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25 Tips To Encourage Literacy In Young Children

2012-03-01T13:43:00-05:00

1. Babble back to your infants2. Encourage conversation3. Teach site words – McDonalds, Lucky Charms, Barney4. Speak another language5. Encourage drawing and inventive spelling6. Script what children say about their drawings – write their story, make it into a book7. Fall in love with language, rhymes, songs and role model reading8. Label your child’s environment9. [...]

25 Tips To Encourage Literacy In Young Children2012-03-01T13:43:00-05:00

Read Across America

2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss.Now in its fifteenth year, Read Across America focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources. Reading [...]

Read Across America2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Kangaroo Kids Celebrates 100 Days of School!

2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Kangaroo Kids Prekindergarten under the direction of award winning teacher Misse Turner celebrated 100 days of learning with a very special day! Children in her Prekindergarten class came to school in PJ’s and very original hair do’s! Each family created a poster filled with 100 random objects. Director Kathy Feigley said, “ It was the [...]

Kangaroo Kids Celebrates 100 Days of School!2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Avoid the 3 S’s!

2012-02-11T16:53:00-05:00

Read the food labels and avoid products with high levels of the three-S's according to WebMD:• Sugar• Saturated fat (and trans fat)• Sodium

Avoid the 3 S’s!2012-02-11T16:53:00-05:00

Child Nutrition and Shopping Tips for Busy Moms

2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Web Md helps busy Moms with these shopping tips:Moms today are busy, whether they work in or outside the home (or both). But that doesn't mean that they don't care about feeding their families in the healthiest way possible.The simplest tip to help your family get more of the nutrients they need -- and fewer [...]

Child Nutrition and Shopping Tips for Busy Moms2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Want your child to accept baked potatoes instead of fries, and to prefer milk to sugary soft drinks? Then you must, too, stated to Elizabeth M. Ward, MS, RD"Studies show that children adopt their parents' eating habits starting early in life," says Melinda Johnson, MS, RD, a pediatric nutrition expert and spokesperson for the American [...]

Monkey See, Monkey Do!2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

What’s On The Menu?

2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Preschoolers are active, spirited tykes. And while they're generally adorable and fun, it's perfectly normal for 3, 4, and 5-year-olds to be opinionated -- especially about eating, according to Elizabeth M. Ward, MS, RDHere's some advice from the she presents from the experts on how to avoid preschool food fights.What's On the Menu?"Preschoolers can eat [...]

What’s On The Menu?2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

Healthy Eating For Young Children

2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

February is good nutrition month at Kangaroo Kids. Children are learning about healthy foods! They will have an opportunity to taste different fruits and vegetables, to graph their favorite healthy foods, and to create their very own healthy necklace. The necklace is a great project to do at home! The only materials you will need [...]

Healthy Eating For Young Children2020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00

January is National Oatmeal Month!

2012-01-05T14:23:00-05:00

January is National Oatmeal Month! Besides being good for your family here is an oatmeal clay recipe you can make to inspire your little artists on these cold and snowy days! 1/2 cup of rolled oats 1/3 cup of flour 1/4 cup of lukewarm waterMix all ingredients together. Form into a ball and now you [...]

January is National Oatmeal Month!2012-01-05T14:23:00-05:00

Money and Young Children

2011-12-05T14:38:00-05:00

When you’re raising children, one of the most important things you, as a parent, can teach your children is how to handle their money. Children should be taught at a young age that they can't always get what they want, when they want it. This automatically means that you can, and must, say "no" to [...]

Money and Young Children2011-12-05T14:38:00-05:00
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