Bringing Together Music, Reading, and Health
The Center for Functional Learning
Browse resources and guest contributions on the benefits of music, health literacy, brain development, mindfulness and other trending topics on early childhood development and literacy.
New York Toy Fair Wrap Up: Making Connections for Grace’s Future
I’m just back from the New York Toy Fair! A whirlwind three days I spent meeting members of the media and making exciting new connections for Grace and her future. Held each year at the Jacob K. Javits Center in midtown Manhattan, the New York Toy Fair is the year’s big international event for buyers...
Storybooks are Great Tools to Use With Kids
Parents are always looking for different ways of keeping their kids engaged. Children have a powerful mind that is capable of taking in so much at one time. The challenge is being able to find the right tools to help with that. A lot of parents want to keep their child’s minds fresh and ready...
STEAM in the CLINIC
A primary goal of a S.T.E.A.M. education curriculum is to support the native creativity and innovation that all young children possess -- Children have a naturally-curious mindset. What if this intrinsic environmental curiosity was nurtured in a responsible way? Within the setting of a health care delivery system? Pediatricians and other pediatric caregivers have worked...
What is Health Literacy?
WHAT IS HEALTH LITERACY The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Title V, defines health literacy as the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions.1-3 The skills required encompass reading, listening, analytics, numeracy, and decision-making, plus...
