Healthy Hydration

At Stretch-n-Grow, nutrition is just as important to us as getting exercise; and we believe in educating our kids about the importance of good foods and, importantly, healthy hydration. Making sure that everyone gets hydrated is an important part of ensuring people...

August BLOG: Homemade Snack Bars for When You’re Busy

As the school year approaches, the importance of being able to assemble quick and easy snacks becomes increasingly important. Whether the snacks are there to eat during the day, or to help transition from school to after school activities, or to tide someone over till...

April BLOG: What is Social-Emotional Learning?

What is Social-Emotional Learning? One of the key ways children learn and grow is through interactions with other people. They develop an understanding of themselves, other people, and the world at large by observing, interacting, and engaging. This area of growth is...

Know Your BONES!!

Kids grow every year, changing and moving so they can turn into the really cool adults they’re destined to be. Over the course of their childhood adventures, they get stronger, learn more, and develop personalities, which is easy to track on the outside. Inside, their...

Safe Time in the Sunshine

In today’s world, people have a love-hate relationship with the sun. It is an important source of Vitamin D, critical to overall mental wellness, and is the key source of life in beautiful flowers and nutritious fruits and vegetables. For children, spending time...

  As children grow, they need to eat more to keep their bodies moving, shaking, and dancing. They also need to eat a greater variety of their nutrients, those important resources that keep the body healthy. There are different types of nutrients, many of which are...