Happy New Year 2014

We hope you all have a wonderful and SAFE New Year. We will be seeing sick patients only on Tuesday Dec 31st until around 2:00 pm. We will also be in the office on Jan 1st seeing urgent care only. Our office will start accepting phone calls at 10:00 am on Wednesday. We will begin normal clinic on Thursday Jan 2nd at 8:00 am. Have a wonderful and SAFE New years!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from everyone here at Willow Creek Pediatrics! We will be closed on Wednesday December 25th and will re-open on Thursday December 26th. Our phones will turn on at 8:00 am. Please have a wonderful and safe Holiday season!

Do you have a kindergartner for 2015?...If so you should sign up!!

There is a new online program preschool for children that will be starting kindergarten fall 2015. UPSTART is unlike any other preschool program in the nation. Funded by the Utah State Legislature, UPSTART gives Utah families an easy–to–use, at–home preschool program that will start their children on the path to success in school.

The Importance of Early Education

Recent research demonstrates that success in school depends on what happens before kindergarten. Simple activities like reading to a preschooler, singing nursery rhymes, and learning the alphabet can set the stage for a lifetime of success.
Parents today often do not have the time or resources to engage in these important activities with their children. Some parents even wonder if they have the know–how to work with their children. The result is many children enter kindergarten unprepared to learn and make the most of their school experience. Some children succeed in spite of these challenges. But far too many fail.

The Challenge

Many state governments have funded universal preschool to give their children the best start possible. But there are challenges associated with universal preschool including cost, the limited number of well–qualified preschool teachers, and concerns about taking children out of the home for formal schooling at an early age.

Waterford Institute’s Solution

In 2009, Waterford Institute was selected to oversee the UPSTART pilot program. More than 7,000 Utah homes have participated in the program during its first five years.
Waterford’s program provides world–class reading, math, and science instruction as well as a program to assess and remediate young children. Waterford’s curriculum has been:

• Allowing children to access education from home
• Costing less than traditional preschools
• Providing research–based, proven, complete instruction
• Engaging children with fun activities
• Testing each child’s progress
• Giving families the support needed to succeed
• Fitting into families’ busy schedules

Participating families not only receive Waterford’s proven curriculum, but they also receive extensive support to keep motivated and make the most of this learning opportunity.
Waterford believes that children’s first and most important teachers are their parents and family. UPSTART is designed to give these first teachers the tools to prepare their preschoolers for a lifetime of learning.


To sign up go to www.utahupstart.org

Info from the utahupstart website