Category: Health

Teach Your Child About the Skeletal System

November 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

As your child grows, they will develop a curiosity of the internal workings of their physical selves. Coupled with an instinctual sense of their body as a collection of parts that do different things to keep them alive, this natural curiosity will make it fairly easy to teach them the functions of the various body […]

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Teach Your Child About the Muscular System

November 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Our bodies are designed to move and to work. Muscles make it possible to do both. Teaching your child about the muscular system will give them an understanding of what muscles do for us and how they can keep their muscles strong and healthy. There are basically two kinds of muscles- voluntary muscles, that we […]

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Teach Your Child About the Digestive System

November 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

The human body is a marvelous machine composed of groups of organs we call organ systems. The digestive system performs some of the most amazing set of functions in the body. Teaching your child about the digestive system will help them understand how the food they eat is transformed into the energy they use everyday. […]

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Teach Kids About the Brain and Nervous System

November 5th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Our brain is said to be the most marvelous organ in all of creation- and it’s no wonder. It stores, organizes, retrieves and interprets information, controls our senses and regulates bodily functions, enables us to interact with people and things around us, and protects us from harm, among other things. It is the master of […]

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Teach Your Child About the Respiratory System

August 30th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Children enjoy learning about the human body. Teaching your child the basics of each body system will augment what they intuitively know about their own body works. You don’t need to be a physician or science teacher to teach your child body basics! Your child will simply need to know a system’s parts, their functions, […]

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Teach Your Child to Be Safe With Electricity

July 15th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Kids need to know the dangers of electricity. Parents find out quite early how fascinating electrical lights, outlets and wires can be to their young child. In order to ensure safety in and out of the home, electrical safety must be explicitly taught and reviewed often. Electricity seeks to find the shortest route to the […]

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Teach Your Child About Nutrients

May 8th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Good nutrition is essential to good health. It is never too early to teach your child the nutritional value of foods. All humans need certain nutrients in adequate amounts to stay alive. Each nutrient has a special function in the body and works together with other nutrients to maintain the growth and repair of the […]

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Teach Your Child to Care for the Environment

April 8th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Teaching your child to care for the environment may make a difference in the world they live in as adults. Children seem to have a built in awareness of how and why we need to take care of our Earth. Teaching them principles of conservation as well as good problem-solving methods may ensure the future […]

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Teaching Your Child Bicycle Safety

April 7th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Biking is fun and great exercise! Being in the open air on two wheels is a very liberating feeling. But bicycling can be and is dangerous for the thousands of bikers who are injured each year while riding their bikes. Teaching your child about bicycle safety may not guarantee their safety, but it can prevent […]

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Teach Your Child About the New Food Pyramid

April 7th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Teaching your child about the New Food Pyramid can be fun and easy. The whole family will benefit from using this sensible and flexible guide to good nutrition. The New Food Pyramid, introduced in 2005, is organized around different principles than the original food pyramid. It recognizes that people vary in their nutritional needs depending […]

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