ParentTips can help you promote the importance of the early years to parents, employees, policy makers, and the press.

ParentTips is a free series providing information and fun tips on helping young children (birth to age 5) be ready to succeed when they start school.

On the first day of each month, a new Article (100-word and 250-word) and a ParentTip Sheet is available. Here's how you use ParentTips:

• Include ParentTips in your school, company, or organization newsletter.
• Email ParentTips to all company employees.
• Place ParentTips in your local or community paper.
• Distribute ParentTips as a flyer at an upcoming event, staff meetings, or county council or school board meetings.

For more ParentTips, click here!

Interested in public engagement materials for parents with older children? The Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (MBRT), a Ready At Five partner, through its Parents Count! Campaign has developed a 10-part series to help parents improve their child's school performance. Visit MBRT's Parents Count! Web Site for more information.