Community-based Playgroups Can Help Prepare Families for School
The Down East Partnership for Children in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is highlighting the educational importance of child-directed play by hosting twice-monthly playgroups for families in an economically-depressed area of the state, according to the Hechinger Report.
Baby and Toddler Storytime Can Create a Lifetime Love of Reading
On a recent weekday morning, librarian Annabelle Blackman stood in front of a room full of young children at the Cesar Chavez Public Library in Oakland, Calif., singing a children’s rhyme and swaying from side-to-side.
Men Get Postpartum Depression Too
Women are most often associated with postpartum depression because of hormonal changes during and after pregnancy, but that’s just a part of the picture, according to a presentation at the American Psychological Association.