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School’s Out. (Or is it in?!): June Channel Theme Day

by Gloria Gamat on June 17th, 2008

Yesterday, June 16 is the official start of classes in most schools here in the Philippines (where I am!). So yesterday was my 5-year-old son’s first day at prep.

However in the United States (Europe and Canada too?) June is when school’s out. It doesn’t matter where I am in the world, here at b5media’s Health and Wellness Channel, we celebrate the school’s out month in this month’s Channel Theme Day.

The fabulous bloggers of Health and Wellness Channel has a lot of great things to say, I’m telling you!

Read on…

Marijke Durning wrote 7 Ways to Help Children in Pain at Help My Hurt while Video: Hints for babyproofing your home at The Womb Within.

As the school year comes to a close, Angela White at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 hopes that teachers are planning to incorporate breastfeeding education into next year’s K-12 curriculum using special lesson plans developed by New York State.

While Karen Lynch of Pink Ribbon Review said: Though the noise level in households with children goes up threefold in the summertime, the cadence of kids embarking on this annual rite of passage is a poignant reminder for survivors that we need to let loose and celebrate the passing of time! — in her post entitled: School’s Out for Summer Pink Ribbon Raucaus.

Here at Cancer Commentary, I asked how has cancer in your family affected your school year and school breaks?

Kristina Chew of Autism Vox wrote: School’s On! Summer school, that is—-Charlie’s first day of Extended School Year is tomorrow; he does best when the usual orderly routine of things (meaning, yes, school) is in place.

According to Liberty Kontranowski of Healthbolt: Sure, school being out means gobs of fun for the kids. But let’s not forget about fun for the adults, too…fun of the bedroom variety, that is.

While Health and Men’s Scott Wharton, wrote School’s Out. What Now?

Gabrielle Sedor has joined in the fun, at Daily Tomorrow: School’s Out. So where can green students find green careers? and at Fertility Notes: School’s Out. What are you doing to continue your sex fertility education?

At Mental Health Notes, Alicia Sparks talks about the importance of (and struggles with!) helping children maintain a health sleep schedule during the summer months.

Every student looks forward to the last day week of school. How can you make the last week of school special, and the first days of summer filled with anticipation? Grace Ibay of Kids Health Notes compiled Ten fun ways to celebrate the start of summer.

When school is out, snacks are a plenty! Kendra of Diabetes Notes have a few healthy diabetic snack tips for keeping straight this summer. Instead of grabbing a cookie from the cookie jar or munching on a bag of Doritos why not have healthy and sugar free snacks waiting in the wings…

Thanks to many of camps around the world- kids that have disabilities or special needs including congenital heart defects and severe heart disease can take place in the summer fun all the same– said Kendra (again), this time at A Hearty Life.

Have fun reading…and enjoy your summer break (or in my case, school start).

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