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.
In essence, we realized that without core vocabulary, we were imposing a ceiling on language development. Weâre thrilled to see so many communication boards, books, SGDs, and AAC apps reflect this knowledge. Having tools with the appropriate vocabulary is a big step in the right direction. But to really shatter the ceiling of language development, we have to be good at teaching the use of core language.