Ringgold County Parents as Teachers hosted another Roll and Read event on September 20, starting at Mabel Rice Park and continuing around the square.  There were 26 people who participated, including children, parents and grandparents.  Dara Greenland, Gina Still and Kate Zimmerman were on hand to read and share in activities with the children.  Hy-Vee […]

Toddler Tantrums are like earthquakes. They can be short, localized and relatively painless, or they can be long, far-reaching and destructive. Toddler tantrums have no regard for the time of day or for your current location — they strike without warning and, often, without mercy. Nothing about a toddler tantrum is convenient and when you […]

Reading to babies as young as six months of age leads to stronger vocabularies and better early literacy skills four years later, just as the children are getting ready to go to school. How often and how vividly kids and adults engage in books together through the toddler years also mattered, predicting early reading and writing […]