Program Builds Young Students' Parenting Skills
Philadelphia
Sitting in a circle on a classroom rug, the 2nd graders at Ellwood Elementary School sing and do hand motions to "Itsy Bitsy Spider." Their task is to find out whether little Jeremiah Carmichael, a baby whose growth the students have been tracking since he was born, will imitate their movements.
But the 10-month old is working on another skill today: He's standing alone for the first time.
"This is a new one, guys. He hasn't done that yet," Jeremiah's mother, Tanya, says excitedly as the...
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