Feb 7, 2017

Daily physical activity matters from birth. Even in their earliest days, infants and toddlers are already learning through their experiences and developing the gross motor, emotional and cognitive skills they’ll use throughout life.

Jan 31, 2017

Reading is critical to healthy child development. There’s just no questioning the fact. Even when newborns can’t understand what you’re saying, they absorb your voice’s rhythm and inflections. Babies with caregivers who regularly speak to them have a vocabulary with around 300 more words than those who don’t. And reading — and seeing parents read — shows children that reading is fun.

Jan 24, 2017

School readiness is a term that’s gaining traction in early education circles. While not a new concept, much of the discussion is about what exactly makes a child school ready.

Nov 8, 2016

Few things will induce parental guilt quite like food. More specifically, parents worry a lot about what their child eats — or refuses to eat— just about every day whether their child is a toddler or a tween.

Nov 1, 2016

Pretend games, exploration, running and mud pies all share something in common. They are ways children play. These activities aren’t just a way to pass time; they’re teaching children skills they’ll use throughout their lives.

Oct 7, 2016

One of the greatest head starts in life is free and can take as few as five or ten minutes each day. In children, however, the rewards of the investment are profound. What’s the secret? To read to children early and often.