Art projects can help toddlers and young children develop their fine motor and spatial awareness skills, and learn to follow directions. Does the term spatial awareness have you scratching your head? It’s not as complicated as it sounds. Spatial awareness is about understanding the self and the relationship between objects in a given space. That […]
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Gripping Issue: First Graders Lack Fine Motor Skills
More and more, children are starting school without basic fine motor skills. Fine motor skills are used to do tasks like using a marker, cutting out and gluing shapes, or to hold the paper still while cutting it up with a scissors or drawing on it with crayons. These are skills that should have been […]
Social Emotional Learning Gives Kids WINGS
Social emotional learning (SEL) can help children soar through life challenges by giving them healthy ways to vent and channel their strong feelings. Once you give children the tools they need to deal with their emotions, it frees them up for learning school subjects like math and science. And getting through school successfully means getting […]
Saving and Protecting Children’s Lives: Hibiscus Children’s Center
Helping children is the primary mission of Kars4Kids. That’s why we created a small grants program for helping worthy organizations that share our mission. And it’s why we’ve awarded a small grant to the Hibiscus Children’s Center, where abused and neglected children can find a warm, safe, and loving place to heal. Join us in […]
Sugar Harms A Child’s Metabolism Says New Study
Sugar has long been thought to be bad for children. The sweet substance has been accused of causing tooth decay, diabetes, childhood obesity, and ADHD among other conditions, and in saying so, we’re just getting started. In spite of accusations equating sugar with the devil, some experts continued to insist that the number of calories […]
Vitamin D: How Much is Safe for Your Child?
Vitamin D is a chemical our children’s bodies need to keep them in good health. The vitamin is important for strong bones and bodies and helps to fight off infection. Vitamin D also plays a role in keeping the brain, lungs, heart, and muscles in good working order. But how much vitamin D should we […]
Melatonin for Kids: Is it Safe
Melatonin is a hormone that helps us know when to sleep and when to be awake. At night, our brains make and release more melatonin and this makes us sleepy. When the sun comes up, the brain slows its production and release of melatonin, so we feel wide awake. It is light and darkness that […]