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Activities to Foster Early Literacy

Helping children to boost their vocabulary, language and reading skill doesn’t have to difficult; most kids want to be around and learn from their caregivers, especially if it’s fun. Here are some activities to encourage those early literacy skills.   Engage children in rhyming activities -Rhyming helps children begin to recognize patterns in spoken words; […]

Teaching Turn Taking and Patience to Children

Teaching patience and turn taking at a young age can greatly improve your child’s ability to manage difficult situations as they get older. We all have had experiences in grocery stores or while in line for our morning coffee; coming across someone who has has little to no experience in patience. Being able to be […]

Keeping Your Kiddos Entertained Indoors During The Winter

  All too soon, it will be too cold for your kids to go outside; which is when they turn their attention to you to keep them entertained (lucky you!). So, to ease some of that stress here are some fun activities to help entertain your littles.     -Create an obstacle course in the […]

5 Steps to Grow Gratitude in Young Children

This blog was provided by our friends at Sparkler! For more blogs and to learn more about Sparkler please visit: https://playsparkler.org/   Gratitude — feelings of thankfulness — helps children (and all people) feel less stressed, more optimistic, and happier. Listen to Sparkler’s new song — “I’m Grateful” and learn five ways to help children […]

Common Childhood Illnesses

News Flash!! If you have kids they’re going to get sick (mind blowing, right?) Whether you’re a new parent or a parent who’s been around the block a few times it’s always good to have an idea of common childhood illnesses; so, here’s a list of some parents should be aware of. Obviously, there are […]

Road Trip Activities

  The Holiday’s are fast approaching and with that can come hours and hours of travel with your family. Every parent knows that when traveling with children the inevitable “are we there yet” happens as soon as boredoms sets in (which happens sooner rather than later).   Hopefully, with some of the following tips and […]

Sparkler: Start Your Engines! Sparkler Activities for Little Engineers

This blog post is provided by our friends at Sparkler; for more posts like this one please visit their blog page at: playsparkler.org/blog/     Start Your Engines! Sparkler Activities for Little Engineers Sparkler has thousands of activities designed to help children (5 and under) build important early skills and spark passions. Here are a […]

IEP: Supports vs Services

  Now that school is in full swing, if you have a child with an IEP or 504 plan you may be meeting to discuss additional accommodations being added. But what is the difference between Supports and Services? Because there certainly is one, but these terms seem to be interchanged frequently which can have an […]