Free accommodations at hospitals for families to stay close to their children
Sep 06 2012- Special Kids
- Last Updated on 06 March 2013
- Monica Costa
Parents dread the idea of their children being sick. And if that happens they want to be close to them all along. I have come across a great organisation called Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), an independent Charity which aims to provide free ‘home away from home’ accommodation at hospitals across the UK, enabling families to stay close to their child and maintain a degree of normal family life.
If I ask questions will a child talk to me?
Apr 03 2012- Blog
- Last Updated on 03 April 2012
- Priya Desai
I work with children as a speech and language therapist. It is a job I love! It totally fulfills me; what a privilege that I get to talk to kids all day and listen to them express themselves in all their fantastic ways. As a speech and language therapist, it is my job to create a communication environment for a child that is warm, welcoming and therefore easy for a child to communicate in, both verbally and non-verbally. Recently though, I had to stop myself.
Why learning music is essential for every child
Mar 23 2012- Baby & Toddlers
- Last Updated on 22 March 2012
- Usha Patel
Music and actively playing an instrument helps a young child develop an assortment of skills. A simple activity of an infant banging on a sauce pan with a spoon is potentially developing rhythmic skills. The rhythms create an awareness of sequences. Creating a repeated sequence of noises adds logic to the whole process not to mention the hand eye co-ordination and large motor skill development.
