Jun 28, 2017
Sooner or later, you'll be handing your tablet to smaller hands. Moments after your toddler grabs it, he'll learn how to manipulate it better than yourself. For young children, there's something...
Jun 15, 2017
Dr. Maria Montessori, born in 1870 in a little town in Italy, became a barrier-busting force of nature long before she developed the Montessori Method of Education for which she is most famous....
Jun 7, 2017
The school day may end at 3 p.m., but children learn and play all day long. It's always a struggle to figure out how to fill those late afternoon hours safely and productively, and dual-working...
Jun 1, 2017
There's a new baby coming! Everyone in the family is excited--except, perhaps, your older children. Depending on their ages, they may be oblivious to the impending event, excited to have a sibling,...
May 24, 2017
When your children are kicking, biting, and pulling each other's hair over ownership of a plastic toy, it's hard to imagine that they'll ever learn to share. But sharing, like so many other valuable...
May 19, 2017
Whether it's the first day at daycare or the first day at school, a little crying is expected. Every child experiences some sort of separation anxiety in the early years. In actuality, separation...
May 10, 2017
Depending on classroom size and grade, teachers may be in charge of tens to hundreds of students every day. Yet every teacher knows that effective communication with the parents of those children is...
May 4, 2017
An avid reader of non-fiction adores learning and accumulating information. An avid reader of fiction is someone who loves story, narrative, and the subtleties of language. Both develop large...
Apr 26, 2017
There will likely come an unwelcome moment when your child's articulation of the word "Mommy" turns into "Mommeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee," often spoken while he's contorting, clinging, going limp, or in...
Apr 19, 2017
The transition to first grade can be a jarring change for any child. What happened to nap time? Play time? The reading circle? In the grade-school classroom, all that is swept away in exchange for...
