Sometimes we take for granted how colorful our world is and we may assume that children will automatically learn their colors as they grow. But the ability to recognize and name colors is a skill and an important cognitive link…
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Developing speech and language skills is important for so many reasons. Let’s start out with taking a look at its link to literacy development and then near the end of the article we will get into how having exceptional speech…
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These 7 outdoor play toys for toddlers are not only fun but they will also help with vocabulary development, sentence building, following directions, problem solving and social skills! Continue reading to find out why these toys have been selected and how…
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Storytelling activities for children play an important role in early literacy and language development. There are many ways to incorporate storytelling into fun activities. But having some magnetic story boards will make it so much easier (and fun). Magnetic storyboards…
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Did you know that the technical term for games such as “Peek-A-Boo”, “Ring Around The Rosie”, “Row Row Row Your Boat”, etc is people games? It actually makes a lot of sense. All of these games involve a baby or…
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Felt projects and activities for kids are timeless. They can be crafts to encourage fine motor skills or activities for language development, story telling and more! You can choose to start a felt project with your little one or you…
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My son has been fascinated with dinosaurs since he was about 2. Because of her younger brother’s obsession with dinosaurs, my daughter started being interested in them as well. However, it can be a challenge to find age appropriate dinosaur…
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Sequencing skills are extremely important in everyone’s day to day life but typically taken for granted. Sequencing is an example of foundation skills I refer to in many of my articles. I cannot stress enough how important it is for…
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