Register today for our NEW Winter 2012 Classes that Start 1/19! Please use our REGISTRATION FORM or REGISTER ONLINE TODAY :) since winter classes usually FILL and FILL FAST!

PCU Newsletter & Coupons January 2012

Life-changing Positive Discipline, I class for Parents/Nannies/Teachers on Saturday, January 28th OR Teachers & Parent Class: Conscious Discipline LIVE! video series and discussion this fall! Host at your PTA or playgroup and receive your class is free! Please share our flyer Conscious Discipline LIVE for Parents & Teachers. Find out more through video clips of Dr. Becky Bailey at www.YouTube.com or www.ConsciousDiscipline.com. 

We always accept LATE registrations and classes that you miss can be easily made up with our UNLIMITED Make-Up Policy! Or... join us for new Kindermusik Village (0-1.5) or Our Time (1.5-3) or Imagine That (3-5) or Family Time (0-7) class starting soon! Call (703) 228-4747 to register or go to our Registration link.

Register for our FREE Demo Classes TODAY! REGISTER for your free demo class TODAY!  Or simply Register for your class directly here on our Registration link or call (703) 228-4747 or call (888) 703-4PCU with questions!  Missed a demo class of your class type? Simply take our Virtual Demos at http://www.parentchildu.com/gallery.htm!

Please join us for our Signing Smart: Beginner play class this winter! Learn everyday signs and fUn signs too! We have spots available Thursdays 5:30-6:20 p.m! I used Signing Smart with my daughter and she had 50 signs and 50 spoken words by her first birthday! She was also signing/speaking in 6-word sentences! She is now in kindergarten and and early reader! By age 2 kids should have 20-400 words. She had thousands and so does my almost 2 year-old son now! REGISTER at (703) 228-4747 or online! Call (571) 643-1002 with questions! 

PCU Summer Newsletter & Coupons: Goodbye to Miss Laura, Buy Miss Tracey's House & Becky Bailey IS coming & Summer Late Registrations & Make-ups Accepted!

NEW at PCU! Preventing Power Struggles with Conscious Discipline. Come learn more at our amazing parenting program/teacher training session! Change your life and those in your care. See our CLASSES page for more info & REGISTER today!

IMAGINE THAT Kindermusik classes for 3-5 year-olds NEW at PCU! Drop off your child for 35 minutes and come back with the whole family for the last 15 minutes of circle dances, instrument-play, and story time! See a KI:Imagine That class HERE!

Parent Child U's Newsletters (Spring 2011)

Schedule your Conscious Discipline Seminar for your PTA, playgroup, preschool, home, or office today! Have fUn and learn during this life-changing presentation and/or FUNdraiser book/CD sale!  Based on Becky Bailey, Ph.D.'s world-renowned discipline techniques and presented by Certified Conscious Discipline Instructor & PCU Founder, Tracey Kretzer, M.S., LPSC, CCDI.

Register TODAY by calling (703) 228-4747 or going to our Registration page. Most classes are still open!  See our full class list on our Classes page or color-coded Calendar. Make-up classes and demos are always welcome register for your Make-Up Scheduler today!

Yes, right before Joseph turned 5 mos. old he started signing MAMA CHANGE! Two-word sentences are typical when children are 18-24 mos. old, but many Signing Smart babies begin using sentences as early as 6 months & in this case 5 months old! See for yourself PCU's own Baby Joe signs in Sentences Here!

Yeah, I know you probably think I am crazy :), but, Baby Joe touches his head and says "Da" when my husband comes home AND when he plays with him AND as you can see from the clip, when we say, "Say DA DA with your hands!" Please feel free to pop into our Signing Smart classes for a free demo and see HOW easy, fUn, and amazing signing can be - in just seconds a day! Miss Tracey, Mom & PCU Founder

Please call our Inclement Weather Hotlines if you have any questions: "Arlington Enjoy Classes" (703) 228-4715 & Falls Church Recreation: (703) 248-5077. Normally if the county's schools are closed or delayed (no am) there are no classes. Classes are added to the end of the term.

Parent Child U Newsletter Archives

The typical non-signing, hearing child has 20-400 words by age 2, by 16 months-old my child could sign/speak in 5-word SENTENCES (video)! here signing CRY instead of crying! She now has started reading some words out loud! Thank you Signing Smart and Kindermusik for introducing me to the SIGNING SMART strategies. Miss Tracey :)

Video Clip of a Playground Diplomat by PCU!

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health has shown that children who sign as infants are advanced linguistically and cognitively in preschool and have higher IQ’s in elementary school than non-signing children.

Wide-Eyed Learning recently completed their National Research study with over 165 infants. At 12 mos., Signing Smart children use an average of 25 signs and 16 spoken words, versus the 2-3 words non-signing children use. At 18 mos., Signing Smart children use an average of 79 signs and 102 spoken words, versus the 10-50 words non-signing children use. Between 11-14 mos., a majority of Signing Smart children begin using signed/spoken “sentences,” about 10 months earlier than is typical!