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Resources for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Children’s Medical Services (CMS) is a collection of special programs for eligible children with special needs. The CMS Health Plan is for children who: Are under age 21 and eligible for Medicaid or Have special healthcare needs that require extensive preventive and ongoing care The need for preventive and ongoing care could mean working with several different providers at once. It might also mean working with state agencies or finding local community resources. The plan’s goal is to … Read more

6 Small Ways to Make Each of Your Kids Feel Special

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Found: Simple but powerful ways to ensure all of your children feel like a VIP.   Parenthood is the ultimate juggling act, and at no time is that more clear than when you’re trying to spread your time and attention among your children. Striking this delicate balance involves satisfying the needs of each kid while at the same making sure no one feels left out. It’s a worthwhile endeavor. Helping your child feel loved and … Read more

Simple & Fun Ways to Teach Kids About Gratitude

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via PickAnyTwo by Katie M. McLaughlin It’s that feeling you get when you leave the store lugging a shopping bag, an overstuffed diaper bag, and an infant in a car seat, and a stranger offers to help you carry it all to your car. Or when your partner knows you’re having a rough week and comes home bearing a bouquet in one hand and Ben & Jerry’s in the other. Or when you take a few minutes at … Read more

10 Ways to Encourage Your Preschooler to Read

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By Louise Baigelman via Understood Use these strategies to help make reading familiar and fun for your preschooler. These tips can also help kids who learn and think differently start to work on the basic skills they need to become readers. 1. Read stories to your child. Try to read together every day. Make this a special one-on-one time that your child can look forward to. Curl up together in a cozy chair or designate a … Read more

10 household items you can use for play with toddlers

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Toddlers don’t need fancy or expensive toys to have fun. Try these 10 common household items for playing with your toddler. By Kendra Moyses via Michigan State University Toddlers don’t need fancy or expensive toys to have fun. The most important thing for toddlers is to have positive interactions with the adults in their lives on a daily basis. Did you know when children are playing, they are learning? Children learn about the world around … Read more