Tips & Activity Ideas from Birth to Age 6 “Good morning. It is a lovely day today. Should we take a walk in the park? Let’s get our mittens and jackets. It’s crisp and cold this morning.” You might chatter with a four-year-old this way. What about a four-month-old? It …

We often take for granted the natural growth of children that happens without our direct involvement. Just think of the physical changes that take place in the first year of life. We do so many things to encourage and support our children’s growth, but often without knowledge of what we …

There is a lively debate going on in the country about whether, in this age of electronics, cursive handwriting is a necessary skill. Cursive is not required by the national educational Common Core Standards. Many states across the country are removing or reducing cursive instruction from the curriculum while only …