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2019-08-13

Learn how you can save the abundance from your summer vegetable garden when you can, freeze and pickle vegetables. When the harvest starts rolling in, be prepared with techniques to save the abundance from your garden. There’s no great mystery to canning. It’s simply the process of applying heat to food in a closed space such as a jar. Air is removed from the jar, creating a seal and stopping the natural spoilage process. Follow the proper procedures, and your jars of food will be shelf-stable for up to a year.  Learn about Canning and More Techniques for Preserving Begin with the freshest produce from your garden, the local farm stand or grocery store. Always choose unblemished fruit for canning....

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Infant and toddler years are such HUGE years for fine motor development

My youngest is 15 months old and he has really been enjoying different types of fine motor activities lately. Specifically, he has been so focused on two different types of fine motor activities- peg work and posting work. Peg activities and posting (placing an object in a hole, slot, or other kinds of opening) are important activities for developing visual motor planning skills. Posting activities specifically help with understanding object permanence (the idea that the object doesn’t just disappear for good when they drop it into a container). They also can help with fine motor coordination and hand strength as children often use a pincer grasp or the tripod grasp to pick up and place the objects. These skills are...

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