Handout 11: A Rewrite of Passage #4

The main goal of Head Start. is to help children learn and grow through their experiences with other people - with family members, friends, schoolmates, teachers, and everyone else in their lives. This ability to have successful relationships with other people is called "social competence." For children to develop social competence, they must have learning opportunities, healthy bodies and minds, and good nutrition. Therefore, Head Start is committed to:

• Helping children improve their health
  
• Helping children develop their bodies
  
• Helping children overcome any existing health problems
  
• Making sure that every child has a good diet

Head Start is also committed to helping parents build on the skills and knowledge they can use to ensure the healthy development of their children.

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