Of course playing is fun for kids, but it’s also essential for learning about the world and themselves; kids develop their social-emotional, cognitive, language and physical skills. Play helps kids develop social skills, cooperation, sharing and turn taking as well as empathy and building emotional connections with their peers. Play also helps children […]
For more than 100 years, researchers have been asking: What happens to student learning during the summer months? Researchers have found evidence of what educators call “summer slide,” “summer setback,” or “summer learning loss,” especially for children from low-income families (source). These statistics are not destiny! Summer can be a time of growth, curiosity, […]
Warm weather is here and with it comes beaches and pools! With that, here are some water safety tip to help keep you and your little one’s safe this summer. Finding a visible swimsuit Some swimsuits are more visible than others, so before you go out and enjoy the warm weather be sure […]
Making mistakes is a natural, albeit frustrating part of learning and teaching our children how to deal with making mistakes can set them up for success later on in life. When our children make mistakes it may not seem like a big deal to us; having their tower of blocks fall, not being able to […]
Many things can cause your child stress: a change in routine, having a new caregiver, starting or changing daycares/schools, a new sibling, or even our own stress can trigger our children. We can’t prevent our children from getting stressed, but what we can do is help manage it. When stress becomes an everyday occurrence, […]
Every kid has their bad days, but when the good days are becoming few and far between families can feel frustrated and unsure of what to do. Some challenging behaviors can look like: tantrums, hitting, biting, throwing or breaking things; but as adults we have to remember that littles don’t know how to manage their […]
Oh, boy, this is the third time today where you had to put a diaper back on your child? Do you find yourself asking where your child went, only to find them huddled in a corner somewhere with a look of determination on their face? If so, then it may be time to potty train! […]
What do you do when your child just won’t eat anything other than chicken nuggies, or plain pasta? When should you be concerned about your child not eating enough of the right kinds of food? Should you just be happy that your kid’s eating? If you ask yourself these questions every time you put […]
The Kenosha public library has a lot to offer our community, and we thought that it was time that we highlighted all the awesome things KPL has to offer. The KPL system has several locations: The Northside Neighborhood Library, The Simmons Neighborhood Library, The Southwest Library and The Uptown Library. There’s also a bookmobile, […]
With everything we do as parents: working, cleaning, cooking, wiping little bottoms, being a snack dispenser or (my favorite) a human snot rag; when do we take time for ourselves? How do we take the time to replenish and re-regulate our nervous system while we have to worry over so much? How do we not […]
