Printable PDF tip sheet for flooding. https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/documents/beready_floods.pdf
Kindness is what brings us back...
14 Little Ways to Encourage Kindness
Parents Magazine article on little ways to help encourage little ones to be kind and generous.
http://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/advice/14-little-ways-to-encourage-kindness/
Happy Monday!
Region VII Summer 2017 Sand Box now available!
The Summer 2017 issue of Sand Box is now available. Thanks to Mike Baugher for another excellent publication!
https://issuu.com/mikebaugher/docs/head_start_sandbox_r7_summer_2017_l
Make Your Own Eclipse Viewer
Here are instructions for building a pin-hole viewer from a cardboard box. If you weren't able to find eclipse glasses or worry that the ones you have aren't safe, you can still do what school kids in the 1960s did!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cardboard-Box-Eclipse-Viewer/
Imagination Tree's Toddler Games
Looking for some fun, free activities for toddlers? Check out the "Imagination Tree" Web site. http://theimaginationtree.com/tag/toddler-play
NHSA Advocacy Page
Want a quick guide to the National Head Start Association's advocacy work? This page lists top issues and has links to ways to become involved. http://www.nhsa.org/knowledge-center/center-advocacy/top-issues
Summer Days
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Release: Children In Low-Income Families Exhibit Poorer Cognitive Development As Early As Age One
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Release: Children In Low-Income Families Exhibit Poorer Cognitive Development As Early As Age One
By age one, infants in low-socioeconomic families have already been exposed to greater environmental disadvantages that contribute to poorer cognitive and language development, according to a new study from PolicyLab and the Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, this study shows that poverty can impact a child's development as early as age one.
http://www.biospace.com/News/childrens-hospital-of-philadelphia-release/462720