Volume 2, Issue 2 - Summer 2003
Kids of K-State:
Programs, activities, research and advice
Contents
Introduction Kids of K-State Webzine provides resources for parents, children and educators Health and Fitness Rise in number of overweight children a multi-faceted problem What you can do at home -- and what K-State is doing -- to encourage healthier, more active living Healthy Youth Places project promotes nutrition, physical activity in Kansas schools Increase fruits and vegetables in your child's diet through these tips K-State researchers investigate national nutrition curriculums Reading and Literacy Picking the best books for your kids Teach children the skills of literacy from birth Using costumes to supplement a book helps children better remember story, K-State research shows Study shows children with language or reading disabilities benefit from holistic reading approach Education and Schools Suggestions for a healthy transition to kindergarten Parents of children with special needs and gifted children encounter many challenging, rewarding situations "Crumbling classrooms" lead to poor academic performance, K-State experts say Kids and Sports Keeping your cool at your kids' sporting events Parents as coaches? Talk with your child to avoid conflict Out of Bounds: Sexual abuse by coaches violation of athletes, their trust Doing your homework key to finding 'good' coaches, prevent sexual abuse Advice for parents K-State professor offers tips on picking a good childcare provider K-State professor says tantrums are part of the process of mastering social skills K-State professors address challenges of teaching values to children K-State veterinarian says pets and kids can make a winning combination Horticultural therapy: Using a green thumb to grow healthy kids Navigating the world of bullies for parents K-State family expert discusses mixed-gender sleepovers Research Children and young adults prefer help that is given unselfishly Younger children less tolerant of lying, K-State research shows Not all teasing is bad, professor says; children engage in prosocial teasing just like adults K-state professor studies how children make sense of war; gives suggestions on talking to children about the threat K-State programs K-State offers band, music and dance camps for kids year round First Tee Leadership Academy provides golf access for those who might not otherwise have opportunity to play Kids a Cookin' stirring up good nutrition, fun in the kitchen K-State child care facility combines teaching, research, family goals and quality care K-State resources Top Ten Activities for You and Your Child at K-State K-State Web sites for parents and children
Introduction
Kids of K-State Webzine provides resources for parents, children and educators
Health and Fitness
Rise in number of overweight children a multi-faceted problem What you can do at home -- and what K-State is doing -- to encourage healthier, more active living Healthy Youth Places project promotes nutrition, physical activity in Kansas schools Increase fruits and vegetables in your child's diet through these tips K-State researchers investigate national nutrition curriculums
Rise in number of overweight children a multi-faceted problem
What you can do at home -- and what K-State is doing -- to encourage healthier, more active living
Healthy Youth Places project promotes nutrition, physical activity in Kansas schools
Increase fruits and vegetables in your child's diet through these tips
K-State researchers investigate national nutrition curriculums
Reading and Literacy
Picking the best books for your kids Teach children the skills of literacy from birth Using costumes to supplement a book helps children better remember story, K-State research shows Study shows children with language or reading disabilities benefit from holistic reading approach
Picking the best books for your kids
Teach children the skills of literacy from birth
Using costumes to supplement a book helps children better remember story, K-State research shows
Study shows children with language or reading disabilities benefit from holistic reading approach
Education and Schools
Suggestions for a healthy transition to kindergarten Parents of children with special needs and gifted children encounter many challenging, rewarding situations "Crumbling classrooms" lead to poor academic performance, K-State experts say
Suggestions for a healthy transition to kindergarten
Parents of children with special needs and gifted children encounter many challenging, rewarding situations
"Crumbling classrooms" lead to poor academic performance, K-State experts say
Kids and Sports
Keeping your cool at your kids' sporting events Parents as coaches? Talk with your child to avoid conflict Out of Bounds: Sexual abuse by coaches violation of athletes, their trust Doing your homework key to finding 'good' coaches, prevent sexual abuse
Keeping your cool at your kids' sporting events
Parents as coaches? Talk with your child to avoid conflict
Out of Bounds: Sexual abuse by coaches violation of athletes, their trust
Doing your homework key to finding 'good' coaches, prevent sexual abuse
Advice for parents
K-State professor offers tips on picking a good childcare provider K-State professor says tantrums are part of the process of mastering social skills K-State professors address challenges of teaching values to children K-State veterinarian says pets and kids can make a winning combination Horticultural therapy: Using a green thumb to grow healthy kids Navigating the world of bullies for parents K-State family expert discusses mixed-gender sleepovers
K-State professor offers tips on picking a good childcare provider
K-State professor says tantrums are part of the process of mastering social skills
K-State professors address challenges of teaching values to children
K-State veterinarian says pets and kids can make a winning combination
Horticultural therapy: Using a green thumb to grow healthy kids
Navigating the world of bullies for parents
K-State family expert discusses mixed-gender sleepovers
Research
Children and young adults prefer help that is given unselfishly Younger children less tolerant of lying, K-State research shows Not all teasing is bad, professor says; children engage in prosocial teasing just like adults K-state professor studies how children make sense of war; gives suggestions on talking to children about the threat
Children and young adults prefer help that is given unselfishly
Younger children less tolerant of lying, K-State research shows
Not all teasing is bad, professor says; children engage in prosocial teasing just like adults
K-state professor studies how children make sense of war; gives suggestions on talking to children about the threat
K-State programs
K-State offers band, music and dance camps for kids year round First Tee Leadership Academy provides golf access for those who might not otherwise have opportunity to play Kids a Cookin' stirring up good nutrition, fun in the kitchen K-State child care facility combines teaching, research, family goals and quality care
K-State offers band, music and dance camps for kids year round
First Tee Leadership Academy provides golf access for those who might not otherwise have opportunity to play
Kids a Cookin' stirring up good nutrition, fun in the kitchen
K-State child care facility combines teaching, research, family goals and quality care
K-State resources
Top Ten Activities for You and Your Child at K-State K-State Web sites for parents and children
Top Ten Activities for You and Your Child at K-State
K-State Web sites for parents and children
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