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Cabin Fever Busters
Earlier this week on our Facebook page, we had an impromptu picture contest of your snowman when the snow first started coming down. We got a few fun entries: but the winner and coolest of all was from Reader Elizabeth and Susan Woods! Her family had to stay indoors but didn’t miss out on the…
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I decided to bite the bullet and begin potty training my almost 3 year old. Let me just say before I had kids, I never imagined that is how I would be planning to spend my weekend! Preparation: We were very prepared. We got Charlotte excited for her sparkly potty seat, the huge new sticker…
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How to Choose a Physician
Finding the right physician for your family is one of the most important decisions you will make. Parents must find physicians for the adults in the family, a pediatrician for their children, and spets if anyone needs specialized care for underlying ailments. All of these pediatricians need to also be in your insurance network if…
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DIY Balloon Drum Supplies: large empty metal can large balloon rice packing tape scissors two unsharpened pencils. Instructions: 1. Cut the end off of the balloon 2. Stretch the balloon tightly over the open top of the metal can and secure with packing tape 3. Play the drum with the eraser-end of the pencils. Do you…
Share This: Read MoreEyes on Health
Telltale Signs of Poor Vision in Children Keeping your child healthy is a huge undertaking. A parent’s concern goes from the foods they eat to the exercise they receive. One important area that must not be left off the check list is your child’s vision. Healthy eyes and vision are a critical part of child’s…
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By: Ann Shepherd The Science of Snowflakes The story of a snowflake begins with water vapor in the air. Evaporation from oceans, lakes, and rivers and transpiration from plants puts water vapor into the air. Every time you exhale, you put water vapor into the air! When air cools down, the water vapor it holds…
Share This: Read MoreMoving and Learning – School Readiness
Moving & Learning By Kris Meyers, M.Ed. Did you know that young children today are less physically active than ever before? Physical activity plays an important role in early brain development. In fact, young brains grow best when children are able to move and interact with the world around them “Research suggests young children can…
Share This: Read MoreThe Invisible Crime: Opening Our Eyes to Child Identity Theft
Robert Chappell Jr. is no stranger to criminal activity. After working in law enforcement for 27 years, and most recently as a criminal investigator with Virginia State Police, Mr. Chappell started to notice that the trends towards “schemes and scams” of identity theft began to morph from a crime against adults into an offense directed…
Share This: Read MoreEar buds: Are they really all that dangerous?
You’d better believe it! As early as the 1980’s, audiologists (spets in testing hearing) began noticing hearing loss in folks using the Walkman and other portable music devices which utilized ear phones. A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2010 warned that nearly 1 in 5 adolescents between the ages…
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