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 preventable. The combination [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 skin [...]
New Gymnasium Construction Underway
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nashua, New Hampshire – June 11, 2009 Creative Years continues its tradition of providing excellence through expansion. Footings for New Gym at Creative Years Needing a multi-purpose indoor play space has been on the high priority list for a few years now explains Owner and President, Bobbie Smith. “We have talked about [...]
Reading Aloud to Children: How? And Why?
Has anyone ever stopped to ask, “Why are those early childhood teachers always gathering the children in a group to read?” In most early childhood classrooms at any given time of day an observer will notice a group of children quietly listening as the classroom teacher reads a book aloud. This is common practice in [...]
More Dairy, Calcium in Childhood, Longer Life?
Study beginning in 1930s suggests link, but experts unsure A 65-year-long study finds that people who took in lots of calcium and dairy products as children tended to avoid stroke and live longer than those who didn’t. “This study shows a modest protective effect of dietary calcium intake in childhood against stroke risk later in [...]
