As a parent, you know your child best. If your child is not meeting the milestones for his or her age, or if you think there could be a problem with the way your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves talk to your child’s doctor and share your concerns. They will help you go…
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If you are no longer eligible for Medicaid or have lost your employer sponsored health insurance, you can contact the New Hampshire Navigators to explore other health insurance options. New Hampshire has two Health Insurance Navigators that provide health insurance enrollment assistance in person, virtually, and by phone, at no cost to you. The Health…
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When a child dresses up they represent themselves as someone else–a mother, a father, a dinosaur, a super-hero! It’s an important part of their development of ‘transforming’ one thing into another. In this case, they are transforming themselves into another role. Take a look at a short article from NAEYC Is Dressing Up for Halloween…
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Have you heard of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library? It is newly sponsored here in Hillsborough County, NH by Diane’s Library! Diane’s Library is a non-profit established in memory of Diane Williams. As a long-time Nashua public school teacher, Diane dedicated her life to teaching children how to read. She saw first-hand how books can open…
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Studies have shown that reading books to your children each and every day is the single biggest factor to their early reading readiness and the development of cognitive skills. Research proves that children need to hear 1000 books before they begin to learn to read independently. Reading to children will: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is an early…
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Get ready for some family fun at the 35th Annual Milford Pumpkin Festival; October 11 – 13 Take a look below for a list of the times and locations for the weekend activities. Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Plus…food, games, craft vendors and so much more in the Town Hall Auditorium and around the oval all weekend…
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Teachable moments are moments during you and your child’s day that are unplanned but come to your attention as an opportunity to teach your child. This can be about something new or, to expand on their knowledge in certain areas as they get older Teachable moments for your children (even babies!) can and should be…
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It’s apple picking time! Here in Southern NH we have a number of local orchards you can visit: McLeod Orchards, 735 N River Rd, Milford Washburn’s Windy Hill Orchard, 66 Mason Rd, Greenville Lull Farm, 65 Broad St, Hollis Brookdale Fruit Farm, 42 Broad St, Hollis Lavoies Farm, 172 Nartoff Rd, Hollis
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Are you looking for some indoor fun ideas now that the days are getting shorter and we’ll be spending more time inside? Fall play dough and ‘candy corn’ slime to the rescue! There’s nothing quite like the smells of fall…and with these easy-to-follow recipes your kids will be happily entertained and you’ll be enjoying the…
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End 68 Hours of Hunger is a public not-for-profit effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive at school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive at school on Monday morning. This program puts nourishing food in the hands of school…
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