Clarksville Living Magazine — August 2018
The August 2018 Clarksville Living Magazine guides back-to-school sleep, hits the road to Riverfest, and makes the case for after-school play.
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The “Back-to-School Good ZZZ's Guide” led the issue with timely advice for resetting children's sleep schedules as summer ended — the practical routines that help students start the year rested and ready to learn.
“Road to Riverfest” built anticipation for Clarksville's longest-running festival on the Cumberland. “After School Special,” by Ashmin Small, MS, made a research-grounded case for play, citing the early-childhood theorist Vygotsky, who found play to be a leading factor of development — arguing that even amid the intense demands of schoolwork, unstructured play delivers the greatest benefit to a growing child. “Hog Heaven” added a barbecue celebration, and a profile revealed the woman behind a familiar name: most people know Victoria York through her work at Manna Café, but the feature dug into her creative life — a 365-day devotional she wrote in 2017, and a new one, all about love, in progress.
The recurring departments round out an August number for families heading back to school — a guide to resetting sleep, a build-up to the community's biggest festival, and a reminder that rest and play are not indulgences but necessities.
The “Back-to-School Good ZZZ's Guide” made the case that sleep is no small thing. As lazy summer mornings gave way to hectic school ones, most kids had drifted into late nights and late risings, and resetting that rhythm would take work — but the stakes went well beyond cranky mornings. Studies show that a lack of quality sleep raises the likelihood of anxiety, depression, poor academic performance and even physical pain, the feature warned, making a healthy sleep routine one of the most important things a family could rebuild in the quiet days before the first bell of the new school year.
Table of Contents
- Back-to-School Good ZZZ’s Guide (p. 6)
- Road to Riverfest (p. 8)
- Hog Heaven (p. 12)
- After School Special (p. 14)
