Posts Categorized: Education Newsletters

Play encourages your child to push the limits of the world they know. Unstructured play, like interacting with exhibits and environments at Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr Children’s Museum, where there is no prescribed way to play, is particularly important in helping children foster essential skills for making their way through life: emotional coping, problem-solving and planning. Through creative play and chances to direct their own actions, children learn to solve problems, make decisions, express ideas, and recognize boundaries.

With March here it finally feels like there is some reprieve from the grasp of winter, as warmer temperatures inch ever so close.  This change brings a newfound optimism and draws the people of Western New York out of their homes.  Perhaps the biggest reflection of this is the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across our community.

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! Every year, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), highlights the many ways in which people with and without disabilities come together to form strong, diverse communities. Their campaign seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as awareness of the barriers that people with disabilities still often face.

A fun way to bond during the muddy month of March is to prepare a rainbow snack platter together. When kids take part in preparing food, they’re more likely to sample the foods! Our kiddos can be part of every process in this preparation. Let’s start!

Did you know March 14th is celebrated as Pi Day because 3.14 are the first few numerals of the mathematical constant π?  That is a math concept some of our younger friends will learn way down the road that you may remember from your time in school!