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.
First 100 Words â Advancing Your Toddlerâs Vocabulary With Words and Signs. Now that your child can say or sign a few common words, you need to begin to expand his vocabulary to include different kinds of words. Most babies learn nouns, or names of people, places, and things first. Remember that your baby also needs words for actions (verbs), locations (prepositions), and descriptions (adjectives/adverbs) so that he can?combine these to form phrases.