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Medically reviewed by: KidsHealth Medical Experts When rain or snow puts a damper on playing outside and cabin fever is driving everyone bonkers, these quick play-and-pretend ideas will keep kids occupied and happy for hours: Put on a Show With Homemade Pupp...

Medically reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin Ready to Explore Kids ages 3-5 have tons of energy and are eager to walk, run, dance, and play. It's a great age for exploration too. Preschoolers learn a lot when given the chance to investigate their environments (with ...

Medically reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin On the Move Toddlers — it's hard to imagine a more fitting name for this stage of development. Between the ages of 1 and 3, toddlers are literally scooting away from babyhood in search of new adventures. They're learning ...

Medically reviewed by: Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley, PhD Listening and Learning From kindergarten through third grade, a child's ability to read grows by leaps and bounds. Teachers provide lots of help, but parents still play a very important role in their chi...

Medically reviewed by: Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD If you've ever marveled at the look of concentration on the face of a child who tries to fit a square block into a square hole or catch a ball in mid-air, you know that playtime isn't just about fun and games....

Medically reviewed by: Kandia N. Lewis, PhD Moving Toward School and Reading Preschoolers know many things they didn't know as babies. They don't read by themselves, but if they've been read to a lot, they know a lot about reading, such as: Books are read...

Medically reviewed by: KidsHealth Experts Parents of preschoolers have a front-row seat to some of the most imaginative theater ever made. These are the "magic years" — when kids imagine grand stories and don’t ask, "But can that really happen?" Here's why i...

Medically reviewed by: Kandia N. Lewis, PhD What Are the Benefits of Reading to My Toddler? Kids who hear a lot of language do better in school. And being read to is one of the best ways to hear language. Reading to toddlers sets the foundation for later in...

Website: https://www.aeoa.org/adult-education  Availability: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis (excluding the City of Duluth, Hermantown, and Proctor) Program Description: The Adult Education program provides a full spectrum of le...

https://education.mn.gov/mde/fam/abe/  Adult Basic Education Services in Minnesota Adult Basic Education (ABE) is available statewide at little to no cost to adult learners. It is administered through the Minnesota Department of Education. Each year, more th...

https://education.mn.gov/mde/fam/abe/  Adult Basic Education Services in Minnesota Adult Basic Education (ABE) is available statewide at little to no cost to adult learners. It is administered through the Minnesota Department of Education. Each year, more th...

https://mnabe.org/ About Minnesota Adult Education Adult Education (also called Adult Basic Education, or ABE) is a state-wide system that serves adults who are working towards a high school credential, learning English, improving basic skills such as lite...

https://mnabe.org/ About Minnesota Adult Education Adult Education (also called Adult Basic Education, or ABE) is a state-wide system that serves adults who are working towards a high school credential, learning English, improving basic skills such as lite...

https://harmreductionsisters.org/  Our Mission Harm Reduction Sisters provides a feminist response, utilizing innovative harm reduction principles and practices to address the gaps that exist for people who use drugs and experience trauma. Who We Are Harm ...

http://harmreduction.org/  WE WORK FOR THE HARM REDUCTION MOVEMENT. National Harm Reduction Coalition builds evidence-based strategies with and for people who use drugs.   NHRC creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racia...

https://nextdistro.org/ What Is NEXT Distro? An online and mail-based harm reduction service designed to reduce opioid overdose death, prevent injection-related disease transmission, and improve the lives of people who use drugs. Can't access naloxone in yo...

https://www.everywhereproject.org/  Because substance use happens EVERYWHERE The Everywhere Project is a Philadelphia based organization that aims to expand the reach of harm reduction resources and education including: food, clothing, clean syringes, naloxo...

https://www.harmreductionlibrary.org/  Harm Reduction Library resources by and for harm reductionists   Welcome to the harm reduction library Please send additions, corrections, suggestions to terrymcbridemorris@gmail.com Thanks!! Videos and Webinars for...

https://whrin.site/ WHRIN is a global platform to expand harm reduction approaches for women and gender diverse people Background A significant proportion (ranging from at least 15% up to nearly half depending on country/region) of all people who use drug...

Medically reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, MD What Happens at the Visit? At your 13-year-old's well-child visit, your doctor or nurse will likely check your teen's: weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) and refer to a growth chart blood pressure and some...