TheNinthMonthoft SPREADING AWARENESS: PREVENTING INFAN Taking care of children is the No. 1 priority for parents. Children and babies are relatively helpless and require a significant amount of attention, care, and affection to grow up strong and healthy. To spread awareness of baby safety across the country, the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) sponsors Baby Safety Month each year in September. WhatisBabySafetyMonth? This campaign has been around for nearly two decades, starting in 1983 when JPMA initiated Expectant Mother’s Day. Three years later, this holiday expanded to a weeklong celebration, and in 1991, JPMA sponsored the first Baby Safety Awareness Month. The goal for this campaign is to educate caregivers and parents about the selection and use of juvenile products for their children. However, JPMA has not stopped there. Over the years, this organization has worked to educate people about car seat safety, sleep safety, and the dangers of furniture tip-over. Any injury a child may suffer can lead to permanent injury or fatal incidents, so awareness is vital. According to JPMA, “Injuries are the leading cause of death of children younger than 4 years old in the WhenYou ’ re Involved ina TaxicabAccident KNOWWHO IS LIABLE AND WHAT TO DO
StudentTechSuccess EDUCATIONAL TOOLS TO IMPROVE DIGITAL LEARNING Kids these days face so many more distractions from academics than their parents did. It’s not as easy to focus on homework when TikTok, YouTube, and all sorts of video games beckon. Instead of trying to prevent screen time, why not allow students to engage with technology that will help promote their learning rather than distract from it? Here are three tools to help students at different age levels get the most from online learning. BEANSTALK While Beanstalk is an online learning tool, the beauty of it is that the classes and videos aim to pull kids “out of the screen to do real- world physical activities.” These include science experiments, building projects, and more. Experienced teachers provide engaging lessons and learning tools, and many of them are free. EDUHAM What better way to learn about the history of our nation than through one of the nation’s most popular musicals? “Hamilton” creator Lin- Manuel Miranda launched this learning platform in 2016 along with the show’s director and in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. EduHam is a free digital program for students and their families that provides history lessons on the Founding Era of the United States. It also brings art into the mix — Miranda shows students how to create their own performance pieces based on primary source documents, which they can then share in the app. The program is geared toward students in sixth through 12th grade, though everyone is welcome to participate. FIVEABLE For high school students, the most looming challenges include the SAT and AP exams that are so important for college. Enter Fiveable, the amazing free resource that houses thousands of livestreams, study guides, trivia games, and other resources for 15 AP subjects. Started by a former teacher, Fiveable is passionate about giving students the resources they’ll need to be successful now and into the future. With so many resources out there, students can use technology in plenty of ways to help them be successful. Here’s to a fall season full of learning!
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