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Read a Little Poem
Young children enjoy many kinds of poems. And as they listen, they hear rhythms, sounds, and language patterns important for literacy development. Encourage the poet within your child with these poetry...
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12 Ways to Support Language Development for Infants and Toddlers
By: Julia LuckenbillWhen you talk to your child, you support her language development. Think about what you are saying from your infant or toddler’s point of view. If she could talk, she might ask...
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-teacher relationships are most effective when participants have frequent and open communication with each other and demonstrate mutual respect for each other’s role in a child’s life. When...
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Toys as Tools: Everyday Science Experiences
By Peggy AshbrookYoung children don't need highly specialized or expensive equipment to learn how to explore the natural world scientifically. They do need, as Rachel Carson mused in The Sense of...
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Raising a Thankful Child
By Julie A. RiessAs we enter this season of Thanksgiving, we may find ourselves reflecting more often on how to raise a thankful child. At first glance, parents might think about how to teach the...
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Great Books to Read to Infants and Toddlers
Many families are familiar with classic books like Goodnight Moon and read them over and over with their very youngest children. Here are some more recent titles and reissues you and your baby will...
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5 Ways to Keep Grandparent/Grandchild Relationships Strong
By: Kerry KirkGrandparents and grandchildren have real, measurable effects on each other’s psychological well-being long into grandchildren’s adulthood, according to a study conducted by the American...
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Eight Tips for Creating Homemade Books with your Child
by: Julia LuckenbillDoes your infant or toddler enthusiastically point out images of herself on your computer? Does your preschooler ask you repeat stories about him over and over? A powerful way to...
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How to Support Children’s Approaches to Learning? Play with Them!
By Gaye GronlundAs a parent, you want your children to learn all that they can—to grasp math concepts, to be curious about exploring the world, and to learn to read and write. Did you know that you...
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How True Are Our Assumptions about Screen Time?
By Lisa GuernseyVideo, TV, interactive books, screen-based games: Young children today are practically bathed in this stuff as young as toddlerhood. What is the impact? As a parent who is...
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Buon Appetito: Teaching Infants and Toddlers A Love of Food
By: Natalie Haney Tilghman Let’s get the disclaimer out of the way first: in my Italian American family, I’m the only one who obsesses over dinner while eating breakfast. To say I love food is an...
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Support Your Child's Learning During the Holidays!
Looking for ways to support your child’s learning during the holiday season? Here are 10 ideas that you can try during your regular activities – cooking, eating, playing, and exploring!1. Let your...
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A Baby Who is Shy with Her Grandparents
Our 11-month-old girl is healthy, smart and normally developed. She’s a little distant, however, in that she doesn’t seem to need anyone’s affection but ours. She accepts others if they’re not too...
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Rambunctious at Bedtime
I have a horrible time calming down my two sweet and loving boys, ages 3 and 5, to go to sleep. They get wild and crazy after dinner and dessert. I have eliminated chocolate as a dessert so we usually...
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Observation: The Key to Understanding Your Child
by Jarrod GreenYoung children sometimes behave in challenging or confusing ways. You may occasionally have thoughts like: “Why does she keep pinching her brother’s nose?”“Why does he put his snack in...
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Self-Directed Play: In the Moment Children Can’t Always Answer “What Are You...
By: Anna Housley Juster, PhDIt is Saturday morning and I am out for a run around Jamaica Pond in Boston. There is a man in front of me on the path gesturing impatiently. Even though I am wearing...
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A Wide Awake Look at Co-Sleeping
What is your opinion on a toddler sleeping in the same bed as a single parent?Throughout history, in families everywhere, parents have shared beds with children – nowcalled co-sleeping. In the United...
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Playing with Music at Home
Young children love to sing, make music, and move to the beat. They feel competent when they learn a new song, powerful when they pound a drum or shake a tambourine, and proud when they invent a new...
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Start a Home Library
Children are more likely to read for fun and learn new things when books are readily available. Find out what kinds of books your child likes best with questions like, "What are your favorite types...
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When a 3-Year Old Boy Insists He's a Girl
How concerned should I be that my very imaginative 3-year-old son insists he’s a girl? I want him to express himself however he’s most comfortable, but I also want him not to be teased. The kids in his...
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