Preventing Summer Slide: Become Your Child’s Learning Partner This Summer
Jennifer Belland, Dancing Moose Montessori Elementary Mentor Teacher As the days get warmer and the nights shorter many children are counting down with great enthusiasm the start of summer break. Summer is often a time for family vacations, neighborhood barbeques, and...
Summertime–an Exhilarating Time to Stimulate Children’s Interests
by Dr. Joyce Sibbett Summertime can be a time when children say “I’m bored.” You can help to address this issue by engaging your child in an area that they find interesting. Knowing an area that is interesting to your child opens the opportunity to...
Happy and Healthy Together
by Breanne Nalder Harward, MS, RDN Let’s face it parents: life with kiddo is crazy! Getting the whole family healthy balanced meals is like aiming at a moving target. It sounds like a simple thing to do, finding balance in all things when raising children, doesn’t it?...
A Time to Celebrate Mothers
by Dr. Joyce Sibbett Mother’s Day is a special opportunity to celebrate the many acts of kindness that mothers sacrifice for their children. It is an important time for children to slow down and think about the wonderful gifts that mothers share with them. This year...