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Guest Blogger, Sandra McKinnon Geocaching: A Great Family Activity Geocaching is a world-wide treasure hunt where you electronically use longitude and latitude to locate the “loot.” It is a great...
View ArticleFrom Maps to Apps
Vacation day arrives bright and sunny. As the car pulls out of the driveway, you glance into the back seat to be sure the kids are settled. And settled they are – completely engrossed in whatever their...
View ArticleSTEM at the fair
It’s summer time! That means it’s county fair time. Do you know how much science, technology, engineering and math happens at a county or state fair? Confession time, I was not a fair kid growing up. I...
View ArticleMore than half of us have had ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences’
This week we welcome our guest blooger Kristi Cooper, Human Sciences Family Life Specialist. Sunday Dinner at Grandma’s I love this quote from the program “Lemonade for Life” – “You can’t rewrite the...
View ArticleSpoiling Grandkids
This week we welcome guest blogger Kristi Cooper. Human Sciences Specialist in Family Life and new grandma. I had no idea I’d be taking my own advice years after I wrote about the overspending of...
View ArticleChores Teach Responsibility
“It’s not fair”; “I don’t have time”; “It’s not my job”; Words often expressed by children who are asked to complete some household task! Taking responsibility for a household task can assist children...
View ArticleChoosing the Chores
As I started thinking about chores and my childhood I was struck by a memory. I remembered how my sister and I divided our chores as pre-teens. We would take mom’s list, write the chores on small slips...
View ArticleClassroom Strategies to Support Special Needs Children
The beginning of the new school year can be an anxious time for parents of a child with special needs. Parents may worry about whether their child will be accepted into a new classroom. They may also...
View ArticleScreen Time and YOU
STEM – or Science; Technology; Engineering and Math are classes that students will be introduced to as they become school ready. Many children have had plenty of access to technology through their use...
View ArticleRoutines Promote Healthy Emotional Development
I catch a glimpse of the calendar and know that school will begin shortly, and that means many families will get back into a routine that will include hustle and bustle to get family members to school,...
View ArticleDisaster Preparation and Safety
We are happy to have Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Family Finance Specialist and guest blogger Barb Wollan to share information related to safety and preparation during times of...
View ArticleBack To School Communication
As children prepare to head back to school, parents are getting ready as well. Buying school supplies, registering their children for activities and arranging for transportation are among the...
View ArticleConnecting Home and School
Did you finally get all of the school events in your personal calendar? Have you purchased the last minute supply requests? Often we focus on getting children ready for school to start that we overlook...
View ArticleCelebrate National 4-H Week
Each year, during the first full week of October, National 4-H Week is celebrated! As parents of young children, you may wonder why so many people have joined 4-H over the years. The answer is as...
View ArticleEssential Elements of Positive Youth Development
As a nationally recognized youth development program, 4-H has a one hundred year history assisting youth to develop into competent, contributing members of society! Through participation in a variety...
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