The IWK Health Centre is a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia that provides care to women, children, and youth from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.1  1 Location. multi-year fundraising campaign ensued, raising $6,000 by 1907; later that year a donation of $10,000 by the late Mr. F.D. Corbett resulted in the beginning of construction of the Halifax Children's Hospital which opened for use in 1909.
Build Your Childâs Vocabulary. It is important to encourage childrenâs vocabulary development so that they develop the language and literacy skills necessary to succeed in school. The adults in a childâs life play a significant role in helping a child learn new words.
1 Itâs important to stimulate your childâs intellectual development by reading aloud to him every day. 2  Kids gradually begin to understand the concept of time. 3  By age 3, preschoolers know 300 words. 4  That expands to 1,500 words by age 4, and to 2,500 words by age 5.