From Crawling to Crayons: How Movement Prepares Kids to Write How does a child go from crawling to scribbling with crayons and what can you do with your baby and toddler to help ensure writing success later down the road?...
Training Little Minds to Listen: Helping Young Kids Follow Directions So much of learning in young kids is gained through osmosis—the idea that knowledge and skills are absorbed through watching and listening. But a lot of kids need help with...
Training Little Minds to Dwell: Growing Focus in a Distracted World Our world can be extraordinarily loud. If we are not careful, our kids will grow accustomed to the pull of distraction and disengagement, especially in a world filled with noise,...
Exploring God’s World: 5 Information Books Our Toddlers Have Loved If I were to look on your kids’ bookshelf would I see more storybooks (fiction) or information books (nonfiction)? My guess is fiction. Most people read storybooks with their kids....
7 Foundational Motor Skills Every Child Needs Before Writing Letters Most often when parents think of teaching their child to write they search for letter worksheets and have their child practice tracing their name. Writing letters and names may seem...
Building Stamina in Preschoolers: Simple Ways to Help Your Child Stick with Writing Whether it’s following directions, completing a puzzle or game, or learning to write, kids need stamina to stick with a task—especially when it get’s hard. Writing is a laborious task....