Topics: Safety Tips, Child Behavior, Child Nutrition, Child Care
With the beginning of the New Year, the menu served at Horizon will become healthier. Your children and students will be enjoying new and more natural foods.
Horizon is participating in the First Ladies anti-childhood obesity program called, “Let’s Move!”
Here are some of the guidelines:
Topics: Child Nutrition, Horizon Education Center, Child Care, Toddler Care, Health Tips
With our busy lives juggling work and family, it’s hard to believe there are actually people out there who sometimes dislike a nice, long afternoon nap. We’re talking about your preschooler, of course.
Topics: Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Nutrition, Toddler Care
A commercial for a nutrition shake depicts a familiar scenario: a preschooler who refuses to eat what’s on his plate. His mother turns to the processed drink … the child likes it … problem solved!
Topics: Skill Building, Child Nutrition, Learning, Toddler Care
We love their convenience, but those colorful, pre-measured detergent pods we toss in the washing machine pose a potential danger to our children. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a nationwide warning urging parents to keep laundry detergent pods out of the reach of children. Toddlers and preschoolers may mistake the colorful packets for candy.
Topics: Child Behavior, Skill Building, Child Nutrition, Child Care
Some people have adult onset of allergy symptoms while others start to suffer with allergies at a young age. In “Spring Time Seasonal Allergies and Children,” Vincent Iannelli, M.D. writes about some common symptoms that indicate a child is suffering from allergies, including:
Topics: Safety Tips, Child Nutrition, Child Care
Horizon Education Centers, we do our best to assist with your children's academic success. And in schools, today's teachers are finding more innovative and creative ways to teach but sometimes they still have to rely on textbooks and worksheets. If your child needs a more hands-on approach to learning, there are a lot of things you can do at home to help.
Topics: Child Behavior, Child Nutrition, Child Benefits, Learning, Child Care
If you were to say that portion sizes in U.S. restaurants are too big and that people are getting accustomed to eating more and more, you would probably get a lot of people to agree with you. But if you ask adults what is a healthy portion size for a child in preschool, they might not be able to answer. And the lack of knowledge about how much an adult should eat carries over to children: parents are not sure how much their children need to eat either.
Topics: Child Nutrition, Horizon Education Center, Child Care
From a very early age, most children are exposed to one TV commercial after another that promotes sugary cereal, processed snack foods and chemical-filled sodas. How do you compete with that?
Topics: Child Nutrition, Horizon Education Center, Child Care
As the children stampede into the house after school, it’s likely one thing is on their mind: food. Whether they reach for something salted, sugared and processed – or a snack that’s much healthier but just as engaging as the commercial stuff – is an impulse you can help control while you foster healthy eating habits for kids.
Topics: Child Nutrition, Horizon Education Center, Child Care
