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  • A group of kindergarteners walk to school together with their backpacks on. Kindergarten is an important time to develop your child's social skills as their time at school will depend greatly on how well their interactions with others go.

    What Social Skills Should My 5-Year-Old Have?

    At the age of five, children are developing important social skills that will set the foundation for their future interactions with others. This year is a particularly important one since many 5-year-olds are starting school for the first time! As a parent, it's important to support your child's social development by helping them to develop important social skills.

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  • A stack of colorful dice lay on a table. Using the "roll & retell" method is a fun way for your child to practice reading comprehension after reading a story.

    Using the "Roll & Retell" Method for Reading Comprehension

    Your 6-year-old is learning a lot about reading comprehension in school this year! After each story, their teacher is likely teaching them to describe the setting, identify the problem and solution, and make connections with their own lives. You can help your child solidify their reading comprehension skills with a simple game that they're sure to love!

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  • Two-year-old boy with a hooded jacket on stares up at the sky. At this age, your toddler is making rapid development in their understanding of language, emotion, social interactions, time, cause and effect, and much more!

    What Can My 2-Year-Old Understand?

    A two-year-old child is at an exciting stage of development as they begin to explore the world around them and develop a better understanding of their surroundings. At this age, children can understand and communicate using basic language, show curiosity about the world, and engage in simple play activities.

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  • 1-year-old baby lays on his stomach and plays with wooden toys and books. There are many screen-free ways to engage your child when you are busy.

    Screen-Free Ways to Engage Your Child When You're Busy

    As a parent, you may find yourself busy with work or household chores, but you still want to engage your 1-year-old in meaningful activities that do not involve screens. Involving your little one in screen-free activities not only helps to develop their cognitive, motor, and social skills but also increases their independence and creativity. But it's not always easy to find something that keeps their attention and requires only light supervision!

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  • 3-year-old girl bites into a large slice of watermelon. Creating healthy eating habits in your child early will set them up with a lifetime of good health.

    Teaching Your Toddler Healthy Eating Habits

    There's tons of information out there for parents about "good" food and "bad" foods and, frankly, it can be a bit overwhelming! With all the (sometimes conflicting) literature, advertisements for "organic" or "whole" foods, and tons of social media posts about "clean" family lifestyles, what is the modern, busy parent to do? Read on to discover a few simple tips and tricks that will help you to develop healthy eating habits in your child without overthinking!

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  • A pair of child's hands plays with a set of square blocks. At 3-years-old, your child will begin to recognize and sort shapes.

    5 Shape Sorting Activities Your 3-Year-Old Will Love!

    As children develop and grow, they start to understand and recognize the world around them in new ways. One of the key areas of development for young children is their ability to recognize shapes. It's fascinating to observe how 3-year-olds start to notice and identify the basic shapes that make up the world around them, such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. As they become more aware of these shapes, they can start to categorize and differentiate them, which lays the foundation for more complex learning later in life.

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  • Mother sits her 1-year-old daughter in her lap and reads her a book. Even though your 1-year-old isn't able to read yet, reading to them interactively at this age is hugely beneficial to their future literacy.

    Interactive Reading with Your 1-Year-Old

    Even though it will be a few years before your child can start reading on their own, having your 1-year-old spend time with books is integral to their future literacy. By reading with your child regularly (we recommend daily) you will help them develop pre-literacy skills such as print awareness, phonemic awareness, and print motivation. Furthermore, it's fantastic for parent-child bonding and will help progress language development!

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  • A father gleefully tosses his 3-year-old daughter in the air. Creating a safe a nurturing environment is one way to build honesty in your little one at this age.

    Building Honesty in Your 3-Year-Old

    Honesty is a fundamental value that is highly valued in every society. It is essential to instill honesty in children from a young age to help them become trustworthy and reliable adults. This virtue is not only about telling the truth but also being sincere, reliable, and accountable. Children learn honesty through modeling, praise, and consistent reinforcement.

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  • 4-Year-Old boy listens to an audio book with headphones. There are many fun ways to practice active listening skills!

    10 Activities to Practice Active Listening

    Listening is an essential communication skill that is crucial for success in both personal and professional life. The ability to listen actively and attentively helps in understanding others, responding appropriately, and building strong relationships. Naturally, it is important to start developing listening skills from an early age.

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  • 1-Year-Old boy squats down and plays with water at a sunny lake. At this age, your child will be engaging in functional play, which is an important part of their development.

    Functional Play in Your 1-Year-Old

    Functional play is an essential component of a child's development. At one year old, children are typically engaging in functional play, which involves using toys and objects for their intended purpose. Functional play is different from symbolic play, which involves using objects to represent other things, such as using a block as a phone.

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  • A young boy and girl walk down a trail with their arms around each others' shoulders. Teaching your child about what friendship should feel like will help them have healthy boundaries and positive social interactions.

    Teaching Your Child What Friendship Should Feel Like

    As your child enters school, they will be surrounded by plenty of opportunities to develop new and exciting friendships. And while they're sure to have fun, there may be some situations in which they may be confronted by unhealthy behaviors from others and boundary pushing. One of the most important things we can do for our children is to help them develop healthy relationships. A crucial part of this is teaching them what friendship should feel like. Friendship is a fundamental aspect of a child's development and has a significant impact on their self-esteem, social skills, and emotional well-being.

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  • 6-Year-Old girl lays in a field, hugging her teddy bear. Raising a body positive child early is important for their future self-esteem.

    How to Raise a Body Positive Child

    Raising a body-positive child is essential for their mental and physical well-being and it's something that needs to start early in order to have lasting effects. Showing them how to appreciate their bodies and understand that everyone comes in different shapes and sizes will not only help their self-esteem, but will teach them to be open and accepting to all sorts of people in the future.

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