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Cooking With Young Children: Tips and Age-Appropriate Activities
Cooking with children is a way to promote their future health by teaching valuable culinary skills and nutrition. Learn some expert tips for involving kids in the kitchen at every stage of their development!
Healthy Beverage Guidelines for Infants to Five Years
Research shows that what children drink has a big impact on their health—both now and for years to come. Learn some age-based beverage recommendations from the nation’s leading health organizations.
Personal Finance Lessons for Teachers and Parents
Personal finance knowledge and skills develop throughout each person’s lifetime. A number of free resources are available to assist parents and teachers in developing youth financial skills.
Teaching Children About Money
Children are not born with “money sense.” However, parents can help children understand money matters by letting them take part in regular discussions about using family income.
Running Around Like Crazy! It’s Ok!
Who remembers hearing their dad say, “You kids should go outside and run around and let off some steam?" This statement couldn’t be truer today than it was 20-40 years ago. Even if you live in town and don’t have direct access to nature, go visit a playground or park and spend time outdoors in a natural environment.
All Kids and Adults Need To Play and Let Loose!
Movement and unstructured activity help increase memory, perception, attention, emotion and basic decision making. Incorporate play into your daily routine to improve your health while making memories with your kids!
Ages and Stages of Youth Development
Fact sheet on the ages and stages of youth development.
Importance of Sensory Play for Kids
What is sensory play and what does it do? Let’s explore some easy and affordable ways to incorporate sensory activities into your child’s day.
Cleaning Out Your Closets: Donate to kids to help build creativity
If you have things you are unsure what to do with and don’t want to just throw them away, think about contacting daycares, preschools, or churches to see if they could use some of the items for their play areas or to make toys/projects for their kids.
Make Reading Aloud Fun And Routine
Reading aloud is one of the most important things parents and teachers can do with children.