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Rosa Parks Day honors an American Civil Rights hero.  On December 1, 1955, after a long day of work, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She took her seat in the ‘colored’ section. As she rode the Cleveland Avenue bus home, the bus began to fill.  The Montgomery city ordinance allowed bus drivers to assign seating. However, it did not permit them to demand passengers give up their seats. Despite this, bus drivers customarily required black passengers to give up their seats to white passengers when public transportation became full.  When the bus driver asked Rosa Parks to give up her seat, she refused. Police arrested her, and what followed is Civil Rights history.  Learn more of her story with these books!

Cooking together with your child is one of the most rewarding activities you can engage in.  True, you may be rushed and busy, especially during the holidays, but it's worth slowing down for just a few extra minutes to introduce your child to healthy food and its preparation.  Children of different ages exhibit varying degrees of skill in the kitchen, but for the most part, the average two-year-old can help: