Woodhaven-Brownstown School District
Learning and Leading for Tomorrow
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Head Start
Head Start is accepting applications for the 2020-21 school year. Head Start is a preschool for income-eligible 3 and 4-year-old children.Applications are now being accepted from families living in all Downriver communities for Early Head Start, a free educational program for expectant mothers, infants, and toddlers.
Enrollment details for Early Head Start and Head Start
Pre-K to K Literacy Activities
Literacy Development Age by Age
A Developing Reader's Journey to Third Grade
Looking for ways to help your child learn and grow? Great Start can help. Go online and complete a questionnaire to help answer questions about how your child is learning and growing. Parents with children between the ages of 2 months and 5 1/2 years of age living in Wayne County can answer questions, and receive results from an ASQ Specialist.
Take the online assessment now
Music Class with Tamara - A free parent/child preschool interaction group. Making music is a part of your child's daily life. It improves their ability to move, think, create, reason, and express themselves. Come and see what music can do for you and your child. This musical adventure is designed to promote language, social, gross motor, and early literacy skills for preschool children ages 0-5 years. Call 734-675-0920 for more information.
Free activities to promote school readiness skills, such as cutting activities and handwriting. Enjoy the FREE craft ideas and downloadable games to print and play with your children as well.
Ideas from research to help your child become a reader:
National Institute for Literacy - A Child Becomes a Reader
Birth through Preschool
Kindergarten through 3rd GradeReading is Fundamental provides printable monthly activity calendars to enhance your young child's reading abilities every day. RIF also provides a number of resources for parents to promote reading with their children.
Getting Ready to Read - Literacy Milestones birth to age 6 and The Five Essential Components of Reading
Michigan Alliance for Families/Early On - How to support your infant or toddler in their growth and development
Parents of Children aged birth to 5 years:
Newsletter and Resources for parents of children birth to 5 years old provided by Wayne County RESA
Ensure your child's safety with a Free Car Seat inspection by Beaumont's certified child passenger safety technicians. Flexible appointment times are available at the following Fitting Station locations:
- Oakwood Healthcare Village Plaza, Dearborn
- Beaumont Southshore Medical Center, Trenton
- Gordon Chevrolet, Garden City
Call 313-586-5488 to set up an appointment to ensure your child's safety
The Guidance Centers offers seven Community Resource Centers throughout the Downriver area. Children, adults, and families may visit any of the centers to check out library materials, enroll in a playgroup, learn about parenting supports, local activities, and assistance programs. The centers also offer parenting classes, workshops, and groups, infant massage, after-school tutoring, and activities for K-8th-grade students and GED tutoring for adults.
Parent Help Line for parent support and information
Metro Detroit Resources - informational articles and more
Games & Activities that are fun and promote problem-solving strategies
Learn letters, sounds, and reading skills
Illuminations, Resources for Teaching Math:
Interactive Game where children use five frames to count and learn to add
Interactive game where children use ten frames to count and learn to add
Upper and lower case letters, numbers, shapes
Are you looking for services and supports for you and your young child? Home Visiting Connections for Young Children, a Wayne County service, helps pregnant women, babies, children, and their families connect with available home visiting programs and resources.
Free Groups - These are for families with infants and toddlers, ages birth-3. All adults and children are welcome. Activities include arts and crafts, discussions, playtime, and snacks.
Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs - An organization that is parent-directed within Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) that supports and connects Michigan families of children and youth with special health care needs, provides family-centered leadership throughout Michigan’s health care settings, and partners in decision-making within the systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs.
