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School! bag and stocked it full of pencils,

paste and construction paper. But
is your hijo ready for class? A1;the
long, hot summer comes to a close,
it's time to shift your focus from the
pool to school.
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provide a cognitive every meal,"
boost-a study from Gonzalez says. Try
Boston UniVersity lean turkey (protein)
found that it and low-fat cheese
improves memory, (dairy) wrapped in
motor skills and a tortilla (g(ain) with
emotional and social baby carrots
development too. (vegetable) and 100
The Tag Reading percent juice (fruit).
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a good supplement "Most kids
if you're a super- experience some
busy mom (these form of separation
days, who isn't?). It anxiety,' says
helps kids ages 4 Richard Gallagher,
through 8 make it Ph.D., assistant
through books solo, professor of child
sounding out difficult and adolescent
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Tag Reading easily see where Dr. Gallagher
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the youngest!
AGES 19 MONTHS TO oB MONTHS
there's a reason for ARE NOT FULLY IMMUNIZED.
VISIT CDC.GOV FOR AN
IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE AND
MAKE SURE YOUR rUNOS
ARE ON TRACK.
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