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Monthly Archives: March, 2017
TV may take biggest toll on school readiness for poor kids
(Reuters Health) – – Doctors often tell parents of young children to limit television time because it can interfere with learning and language development. Now, a U.S. study suggests TV’s impact on school readiness might be worse for poor kids than for more affluent children.
Researchers examined test results for 807 kids between 5 and 6 years old assessed at the start of kindergarten for basic skills like counting, letter recognition and sorting blocks by pattern and shape. They also looked at parent surveys about how much time each day kids spent watching traditional television sets or other screens. Read more »
This Free Cookbook Is Filled With Healthy Recipes You Can Cook on a Budget
The best part about cooking at home—besides the tasty food—is all the money you can save. If you want to get even more out of your food budget, this free cookbook has tons of tasty recipes that will save you cash without sacrificing flavor.
The book, The New Economy Chapbook Cookbook Volume 1: Inexpensive, Healthy, Hopeful Feasts for 2017, is a crowd-sourced collaboration from poets Gabrielle Calvacoressi and Melissa Studdard. It’s a free PDF that contains almost 50 recipes designed for those who need to stretch every dollar they have, or those who like to cook with a pinch of frugality. Recipes include everything from meatballs to quiche to egg rolls to soups and stews, and more. Not only is the book helpful for you at home, but Calvacoressi urges people to print it out and distribute it to local food kitchens and other organizations. You can find the PDF at the link below:
It Doesn’t Matter When You Eat
There are so many myths and strangely specific rules about when to eat to lose weight, but alone they do nothing to help. Eat a hearty breakfast and light all day.Eat small meals every few hours. Rules around when you eat are less important than you think, and even when they do help, they’re not for the reasons you think. Read more »
