North State Parent magazine

A MAGAZINE SERVING FAMILIES IN BUTTE, GLENN, SHASTA, SISKIYOU & TEHAMA COUNTIES SINCE 1993

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Children Receive Life-Long Benefits from Robust Early Learning Environments

With the evolution of transitional kindergarten, essentially as a new grade level in the State of California, families may be choosing for their children to skip preschool. Similar to the […]

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Reading Aloud To Your Baby – A Soothing Routine That Helps Learning

Reading to your baby not only strengthens the parent-child bond; it is also a soothing experience and one which increases the chances that you carry on with this habit as […]

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16 Smart STEM Toys to Boost Brain Power

STEM Toys Can Boost Knowledge, Understanding, and Interest It is more crucial than ever today that children develop a keen interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, commonly referred to […]

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Solar Powered Clothes Dryer

Solar Powered Clothes Dryer   Old fashioned and quaint or good green common sense? Air drying your laundry outside in the spring, summer and fall is one of the more […]

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How Does a Small Town & Small School Make Room for Music Education?

McCloud is a small rural town on the southern slope of Mount Shasta. It’s also an exemplary model of promoting arts in education – each year the town proves that […]

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Counting Rocks with Kids & Creeks

“There is a location at Five-Mile Recreation Area, where, in winter and spring, some of the waters flowing down Big Chico Creek enter into a different channel and become a […]

Doesn’t Bug Me

I remember the afternoon when one of our girls, a toddler at the time, brought me a treasure from our yard clutched in her chubby hand. Holding her fist up to […]

Heating Bills Leaving You Cold? The Benefits of Mini-Split, Heat Pumps.

Most people have heard of heat pump technology. More and more these days, heat pumps are providing both heating and cooling for homes and businesses. Traditionally in the U.S., heat […]

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Solar Thermal Water Heating: Efficient and Green

Solar thermal is considered a renewable and green resource for hot water heating. A solar water heating system captures the warmth of the sun, transfers that heat to water, and […]

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