Reclaim your empty attic for storage space by adding a set of pull-down stairs - an attic ladder. Not only are they an economical solution to your storage problems, they can usually be installed in a day, using basic tools and materials.
That all-important first-day-of-school outfit is hanging in the closet, and the snack you've made to share with the class is wrapped and ready to go. The first day of preschool has arrived, and it's time for your child to begin an educational journey that will last nearly two decades.
Child development experts and early childhood educators agree that the preschool years are a time for the development of social skills and hands-on sensory learning that is experimental and exploratory. Here are a few of the reasons our kids donât need academic instruction in these first school years. We canât rush development (or nature). Kindergarten has evolved from being a time for play, socialization, cartons of milk (loved them!) and afternoon naps to structured lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic.