It goes by many different names. The International Day of the Child. The Universal Children’s Day. The National Child Day in individual countries.
However, it doesn’t matter what it’s called. November 20 is a special day for children all over the world.
When it all started
It was almost 55 years ago when the General Assembly of the [...]
Tags: celebration, International Day of the Child, National Child Day, November 20, school, Universal Children's Day
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School had already started here in Switzerland when the ‘walk to school’ debate started in the US in September this year. It was partly initiated by an article in the New York Times ‘Why can’t she walk to school?’ The story featured a mother who let her 7-year old girl, a second grader in upstate [...]
Tags: abduction, excercise, obesity, parental fears, Safety, school, walking to school
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The flu, especially the swine flu is making headlines everyday and I deemed it wise to give you the latest flu updates that may be relevant for you and your family.
Swine Flu Shots in New York Schools
Schools in New York City will start offering H1N1 shots end of October, the NY Times report. Those of [...]
Tags: flu, H1N1, handshake, school, Tamiflu, updates, vaccine
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My daughter started preschool a few weeks ago. Yes Moms and Dads, the years do fly by that quickly. The first day, my 2 year-old didn’t even bat an eyelash as we left her playing with the myriad of toys that her teacher laid out. We breathed a sigh of relief but her teacher cautioned us that [...]
Tags: preschool, school, toddler
Posted in: Education, Toddlers
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Point, and clap, and gesture, and do the hand actions to intsy-bitsy spider. According to researchers in Chicago, when you do, you’ll be helping your child develop language skills.
Parents who gesture with meaning when they are talking to their babies and toddlers boost their child’s language development. Apparently, waving bye-bye as well as saying “goodbye” [...]
Tags: baby sign language, language, school
Posted in: Baby, Toddlers
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