FCS7-183: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 5: Show Your Child the World

Carol Gnatuk | March 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

From the moment your baby is born, she has active brain cells--100 billion of them. They need to make trillions of connections with each other for your child to learn as much as possible while growing. She cannot learn without help. She needs stimulation--not only from you, but everyone and everything around her. That is why this key, "Show Your Child the World," is so important.

FCS7-179: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 1: Care for Yourself

Carol Gnatuk | March 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

Parents of babies and toddlers often feel tired and frazzled. They worry about doing everything exactly right. It is important to keep in mind that doing well starts with being well. You can learn to reduce stress and nurture yourself. Both you and your child will reap the benefits.

PR-603: 2009 Fruit and Vegetable Research Report

Doug Archbold, Paul Bachi, Julie Beale, Tim Coolong, Vaden Fenton, John Hartman, Ryan Hays, Otto Hoffman, Nathan Howard, Nathan Howell, June Johnston, Terry Jones, Amy Poston, Sara Long, Brandon O'Daniel, Janet Pfeiffer, Rebecca Schnelle, Kenny Seebold, Pam Sigler, Darrell Slone, Chris Smigell, John Snyder, Dave Spalding, Crystal Sparks, John Strang, Ginny Travis, Richard Warner, Jeff Wheeler, John Wilhoit, Patsy Wilson, Dwight Wolfe | December 11, 2009 (New)

The 2009 Fruit and Vegetable Crops Research Report includes results for more than 45 field research and demonstration trials that were conducted in 19 counties in Kentucky. Many of these reports include data on varietal performance as well as different production methods in an effort to provide growers with better tools that they can use to improve fruit and vegetable production in Kentucky.

FCS7-153: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 13 and 14 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

You can look back over the last year with pride. You now have many memories of the times you have shared with your baby. Remember when you thought her crying would never stop? Remember the time she giggled with glee, and you felt good just enjoying her happiness? Now you and your baby are ready to move into the exciting second year.

FCS7-156: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 19 and 20 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Your child naturally enjoys learning new skills. You can support and encourage this learning not by pushing or criticizing or comparing your child with other children, but by teaching, encouraging, and celebrating her own successes.

FCS7-159: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 25 and 26 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Your little one has come a long way in two short years, and so have you. Now, she is no longer a toddler, but rather a young preschooler.

FCS7-162: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 31 and 32 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Parents are the most important adults in your child's life, but he learns from other caring adults that he can trust, love, and enjoy. They make his world varied, interesting, and exciting. Each one has something important and different to share and teach. Your little one needs these adult relationships, so do all you can to encourage them. They are a precious part of your child's life.

FCS7-154: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 15 and 16 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Help your child explore her world. A 15- or 16-month-old child moves fast. She crawls, scoots, and walks. How exciting it is for her! Her world is full of new things to touch, throw, climb on--and to fall from or knock down. Your quiet, cuddly baby has become a lively little person, and that means you have to be lively, too.

FCS7-157: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 21 and 22 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Playing with your child is not just plain fun. It stimulates her brain cells to connect in increasingly complex webs. That is the exciting news from the latest brain research. By taking time to have fun--with consistent love, guidance, and playfulness as you model activities and ways to move--you are laying the foundation for her lifelong learning.

FCS7-160: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 27 and 28 Months

Carol Gnatuk | October 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Be good to yourselves. Take time out when you can and share childcare with others when you need a break. Enjoy your child's development and celebrate her accomplishments with her. Reward yourself, too, for your successes, and don't be hard on yourself for mistakes. All parents make them.