My parents would have been happy if I would of followed ANY of these, but the first 3 are the most important…
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
What’s Up This Week
This Week 9/21 – 9/27
International Clean Hands Week
Sept 20th – 1st Day of Autumn
Sept 24th – National Punctuation Day
Fall TV Returns – Shows starting this week include such shows as:
- Life in Pieces
- The Muppets
- Empire
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Scandal
- Just to name a few…
Click the T.V. to find out when your favorite show( s ) will be coming back or just starting out.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
School Backpack Awareness Day 9/16/2015
Backpack Facts: What’s All the Flap About?
National School Backpack Awareness Day is an annual event held on the third Wednesday of every September. Across the country, backpack events educate parents, students, educators and school administrators, and communities about the serious health effects that backpacks that are too heavy or worn improperly have on children. Backpack Day is also a time to promote the full range of occupational therapy benefits and services
• More than 79 million students in the United States carry school backpacks
• More than 2,000 backpack-related injuries were treated at hospital emergency rooms, doctor’s offices, and clinics in 2007
• It is recommended that a loaded backpack should never weight more than 10% of the student’s total body weight (for a student weighing 100 pounds, this means that the backpack should weight no more than 10 pounds)
• About 55% of students carry a backpack that is heavier than the recommended guideline of 10% of the student’s total body weight
• The way backpacks are worn affects your health. The height of the backpack should extend from approximately 2 inches below the shoulder blades to waist level or slightly above the waist. It is recommended that individuals always wear the backpack on both shoulders so the weight is evenly distributed.
The 1, 2, 3’s of Basic Backpack Wearing
click the image to downloadable pdf version
All information courtesy of American Occupation Therapy Association
Friday, September 11, 2015
Remembering 9/11 With Kids
Today is a day most adults remember, but children may not be old enough to remember the tragedy that happened on this day fourteen years ago or able to comprehend the importance of this day in America’s history.
The 9/11 Memorial Organization has put together this free downloadable guide to help you navigate this complex topic with great, yet simple guidelines for covering such topics as:
- Emotions
- Facts
- Media & TV Coverage
Click the image for a direct link to download the guide courtesy of 911memorial.org.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Back To School 2015
This week we are going to cover heading back to school! Whether you are sending kids off back to elementary, middle, high school or letting them venture off to college and letting them make their way in the big world it is back to school is always a joy and rough time no matter how you look at it.
First up this week let’s take a look at why exactly does the school year start in the Fall? Growing up in the Midwest I always thought that school always started after Labor Day so it was weird for me when I moved to Los Angeles, CA and later to see on Facebook to hear/see of children starting in early August or any time in August for that matter…my first thought was what did they do wrong?
- Helping on the farm: Back in the “old days” kids helped out planting in the spring and harvesting in the fall.
- Air Conditioning: Most schools did NOT install air conditioning when they were built and let’s face it what kids wants to learn when they melting in their desk during the summer? Opening the windows can only do so much so it was easier just to shut down during the hottest months. Also, many upper & middle class urban families also took to vacationing outside the sweltering city during the summer.
So then the next question is how long do you let them off?
The typical North American school year lasts about 180 days. In comparison Asian Countries have about 200 and France has about 174.
| 6-8 Weeks Off | 12-14 Weeks Off |
| Austrailia | U.S.A. |
| Germany | Ireland |
| Britain | Greece |
| The Netherlands | Russia |
Monday, August 17, 2015
August: Immunization Awareness Month
August is Immunization month and as children return to school this will be an issue that comes up for most parents.
When parents are preparing to send their child off to day care, school or college, it’s the perfect time to check if he or she is up to date on recommended vaccines.
Child care facilities, preschool programs, schools and colleges are highly susceptible to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Children can easily transmit illnesses to one another due to poor hand washing, uncovered coughs, dense populations and other factors. When children aren’t vaccinated, they are at increased risk for disease and can spread disease to others in their classrooms and communities. This includes babies too young to be fully vaccinated and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer or other health conditions
Many vaccine-preventable diseases can easily spread in child care and school settings.
Vaccines are among the safest and most cost-effective ways to prevent disease. Protecting your children from preventable diseases will help keep them healthy and in school.Vaccines are recommended throughout our lives. Young adults need vaccines too, especially when they are college bound.
National Immunization Awareness Month is a reminder that we all need vaccines throughout our lives.
Parents can find out more about the recommended vaccines at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
#NIAM15
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