Summer Dance Camp Coming August 11th

We are pleased to announce we will be providing something a bit different this year for our summer campers. On August 11th, representatives from Melissa Hoffman Dance Center will be on hand to provide your children a day of dance instruction and fun. Adria Berthiaume and Jaclyn Hoffman will be here to show and teach the children [...]

Summer Safety Tips for Children

Summer is here. Be sure to guard against these summer issues.

Sunburn
Bites From Mosquitoes and Ticks
Bee Stings
Heat Illness
Burns From Fireworks and Grills
Foodborne Illness
Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac
Poisoning in Children

By Michelle Meadows
When it comes to summer, Olivia Kane, 36, mostly remembers the happy times: eating crabs on the beach, chasing flickering fireflies at night, and [...]

Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants’ and Children’s Products

McNeil Consumer Healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 30, 2010 – Fort Washington, PA. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter (OTC) Children’s and Infants’ liquid products manufactured in the United States and [...]

Children’s Oral Health

Tooth decay (dental caries) affects children in the United States more than any other chronic infectious disease. Untreated tooth decay causes pain and infections that may lead to problems; such as eating, speaking, playing, and learning.
The good news is that tooth decay and other oral diseases that can affect children are [...]

For Your Child’s Health

Now, for the first time, a new study outlines three household routines that can reduce the risk of obesity in kids.

The Haiti Tragedy: Talking To Your Kids

Given the imagery and reports that children may see and hear, it is important to be able to know how to explain that they are seeing and hearing.
This article was recently published on the Forbes.com website by Joan Indiana Rigdon.
Haiti is horrifying for any parent, for any person. I can’t stop thinking of one photo, [...]

Are You A Healthy Role Model For Your Child?

By setting good examples early and establishing habits of healthful eating and physical fitness, parents can give children the gift of health to carry them through adulthood.
With more than 108 million adults, or 61 percent of the adult U.S. population, either obese or overweight, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it’s [...]

Family Reading Partnership

The Family Reading Partnership is a non-profit community organization that promotes early literacy. We are a broad-based, locally grown coalition of individuals, businesses, schools, libraries and other organizations. We have joined forces to “create a culture of literacy” by promoting family reading practices throughout our community.
We know that literacy — the ability to read, write [...]

Toddlers and Biting

Toddlers bite when they’re frustrated and don’t know how else to express it, when they’re interested in finding out more about someone, and when teething. These are some pieces of advice to convince toddlers to stop biting people.

How to Keep Your Toddler from Biting
from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Steps

Give [...]

Protecting Children from the Sun

As a reminder, for sun protection we ask parents to apply sunscreen to their child before coming to school. We then reapply each time we go outdoors. We ask that parents provide their child with a bottle of sunscreen along with a hat.
Just a few serious sunburns can increase your child’s risk of [...]

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