Literacy Development in the Early Years: How Parents can Help at Home
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- April
- 2026
- By Eat • Play • Sleep
- Children, Cognitive Development, Development, Early Reading Skills, Education, Guidance and Discipline, Literacy, Parenting, Play, Preschoolers, School Aged Children
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Once children are off to preschool, or school, many parents tend to leave it to the teacher to work on pre-reading skills, and trust that their young child is learning what they need to in school. The truth is, that learning is a triad of student, family, and school. All three must be invested […]
read moreGoing Back to Work After Baby: Choosing the Right Child Care Provider for Your Family
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- March
- 2026
- By Eat • Play • Sleep
- Babies, Children, Cognitive Development, Development, Early Reading Skills, Education, Guidance and Discipline, Literacy, Parenting, Play
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Whether it’s only been a few months, or it has been a couple of years, going back to work after being at home with your little one is never easy. This is a reality that almost all families deal with at some point, unless one of the parents is able to be the daytime caregiver […]
read morePLAY: Wondering about whether signing with your baby is beneficial?
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- December
- 2025
I wanted to share this article with my readers: http://psychcentral.com/lib/teaching-your-baby-sign-language-can-benefit-both-of-you/0002423 I knew the potential benefits for using it with my own child, because I had researched it, worked with it and seen it benefit MANY other families. However, I had NO idea just how beneficial it would be. My two year old has been learning […]
read moreWhat Exactly IS Sleep Training?
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- August
- 2025
- By Eat • Play • Sleep
- Babies, Babies, Development, Infants, Napping, Newborns, Newborns, Sleep, Toddlers
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Well, THAT is a very good question indeed. The term ‘sleep training’ (as most families have become familiar with it, anyway) seems to mean to use a program or a plan where you follow steps with your child to get them sleeping through the night. Period. It also now carries a rather negative connotation, and […]
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