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February is National Children's Dental Health Month

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Children need to remain active throughout the day; promoting outdoor play allows them to get fresh air and explore their environment more. Hands-on learning, the natural environment and loose parts in the outdoors stimulate children’s senses through what they hear, touch, see and feel.

Apple and Pumpkin season is here. The colors are changing and so many delicious treats are ripe and ready for picking. Whether you go to an apple orchard or pumpkin patch in the fall, learners are bound to enjoy some learning activities about these fall treats.

Family, learning about ourselves, inclusion and five senses.

Scribbling! It’s not just nonsense. In fact, it is SO important to embrace scribbling and recognize it as art and creativity! ... Things caregivers can say: I see you moving your hand in a circle. You are moving you hand so fast in a circle I see you lifting you hand up and down! That makes dots! You are holding a crayon. Don’t stifle the scribble. Embrace it as the most important beginning to a wonderful relationship with literacy and creativity! See more