Thanks to all that attended our session at the San Jose conference.

Please Contact Us if we can help in any way.

The following are the resources that we talked about in our session.

Resources about the value of involving fathers:

Strong Father Programs and Partners
Strong Father Facts
Promoting Father Events

Getting Dads Through the Door Handouts for training

Strengthening Father Involvement Slides

We took a sample of 1000 evaluations out of the 6000+ that we gathered last year, here is the basic data:

1000 Fathers Said………………

Handouts for Fathers (given out in our programs)

These handouts are in black and white to save districts money and to allow them to copy them for program participants and all other parents in other programs or meetings.

Handout in English

Handout in Spanish

Evaluation (English and Spanish)

Strong Father Pledge Sheet (filled out by dads after classroom visits)

Dad’s Playbook (This book is free from the National Institute on Family Literacy, we have handed out several thousands)

Good News about Strong Fathers-Strong Families:
Newspaper Story
Television News Story
Additional News Story

READ THIS BOOK! ( Chapter 21 of Why Fathers Count ) www.whyfatherscount.com

Our website about our partners in Africa www.hallsforhope.info, www.thevillageofhope.com

Thanks to all of the great folks that toughed it out and trained with us in Nashville for almost two days!

I had a great time and all of you were very gracious and a fun bunch to be with. I look forward to seeing you in future conferences and make sure you send some folks our way at the Atlanta conference this December.

Here are some resources from our discussions. If you have any questions you can always contact me. My information is on the cover of your manual or you can CONTACT ME through the website.

Instructions for the name toss game
Father Involvement Handout
Head Start Father Involvement Model

Here are some of the flip charts from our Sunday session

 




Other Strong Father Articles

Working with Fathers
Fathers Reading Program
Why Fathers Count, Chapter 21

Let me know if I can help in any way!

 Thanks to so many of you that attended our sessions this past weekend at the Colorado Head Start Conference.

The following is some of the information that was discussed in both sessions:

Here are the resources and materials that we discussed in the workshop:

Name Toss Instructions-Steal This Game!





If you want to know more about Strong Fathers-Strong Families you can check out the following links:

Our website www.strongfathers.com

Our Conference website www.strongdads.com

Our website about our partners in Africa www.hallsforhope.info, www.thevillageofhope.com

Handouts and Documents:

Fathers Handout Pages-English
Fathers Handout Pages-Spanish
Promoting Father Events
Strong Father Facts-English and Spanish
Sample Flier
Sample HS flier
Pledge Sheet-English and Spanish
Dad's Playbook - NIFL Website
Evaluation Data
National Head Start Fatherhood Pre-Conference
Contextual Program Model

Resources about the value of involving fathers:

Strong Father Programs
The Meaning of Father Involvement
What Fathers Contribute
Fathers Role in Literacy

Good News about Strong Fathers-Strong Families:
Newspaper Story
Television News Story
Additional News Story

Published Works:
Texas PTA Article

THE book-Why Fathers Count - Chapter 21

SEDL Reading Article

For all of our programs we provide the promotional materials and stickers as well as all of the forms and handouts. We will also post pictures from your event on our website in the Strong Pictures section.

You can CLICK HERE for an event request form and you will need to return this form with your choice of dates. If we can match you with other schools in your area,  we will try to do so to save your travel costs and us travel time!

Thanks to all of you who attended our recent session at the Region III Fatherhood/Healthy Marriage Conference in Philadelphia.

Here are the resources and materials that we discussed in the workshop:

Handouts and Documents:

Fathers Handout Pages-English
Fathers Handout Pages-Spanish
Promoting Father Events
Strong Father Facts-English and Spanish
Sample Flier
Sample HS flier
Pledge Sheet-English and Spanish
Dad's Playbook - NIFL Website
Evaluation Data
National Head Start Fatherhood Pre-Conference
Contextual Program Model

"Getting Dads Through the Door" Flip Charts

What do you want to know?  Game Observations         
 

Question 1                                   Question 2                             Question 3                             Question 4
  

"Next Steps for Fatherhood Programs" Flip Charts

   


Name Toss Instructions-Steal This Game!





