For students, summer means fun, lazy days, and more opportunities to spend time with friends and family. Libraries across the Illiana area are amping up their summer programming to keep students ...

They are learning to resolve conflicts without adults Recently, the kids discovered a neighborhood ... They brought the cat water, laid out a blanket, and even built a little enclosed area using ...

With that last one, at least, we can help. The summer slide, also called summer brain drain or summer learning loss, is when kids lose academic progress while they aren’t in school. It can ...

A weighted blanket may be helpful to some kids who find that bit of pressure soothing. Other children might simply enjoy the cozy blanket vibe and still other kids don’t care one way or the other.

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