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25 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments
7 Readiness Skills Kindergarten Teachers Look For
If your child’s preschool years are coming to an end, your thoughts are probably turning toward kindergarten. But is your child ready to move on to the “big” school? What skills do kindergarten teachers expect their new students to have? To help answer those questions (and ease your mind), the team at Scholastic asked kindergarten …
READ MORE7 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments
Let’s Play!
Let’s Play! ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit organization focused specifically on the healthy development of babies and toddlers. They’ve released a new app for Apple and Android products. Check out Let’s Play! “Let’s Play provides parents and grandparents with fun ideas for keeping babies and toddlers entertained and learning, especially during daily routines like …
READ MORE29 Jul · Lauren Till · No Comments
Art in Development
Creative arts help children develop motor skills, language, decision making, visual learning, inventiveness, cultural awareness, and academics. Check out this article from PBS to learn more about the impact of art on your child’s development. Then check out these ideas for projects to do with your little one!
READ MORE16 Jul · Lauren Till · No Comments
Let’s Read, Let’s Move!
Check out this important reminder from the Corporation for National and Community Service: United We Serve: Let’s Read. Let’s Move. calls on all Americans to participate in combating summer reading loss and childhood obesity through volunteering and service this summer. Our nation’s youth need guidance to help build fit bodies and strong minds. Working together, …
READ MORE27 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments
What’s in a Nap?
Photo Credit Child care providers and parents know that naps are an essential part of a young child’s life. However, there isn’t a huge body of research available to back that up. Recently the National Institutes of Health conducted a study that shows naps reboot energy and aid healthy development. In a preschool classrooms study, …
READ MORE14 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments
National Poison Prevention Week
March 16th-22nd is National Poison Prevention Week. Adults should always try to keep poisons out of reach of young children, but accidents do happen. According to the Poison Prevention Week Council, “More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 57 poison control centers across the country. More than 90 percent of these …
READ MORE10 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments
10th Annual Joining Hands for Week of the Young Child – Updated
Update: The Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) is cancelling the 10th annual Joining Hands for Week of the Young Child event that was scheduled for April 9th at the State House. APC has learned that this year’s legislative session (which was on the calendar to end April 28th) is on track to end as early …
READ MORE3 Feb · Lauren Till · No Comments
Get Vaccinated!
Parents must make thousands of healthcare decisions for their children over the course of their lives. Immunizations are crucial to disease prevention and have multiple benefits. Consider the following statements from the Department of Health and Human Services: – Immunizations can save a child’s life. Because of advances in medical science, children can be protected …
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