Speech Connections, Inc. will provide speech/language screenings to children attending Gingerbread Cottage Preschool at no cost.

Please call (804) 672-8588 to schedule an appointment.

Kathryn S. Alter, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist
4122 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
Communications between parents and teachers is encouraged and welcomed. Teachers send home a monthly newsletter to keep parents informed in classroom activities. Parent/Teacher conferences are held four times per year.

Gingerbread Cottage has a Parent Resource Library that is filled with books that parents can check out. Some titles include:
  • Parenting the Strong Willed Child (for parents of 2-6 year old children)
  • Math Play! 80 Ways to Count and Learn
  • The Attention Deficit Child by Dr. Grant Martin
  • Touchpoints - The Essential Reference by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
  • It Worked for Me! (Secrets to Solving the Everyday Problems of Raising Kids)
  • 1-2-3 Magic (Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 years)
Helpful resources for parents:

Commonwealth Parenting - Education and resource organization committed to helping parents with the challenges of raising healthy, happy children from infancy to adolescence. With eleven family educators, they are able to address a wide variety of issues and concerns.


9675 Staples Mill Road Glen Allen, VA 23060
Phone: (804) 755-1667 E-mail: gingerbreadcottage@copper.net