There are plenty of ways parents can improve their preschooler’s vocabulary. University of Iowa psychology professor Bob McMurray, Ph.D. says parents usually stop emphasizing language as their kids leave toddlerhood.
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Improve Your Preschooler's Vocabulary
There are plenty of ways parents can improve their preschooler’s vocabulary. University of Iowa psychology professor Bob McMurray, Ph.D. says parents usually stop emphasizing language as their kids leave toddlerhood.
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Operation Summer Camp Gives Military Children the Gift of Camp
Operation Summer Camp, launched by the American Camp Association helps military families send kids to camp for free. Children of active-duty soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, as well as kids whose parents are in the National Guard, can get discounts and scholarships for summer camps.
When one or both parents are deployed, families are turned upside-down. Logistically, financially, emotionally – the challenges are sudden and dramatic. For National Guard and Army and Navy Reserve families, the immediate impact of deployment can be even more unsettling. Guardsmen called to duty may experience a severe drop in pay, and because these families typically do not live on a military base, the children of guardsmen and reservists may not have many, or any, other friends whose parents are on active duty.
Since 2003, a philanthropic program called Operation Summer Camp™ (OSC) has helped some military families face those challenges by sending about 150 kids to camp, tuition-free. Launched by the nonprofit American Camp Association (ACA) Keystone Section, the regional ACA office serving camps and families in Pennsylvania and Delaware, OSC matches military children with one to seven-week "camperships" donated by day and overnight camps. Together, ACA member camps have donated nearly $400,000 in total camperships.
OSC started as a quick response to an immediate need, says ACA Keystone president Cheryl Magen. "When parents are deployed, families can lose income, childcare, and stability. And it’s not uncommon for a family to have both parents serving simultaneously."
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