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  • perfect summer

    A formula for a perfect kids’ summer

    Warm, sunny days! Aren’t they great after having been cooped up all winter? Everyone is so ready for fresh air and freedom.
    And freedom is what we grandmothers wish for your young children during spring and summer.
    Yes, we know we must be concerned for their safety and we understand that the work week continues for most parents. But please, we implore you, try to provide some sense of freedom and independence for them this summer.
    Take advantage of this …

  • playful kids

    New parenting podcast features HPC’s Dr. Bell for understanding emotional intelligence

    The first segment runs a half-hour and focuses on emotional intelligence - the ability to understand and manage one's own feelings. The conversation includes understanding what emotional intelligence is, why it's so important, and how and when it develops. "All of your interactions with your child have a component of emotional intelligence," says Bell, who [...]
  • great children's books

    3 more great books for preschoolers

    Birds by Carme Lemniscates Birds come in many colors, sizes and shapes: Just like people. Birds sing songs with messages of peace and kindness. The Rabbit Garden by Georgia Tufts Nora and her grandfather have planted a garden but the rabbits keeping eating the vegetables. Grandpa and Nora build a rabbit garden, just for rabbits. [...]
  • child development

    What ‘child development’ means to those who study it

    In an excerpt from one of our previous webcasts, Hanna Perkins Therapist Deborah Paris, LISW, BCD, explains what the experts mean when they talk about "child development." Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici/Freedigitalphotos.net "One of the ways to think about child development is that it’s the course of a developing personality that forms different organizations [...]

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    10 reasons why Hanna Perkins School is the right choice after the pandemic

    We encourage all families to consider Hanna Perkins School when thinking of placement for their children ready to enter a toddler group, preschool, or kindergarten classroom. Hanna Perkins School emphasizes an emotionally supportive environment with a small teacher-to-pupil ratio that serves as a beneficial experience for students and parents alike. Transitioning from remote learning at [...]
  • community garden

    Community garden becomes a neighborhood hub during the pandemic

    Like many buildings across Ohio, Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development got pretty quiet when the COVID-19 pandemic took over. But as the summer growing season took hold, its community garden became a center of activity. For the past decade, families from the neighborhood have nurtured plots in the community garden, which is part of [...]

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