Your suspicion is correct:  June, July and August are more dangerous for children than other months, at least if we use deadly unintentional injuries as the measure.  Nearly one-third of all fatal child injuries occur during these three months.  Click here for tips on how to keep your child safe during the summer.

Exploring the great outdoors can be useful for summer learning and families looking to spend quality time together.  Here are some activities that can be used to observe, document and interact with nature:  10 ideas  

Reading over the summer is incredibly important for students and their academic achievement. Keep kids engaged with the free activities listed on this link:  Books by the Bushel.  Besides the “10 Weeks of Summer Reading Activities,” you will also find summer coloring pages, a recipe for homemade ice cream, instructions for making your own sidewalk chalk […]

The third year of planting at the Mount Ayr Community Garden located at Trinity Lutheran Church has begun! Two more 4’ X 12’ boxes were added this spring with funding from a Hy-Vee One Step Garden Grant.  Students from Mount Ayr High School prepared the beds and planted the first seeds during the HELP Youth Pod clean-up […]