If you’ve ever had mold and mildew you know how unsightly it is. But, did you know it also has detrimental effects on your health? People with compromised immune systems, the elderly and infants are especially susceptible.
Left untreated, growing mold can cause a variety of health problems:
Guide Your Child to an Ever-expanding VocabularyTeachers know that one of the marks of a bright child is the size of his or her vocabulary. The definition of vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meanings. Children with a larger vocabulary communicate better, read and write with greater understanding and radiate confidence in their learning ability.
While much of a child’s vocabulary growth occurs naturally through listening to language, hearing stories read aloud, speaking with others and general immersion in the family’s native language, there are simple and fun ways to increase word knowledge.
All children evidence periods when they are picky eaters. Toddlers in particular are notorious for loving a food one day and refusing it on their plate the next. How then are parents to know when pickiness becomes a problem?
