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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

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Making the Most of Summer for CT Pre-Schoolers

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010   

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. - Early learning -- including brain development, language and social skills -- is the foundation for the rest of a child's life. So it's important that pre-schoolers be able to take advantage of different ways to play and learn in the summer.

Tressa Giordano runs the Our Savior Pre-School and Child Care in South Windsor, says she keeps a similar schedule year-round for her young charges, with an occasional "summer exclusive" like playing under a sprinkler. But for young children who are at home, she says, parents needn't feel they must have all the toys and learning devices that schools can offer.

"There are a lot of resources on the Internet and magazines giving parents really good and inexpensive ideas and ways to keep your children active for the summer."

She says busy parents face temptations to let TV and video games entertain their kids, but that a little extra effort yields wonderful results for young children's development.

Giordano, herself the mother of two young children, says passive entertainment is okay in moderation, but adds that more is needed.

"In the end I find that me spending a little more time in being creative, and offering my children things, forces my children to be a little more creative, and they really get more out of that experience."

Giordano says libraries and parks are both treasure troves of activities for young families, and they offer both intellectual and physical stimulation, the latter very important in combating childhood obesity.

"So I really think it's just parents needing to be conscious of what can happen if you're constantly having your child be sedentary, whether it's the physical end of it or the academic end of it."




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