Annual Giving Campaign donations go directly to the teachers and staff to help support their administrative and classroom activities, professional development and to help cover the cost specific living expenses.  So far, we have raised close to $1,900.  Our goal is to raise $8,000 this year.  Thank you for helping us reach this goal!

Body Growth in Early Childhood

Changes in Body Size and Proportions:  2 to 3 inches in height and about five pounds in weight are added each year.  Children gradually become thinner with girls retaining somewhat more body fat.  Posture and balance improve, resulting in gains in motor coordination.

By the end of the preschool years, children start to lose their primary teeth.  Physical growth is an asynchronous process:

Mary Ucci: Guidelines For Speaking With Preschoolers About Change, Child Health ALERT

As parents, health care providers, and educators, we want to help children build strong emotional foundations that will "support" them through the many changes that will challenge them throughout their lives.

In her new book, Taking Back Childhood, Exchange author Nancy Carlsson-Paige writes that childhood culture has changed dramatically in just one generation.  Social trends – screen time, commercialism, sped-up daily life, violence and sexualization, academic pressures – are changing how children experience their early years.