More: Screening Tests During Pregnancy What do I know about all of this? As an elementary teacher, I once had a young boy with Down Syndrome integrated into my mainstream classroom. At the start of our time together, I did not have an assistant teacher to support him, so that responsibility fell to me. I took it upon myself to research and develop a project that helped the neurotypical children in my class understand Down Syndrome and how to get along together and welcome this boy into our class....

Read on to find out more about what reading volunteers do and how you can become one yourself. What Reading Volunteers Do Reading volunteers work with elementary school-age children to promote reading. They may read books to children, listen to children read aloud, or distribute books to school children. Reading volunteers may read to a whole class of children, to a small group, or be assigned a child to read to one-on-one....

Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy condition that can affect every internal organ, says the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). This potentially dangerous condition is classified as either mild or severe. Mild preeclampsia is characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine. Severe preeclampsia has those symptoms as well as signs of damage to the liver or kidneys. Preeclampsia usually starts during the second half of pregnancy (after 20 weeks), and when it occurs before 34 weeks it’s known as early-onset preeclampsia....

Good Sources of Vitamin E for Kids Most kids can get all of the vitamin E they need from foods, including foods naturally high in vitamin E as well as foods that are fortified with vitamin E. For instance, an ounce of sunflower seeds provides 7.4 mg—the entire recommended daily amount for 4 to 8 year olds. The National Institute of Health Office of Dietary Supplements offers a great information sheet on the daily recommendations of vitamin E for each age group....

Measuring IQ Scores The term IQ stands for intelligence quotient. An IQ score is a measure of intelligence, primarily of a person’s reasoning ability. The higher the score, the greater that person’s reasoning ability. If we took everyone’s IQ scores and plotted them, we would see them distributed in a normal bell curve. That means that most scores would fall somewhere in the center of that bell curve. The score in the absolute center of the bell curve is 100, and that is where we would expect most scores to fall, or where they will cluster....

The full genetic instructions for each person, known as the human genome, are carried by 23 pairs of chromosomes and consist of around 20,000-25,000 genes. An egg always contains one X chromosome, while sperm can carry an X or a Y chromosome. Whether your baby is a boy or a girl will therefore always be determined by the father. If a sperm carrying an X chromosome fertilizes the egg, the resulting embryo will be a girl....

If your 11 year old is no longer into toys but isn’t quite excited by the same things teens are, this guide of gift ideas will help to make shopping for their next present much easier. Eleven can be a tricky age; they are in between adolescence and their teenage years. Shopping for a child at this age can certainly seem like a daunting task as you want to respect their desire to not be treated like a little kid yet embrace the fact that they are growing and changing....

Construction paper Scissors Glue stick Glitter or confetti Small shoebox with lid Rubber bands Directions

2 paper plates Scissors Stapler Hole punch Yarn or ribbon Directions

When a child is born with tongue-tie, there is an unusually short, thick, or tight band of tissues (lingual frenulum) that tether the bottom of the tongue’s tip to the floor of the mouth. This restricts the movement of the tongue and its range of motion. Symptoms A baby with tongue-tie may have: Difficulty lifting the tongue to the upper teeth or moving the tongue from side to side Trouble sticking their tongue out past the lower front teeth A tongue that looks notched or heart-shaped when stuck out....

Are you looking for a boy name that speaks to a family tradition or honors a cultural tradition? Or do you want your son to have a completely unique name? Whatever your approach, you’ll find plenty of great options in the following list of the 1,000 most popular baby boy names, as recorded by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The following list reflects the U.S. birth certificate data from 2021....

In-home providers typically treat their charges as extended members of their own family, and a small (and manageable) number of children in their care means that the brood can often take “family” outings to the park or story hour, or even nature hikes or sidewalk strolls. Meals are usually served family-style in a central dining area, and comfort, familiarity, and small group activities are enticements. While the number may vary, most in-home providers care for six or fewer children....

Always wash your hands before performing first aid to prevent infection. If soap and water aren’t handy, make sure you have “wet naps” in your first aid kit. Although you don’t have to take extreme precautions when it comes to your immediate family, remember that with friends, colleagues, and strangers, it’s always best to follow universal safety guidelines to prevent transmission of the HIV virus and other infections via blood....

But it’s important to note that correlation is not necessarily causation, meaning that while something might be associated with miscarriage, it does not necessarily cause it. Here is what the research tells us. There Is No Evidence That Video Display Terminals Cause Miscarriage There was one study in the 1980s that found an increased risk of miscarriage in women who used video display terminals for a lengthy period of time on a regular basis....

Civil ceremonies are usually small, although frequently a civil authority officiates at a large wedding in a public hall. In this case, follow the guidelines for a formal wedding, creating the stage by setting up rows of chairs on both sides of a central aisle. When a civil ceremony takes place in a private home or judge’s chambers, follow the guidelines for an informal wedding. If you go to a justice of the peace, dress in keeping with the dignity of the occasion, even though the ceremony might be short and rather impersonal....

The name, overprotective mom, conjures up a character. The comical, exaggerated image is one of a mother who will follow her kids anywhere, from the bathroom to college, and wipe their teenage noses as if they were toddlers. The point is, you won’t find a mom in the world who doesn’t possess some degree of zealous enthusiasm for protecting her children. But that doesn’t constitute smothering. The concept of motherly protection is so important that it merits a separate discussion....

More: 4 Popular Parenting Styles and How to Find Common Ground So, this term “lawnmower parent” is being likened to the new helicopter parent, because like the helicopter parent, the lawn mower parent hovers over the child when problems occur and are overly involved in their child’s life. The big difference is the lawnmower parent mows down any obstacles BEFORE it even reaches the child. By the parenting blocking or removing issues, the child is unable to experience anything slightly negative, difficult, or obtrusive....

Keep in mind that “desirable” weights fall within a range. Also, understand that there are special circumstances where some women will need to gain more, some less. For instance, women carrying twins will need to gain about 35– 45 pounds, and although women with triplets almost never carry full term (they typically deliver around 33 weeks), if they did, they would need to gain in the vicinity of 50–70 pounds—and hire three full-time nannies and a massage therapist....

What is Cord Blood? Umbilical cord blood is the blood that remains in the placenta and the umbilical cord immediately following childbirth. It contains hematopoietic stem cells that can be used to create an array of other blood cells. According to the Mayo Clinic, “stem cells are the body’s raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated….no other cell in the body has the natural ability to generate new cell types....