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Parent-Family-Community Connections
September 2022 Edition - Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 - October 15
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on the anniversary of the independence of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. It is also meant to celebrate the long history of Latino and Hispanic Americans in North America, as well as their heritage. National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
Explore the links and resources below to talk about and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with your children and students.
Hispanic Heritage Booklists
Help Your Child Learn to Read
There are lots of ways that you can help your children learn to read! Click here for tips you can do at home.
Author Spotlight
Pat Mora es méxico-americana y escritora de cuentos y poesía. Escribe libros cortos para niños sobre la familia, la cultura méxico-americana y el desierto. Muchos de sus libros tienen las palabras en inglés y al lado las palabras en español.
Click HERE or on her picture to hear her story.
Audiobooks
You can Select Language at the top right of the page.
TexQuest
Parents and Families Newsletter
Awareness + Parent Involvement = Safer Kids
Children tend to overshare personal details online which makes them a target for online predators. As children go back to school, online predators will look for posts like, “I’m nervous," "I'm excited," "I'm depressed," "I don't want to be here", etc. They will use these emotive posts as a starting point for a conversation--pretending to understand what they are going through.
Parents need to be aware of this so they can help their children. Remember online predators don't look like the creepy guy at the park. Online predators look just like kids that attend your child's school. They have fake profiles with fake pictures.
findhelp.org
Region 7 Bilingual Family Engagement
Joseph Pino
Emergent Bilingual Family Empowerment Specialist
Email: jpino@esc7.net
Website: https://www.esc7.net/page/TitleIII.home
Phone: (903) 988-6793