P.A.T. is an program that promotes early childhood
development and helps parents realize that they are their child's first teacher. P.A.T. is in every Missouri school district and is celebrating its 20-year anniversary this year. P.A.T. does at-home visits where they bring developmental information and activities that are age appropriate. P.A.T. is a service to any family with a child ages birth to kindergarten. Group meetings are held in order to give children developmental activities to participate in. Last night's group meeting had activities such as play dough, bean bag throwing, skeleton making with Q-tips and styrofoam and a hay bale tunnel. C-T Photo / Megan Neis

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Mother Goose, known to many as Pat Meek, visited Garrison School as part of the school's family literacy night. Mother Goose read nursery rhymes to children. There were three other rooms with reading going on. Judith Shoot, children's librarian at the Livingston County Library, read in another room as did Pam Fetter, R-2 special education administrator, and Jan Logan, a Dewey School kindergarten teacher. Fetter read early childhood books; Logan read books kids can expect to read in kindergarten. Garrison Principal Karen Dixon hosted another family literacy night earlier this school year. They are funded by a "Read from the Start" grant that Dixon applied for in the spring 2002.

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