This week's video comes from our Adorable Baby Department. It features two precious twin baby girls and evidence that sibling rivalry begins very early indeed! Enjoy!
Learn how to effectively communicate with your young children so they listen to and feel heard by you. Develop communication tools by applying insight into your child’s world through understanding child development, individual temperament, the role of empathy and responsive listening.
Are you the parent of a 3-5 year old? If so, then you will want to know more about Early Childhood Screening! Early Childhood Screening is a quick and simple check of how a child is growing and developing and is intended for children between 3-5 years of age to help identify any learning or health concerns prior to the start of kindergarten. Tune into this webinar to learn more about this free screening offered through local school districts!
Early literacy is developed when we sing a lullaby, listen and respond to a baby’s babbling, say a mealtime prayer, read the directions for making pancakes, or write an email to grandma. All of these meaningful activities help children learn language, vocabulary, and the purpose of print. These are the skills they need to be good readers. Participate in this webinar to find out more about family literacy, consider what you are already doing and learn new ideas. The presenter is Angèle Sancho Passe, author of Is Everybody Ready for Kindergarten? A toolkit for preparing children and families (Redleaf Press, 2010)
Will my child be ready for kindergarten? How will I know? Children are born learning and they are good at it! And, they need your help and support to ensure that they are fully prepared to head off to Kindergarten and a successful school experience. In this webinar we will discuss developmental milestones birth through five and provide resources and strategies for you to support your developing child. We will also discuss Kindergarten Readiness Indicators, explore additional resource links and videos and discuss how these resources can support you, your child’s first and most important teacher! Our Ready Kids also need Ready Schools and Involved Communities to support their success. We will explore what you can do to support your schools and communities to be ready for your children.
Today's video is a humorous tribute to mothers! Whether you are a mother, or have a mother, you will appreciate that in addition to having eyes in the back of our heads, we moms also share a special language. Comedian Anita Renfroe captures this "Mother-ese." Enjoy! And happy Mothers Day to all mothers!
Wendy Manning is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Bowling Green State University. She is the Co-Director of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research and the Associate Director of the Center for Family Demographic Research. She received her doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a family demographer with a research emphasis on union formation and stability and relationships among adolescents as well as adults. She is the co-principal investigator on NIH funded grant, Counting Families: Household Matrices with Multiple Family Members, as well as funded projects on young adult and teen dating relationships and the meaning of cohabiting unions in the U.S. She has served as the President of the Association of Population Centers, Vice-President of the Population Association of America, and the Chair of the American Sociological Association Population Section.
