School and Academics
Preschool Math: All Sorts of Sorting!
Sorting and classifying objects helps children begin to notice how items are alike and different, and creates an awareness that is vital for math learning.
Academic Preschools: Too Much Too Soon?
Once upon a time, many children didn't attend preschool at all, and those who did spent their mornings cutting, pasting, and playing house. These days, preschool is a rite of passage, and "academic" preschools that promise to prepare kids for the cutthroat world of kindergarten are becoming more ...
Child Development Tracker: Mathematics From Age 4 to 5
Believe it or not, by the age of 4 or five, kids are ready to start tackling more complex math concepts. Find out what they typically know about numbers, geometry, measurement, patterns and statistics.
The Essential Guide to Preschool Math
Here's our essential guide to all things preschool math, plus expert book picks to make learning fun!
Social and Emotional
Preschool Books to Grow With: Using Stories to Teach Sharing
During the preschool years, your child is coming to terms with an often difficult task: sharing. For perhaps the first time, they are playing with communal toys. Is it mine or not? It's all very confusing. You can teach them to navigate with a tool that might not have occurred to you...books.
Gearing Up for Preschool Development
Check out this list of skills you should help your child master in order to make the transition to preschool go smoothly.
Helping Your Preschooler Understand Emotions and Feelings
What can parents do at home to help foster their child's emotional development? Helping your preschooler identify her feelings and giving her strategies for dealing with them in constructive ways are all part of growing up.
Routine in Preschool: Why it Matters
One of the most important things that you can do to make your young child feel safe is to establish as much routine in his life as possible. Here's expert advice from a child psychologist on getting started.
Milestones and Development
Dyslexia: What to Look for
Is it normal for a child to have delayed speech or letter identification? A lack of interest in books with a lot of text? When should parents be concerned that their child may need to see a specialist?
Teaching Your Child to Swim
There's an ocean of reasons why kids should learn how to swim while they're young. The most obvious one is safety. If your child knows how to stay afloat and swim to safety, you and everyone else can have a bit more peace of mind near the water.
Little Big Kids (Ages 3-4): Playground Safety
Happy playful children who are very eager to release themselves on the playground often forget what they have been told or never really understood about ways of having fun safely on the playground. These materials are designed to assist children in learning safe play habits on the ...
Body Talk: What Preschoolers Need to Know
What's the right way to respond when your preschool child starts asking questions about his or her private parts or those of the opposite sex? Here's what parents need to know about talking about the human body with their preschooler.
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Childhood Immunizations
Learn about recommended vaccines and the latest immunization schedules for your child.
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