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Growing Healthy Children

A STARS Training Series

Presented by Cheryl Iverson, M.Ed., Director of Family and Children's Services of Volunteers of America. Earn STARS credits for free. Please preregister online by clicking here. Funding provided by Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

BUILDING EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN CHILDREN
Children who feel good about themselves develop key management skills, referred to as "executive function." Explore strategies for building executive function in our children.

Coupeville Library
Saturday, April 20 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lake Stevens Library
Saturday, May 11 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mukilteo Library
Saturday, May 25 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

GETTING MESSY WITH OUR INFANTS AND TODDLERS
Creative and sensory exploration activities are critically important for children's growth and development. Learn about the importance of play-based and sensory-rich experiences for infants and toddlers.

Marysville Library
Monday, April 15 • 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Lynnwood Library
Monday, April 29 • 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Mountlake Terrace Library
Wednesday, May 22 • 6:30 - 8:30 pm

SUPPORTING NUMERACY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
During this make it -- take it training, explore chants, songs, finger plays, manipulatives, real objects and play as well as some of your favorite children's books that support numeracy development in young children.

Oak Harbor Library
Wednesday, April 10 • 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Monroe Library
Saturday, April 27 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Stanwood Library
Thursday, May 9 • 6:30 - 8:30 pm


It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people,
that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
- Eudora Welty