If you want to know more about Strong Fathers-Strong Families you can check out the following links:

Our website www.strongfathers.com

Our Conference website www.strongdads.com

Our website about our partners in Africa www.hallsforhope.info, www.thevillageofhope.com

 

Resources about the value of involving fathers:

Strong Father Programs
The Meaning of Father Involvement
What Fathers Contribute
Fathers Role in Literacy

Good News about Strong Fathers-Strong Families:
Newspaper Story
Television News Story
Additional News Story

Published Works:

Texas PTA Article

THE book-Why Fathers Count - Chapter 21

SEDL Reading Article

For all of our programs we provide the promotional materials and stickers as well as all of the forms and handouts. We will also post pictures from your event on our website in the Strong Pictures section.

 

You can CLICK HERE for an event request form and you will need to return this form with your choice of dates. If we can match you with other schools in your area,  we will try to do so to save your travel costs and us travel time!

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

We had a capacity-plus crowd at Lovejoy Elementary on Tuesday Night.

We will have more pictures posted at www.strongfathers.com later this week but we thought we would share a few images with you in the video below.

Let us know what you think.



Lovejoy Elementary Math Night

Thanks to all that attended our session at the Texas Association of Partners in Education conference.

Please Contact Us if we can help in any way.

The following are the resources that we talked about in our session.

Resources about the value of involving fathers:

Strong Father Programs and Partners
Strong Father Facts
Promoting Father Events

Getting Dads Through the Door Handouts for training

Strengthening Father Involvement Slides

We took a sample of 1000 evaluations out of the 6000+ that we gathered last year, here is the basic data:

1000 Fathers Said………………

Handouts for Fathers (given out in our programs)

These handouts are in black and white to save districts money and to allow them to copy them for program participants and all other parents in other programs or meetings.

Handout in English

Handout in Spanish

Evaluation (English and Spanish)

Strong Father Pledge Sheet (filled out by dads after classroom visits)

Dad’s Playbook (This book is free from the National Institute on Family Literacy, we have handed out several thousands)

Good News about Strong Fathers-Strong Families:
Newspaper Story
Television News Story
Additional News Story

READ THIS BOOK! ( Chapter 21 of Why Fathers Count ) www.whyfatherscount.com

Our website about our partners in Africa www.hallsforhope.info, www.thevillageofhope.com

If you did not think dads could hang in early childhood environments, then you need to check out the following videos:



TooTeeTah 1



TooTeeTah 2

We have had these videos posted on our website before but so many people have asked about them, I thought we would use the new video capability of our blogsite to put them out there again.

Enjoy. If you have any questions, you can CONTACT US

HERE are the Math Games that Tristan and his dad are playing.



Tristan likes to win at math games






If Tristan doesn't win, he can still talk smack to his dad.

Thanks to all of you who attended our recent session at the NCLB Pre-Conference.

Here are the resources and materials that we discussed in the workshop:

Handouts and Documents:

Pre-Conference Handout
Fathers Handout Pages-English
Fathers Handout Pages-Spanish
Promoting Father Events
Strong Father Facts-English and Spanish    
Sample Flier
Pledge Sheet-English and Spanish
Dad's Playbook - NIFL Website
Evaluation Data


Name Toss Instructions-Steal This Game!





If you want to know more about Strong Fathers-Strong Families you can check out the following links:

Our website www.strongfathers.com

Our Conference website www.strongdads.com

Our website about our partners in Africa www.hallsforhope.info, www.thevillageofhope.com

 

Resources about the value of involving fathers:

Strong Father Programs
The Meaning of Father Involvement
What Fathers Contribute
Fathers Role in Literacy

Good News about Strong Fathers-Strong Families:
Newspaper Story
Television News Story
Additional News Story

Published Works:

Texas PTA Article

THE book-Why Fathers Count - Chapter 21

SEDL Reading Article

For all of our programs we provide the promotional materials and stickers as well as all of the forms and handouts. We will also post pictures from your event on our website in the Strong Pictures section.

 

You can CLICK HERE for an event request form and you will need to return this form with your choice of dates. If we can match you with other schools in your area,  we will try to do so to save your travel costs and us travel time!

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks to all of you that attended our session at TXPTA in Austin. I hope you are not having any bad dreams about flying farm animals but I do hope that you are dreaming of including more families on your campus and in your programs. The following are the resources that we talked about in this session:

Finding the Strengths of Struggling Families
Steal This Game
Million Dollar Murray
Parent Involvement for All Parents
Making Parent Involvement Work for Involved Parents
Building Meaningful Relationships with all Stakeholders
Sample Flier

Links to Resources:
Ruby Payne's Website
Why Fathers Count
No Child Left Behind