Saturday, May 18, 2013

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Healthy Beginnings is a resource to help caregivers nurture the tremendous potential for learning and growth that every child has… that every child is born with. Specifically designed for caregivers of infants and toddlers from birth through age three, Healthy Beginnings gives you knowledge and support around child care and child development, while our Activity Planner provides you with fun, developmentally appropriate activities that build young children’s skills and promote all kinds of learning.
The Healthy Beginnings website highlights the importance of socializing children and exposing children as early as infancy to other culture group through “play dates”. Healthy Beginnings reveals the benefits of parents and their infants participating in and host a play date with other moms and babies. For example, parents should set up some soft toys; establish a safe area on the floor for the babies to explore together. Stay close by the action, using words and simple sign language to talk about what is happening. The term “play date” is a demographic culturally based term used to define the arranged time established between parents and/or caregivers that children have with other children within their community.
An interesting factor shared on the Health Beginnings website under the caregiver’s tab is the ideas the being culturally sensitive and well diverse is understanding how other cultural groups process/ learn in general.

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