School & Home

You turn on the radio to listen to your favorite music while you begin dusting the furniture, when you notice that your 9 month old is holding onto the coffee table bouncing up and down! Does your two year old’s…

You may be too busy to realize it, but April is Stress Awareness Month. Sponsored by the Health Resource Network, a nonprofit health education group, Stress Awareness Month is designed to promote awareness about ways to reduce stress in our…

Build.com is the 3rd largest online home improvement retailer in the country. The company has teamed up with Girls Who Code, Chico High School, and the Chico Unified School District to offer a local Girls Who Code club to all…

The Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) at CSU, Chico is well known for its dedication to good nutrition, food security, and physical activity. As a longstanding community-based, nonprofit health program, the organization also has plenty of experience just making ends…

Whether it’s playing in your garden with your child or throwing a tea party, Little Red Hen understands the benefits of play. They not only have FIVE retail stores, they also teach play therapy to over 100 children with autism…

Lots of little girls dream of becoming a ballerina one day, but few actually make that dream a reality. When Heather Wysong and Laurel Tennant met over 15 years ago in a Northern California Ballet class, they had no idea…

Book reviews by Andrea Wilcox Picture Books:   1. The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants By Eric Litwin, Scott Magoon (Illustrator) Another amazing book from the creator of Pete the Cat. This one will have you dancing and getting…

Let’s talk about some challenging times as the kids go back to school! By Terry Basile, local Marriage and Family Therapist. Pre-School/Kindergarten – Often this is a time with as much emotional stress for us as our children. On my…

This year Chico Performances is bringing a variety of fun-filled and educational performances for children to Laxson Auditorium as part of the Field Trip series. The Field Trip series has become a great experience for students and young children to…

Last year, Youth for Change, a non-profit social service agency, received federal funds to facilitate a program that serves homeless and runaway minors. This was a collaborative effort with Butte Behavioral Health who formally held the grant and ran the…