Preschooler Week 31
LetChildren at age three and a half start to exhibit changes in the way they communicate with their peers. Some children love to engage in activities with friends,...
Preschooler Week 68
Give Me Fair Warning, Then IBy understanding the development of your four year old you can shift your attention on seeing the world through her eyes. Take a...
Preschooler Week 25
LetAs kids enter the early childhood years, their gross motor development advances. They become surer of themselves and take more risks. The large muscles on their legs, trunk,...
Preschooler Week 20
Humor DevelopmentYou can tell a lot about a child’s developmental level by the things he or she laughs about. Two-year-olds usually find random words like ‘lippity-loppity-lappity’ funny because...
Preschooler Week 52
Inside Outside Upside DownYour child’s language development has been growing at a rapid pace for the last few years. Remember when your child was saying the words “more”...
Preschooler Week 75
You Read To Me, IWhen my daughter was four years old we had the board book, Go Dog Go (Eastman, 1961). It was one of her favorite books...
Preschooler Week 62
I Can Do It Myself! Let Me Try!Your four year old child probably wants to do everything herself these days, right? She is not “little” anymore, in...
Preschooler Week 17
Music AppreciationFor some, music is food for the soul. Young as they are, children can already enjoy and interpret music they encounter any day. Music often makes an...
Preschooler Week 41
One More Please!When my children were aged three, they learned how to count because we would always climb the stairs together while counting out loud. I would say,...
Preschooler Week 22
Clean Up Time!Time to clean up! These words can sound a bit dreadful at first, but in fact, they don’t have to be! Children especially love routines, and...