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North State Parent Volume 27 - Issue 8 June 2020 CONTENTS
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6 Be the Change
Matthew Knight – Connecting To The Earth With Primitive Skills
By Jenna Christophersen
8 Great Ways Dads are Different By Sarah Lyons
10 LookingforChildcare?
12 TipsforMountainBikingwithKids
14 ThisisTehama Coloring the Walls with Lacy Wilson
By Kate Hiller
15 Uniquely Us
Explaining COVID-19 to a Child with Autism
By Jennifer Arnold
16 Anger Management Hacks for Parents
By Christa Melnyk Hines
20 Meet Beverly Cleary, Children’s Author and National Treasure By Jan Pierce, M.Ed.
22 WhyOurChildrenNeedtoFeel Sadness to Experience Joy
By Sandi Schwartz
26 Localicious
Gluten-Free Good Tastes
By Jenn Adams
Seven Budget-Friendly Backyard Activities Your Kids Can Enjoy This Summer
By Dolores Smyth
SummerGuidetoCamps&Classes For Youth
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By Erin Bianchi
On the Cover: Men today are redefining the role of father, dismissing the idea that fathers are best known for roughhousing and silly jokes. Today’s fathers are partners and teachers, support systems and active participants in each aspect of their family’s day to day lives. Kevin and Leah joyfully share the responsibilities of raising their children Eliana and Owen and both parents a vital part of the dynamic duo of parenthood.
Photography: Photographer Katie Drake snapped this darling photo at Book Family Farm, Katie’s childhood home and favorite backdrop. Katie, who has a husband and three children, specializes in child and family portraits.
Find Katie’s work at www.facebook.com/ katiedrakephotography.
OUR SUPPORTIVE DISPLAY ADVERTISERS INCLUDE:
About Trees .......................11, 15 Adventist Health .......................2 All Fired Up..............................11 Feather River .............................3 All Fired Up..............................11 Allstate, Juli Foster..............8, 11 Bureau of Land
Management ...........................36 Butte College Foster
Kinship .....................................25 CalTrans....................................23 Chico Certified Farmer's
Market .....................................27
Chico Marketplace ..................11 Earthbound Skills ......................8 Fairchild Medical Center.........21 Far Northern Regional
Center ........................................2 Firestorm W.F.S., Inc ............5, 11 First 5 Shasta............................17 From the Hearth......................11 Full Circle Speech Therapy........2 Great Northern Services..........21 HeartShine Pageant ................25 Holiday Market........................11 Kelly's Martial Arts..................11
Kevin Shearer, DDS..................21 Lacy Wilson Art........................25 Lincoln Street School...............15 Maagic Mountain Farm ..........30 Mt. Shasta Farmers
Market .....................................21 North Valley Tree Service ..11, 22 Northern Valley Catholic
Social Services..........................27 Parenting for Healthy
Families Series..........................18 Phoenix Charter Academy ........5 Raven Tree Wild Bird
& Nature Shop.........................21 Redding Reptiles .....................11 Redding School District...........25 Redding Swim Team................19 Rocky Point Charter School ....13 Shasta Community
Maternity Center.......................9 Shasta Family YMCA ...............16 Shasta Gymnastics
Academy ..................................25 Shasta Head Start....................19 Si Se Puede (Yes I Can) ............35 Simpson University..................19
Spring Hill Nursery ............11, 21 Sun Oaks ..................................27 Tehama County Department
of Social Services .....................15 Tehama eLearning
Academy ..................................15 The McConnell Foundation ......5 Travis Baldwin Tree Care.........13 Turtle Bay Exploration Park .. 7, 11 Valene L. Smith Museum
of Anthropology .....................22 Walden Academy ....................16 Whittenberg Country School....15
DEAR READERS
I must tell you how excited and pleased I was when North State Parent editorial team suggested we run an article about the author Beverly Cleary!
When I was a child, Beverly Cleary’s chapter books were a part of the reason I learned to love to read. I would stay up late with a flashlight, un- der the covers so as not to wake my little sister, and read her stories. This continues to be a fun memory to hold.
Ramona, Henry, Mrs. Quimby and all of Beverly Cleary’s characters delighted me with their situa- tional antics and ensuing hilarity. Louis Darling’s il- lustrations evoked a deep affection for the animals in the stories, whether a skinny dog or a cuddly kitten. His drawings melted me then and still do.
Has the slower pace of Staying Home afforded you more time to read aloud to your children? I hope so! Reading to our family is one of the most dynamic and educational gifts we can give as parents. Utilize your library or trade with friends to discover entire worlds through books!
Happy Summer,
And the wonderful NSP team members
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