Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments


Catalina Vazquez had to become a student herself to learn how to be her child's first teacher.

Jovita Torres wants to help keep her daughter Karen, 3, learning and is doing so with the help of Avance, a program that teaches mothers how to engage their children and prepare them for school. Jovita Torres wants to help keep her daughter Karen, 3, learning and is doing so with the help of Avance, a program that teaches mothers how to engage their children and prepare them for school.

With help from the Dallas nonprofit program Avance, she and other Hispanic mothers are taking a more active role preparing their children for school.
"At school, he likes to read and participate in class," Vazquez said of her 4-year-old son, Angel. "The teacher asked, 'Who taught him this?'