Pre-schooler: Life Stage

Parenting GuiltThe interplay between a child’s needs and a parent’s capacity provides a fertile ground for children to learn independence and grow essential life skills. No parent can...

Being MannerlyThere is no specific time to teach manners.  “Ok, my child, it’s time to talk about saying please.” No, manners happen throughout the day.  Your child is...

Traveling ParentsAt three years of age, children have already started forming their own identity that is separate from their bond with you, their parents. By this time, they...

Art AppreciationChildren learn not only from instruction and books, but also from every single object and experience they encounter. When children are encouraged to look at and think...

Fine Motor Development Through LacingWhen you were a child, chances are you had strung beads into a string or else laced a lacing card. In fact, I can...

Fun Ways To Learn About ShapesOne of the milestones that four year olds kids reach is identifying and selecting  basic shapes from a group.  Draw some basic shapes...

Time To Wipe!“I’m done in the bathroom!”  I can still hear those words echoing through my house as my kids finished going potty.  There were so many things...

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,...

OppositesWe constantly live with the concept of opposites, but we do not always recognize nor pay too much attention to them. But for kids, learning opposite relationships is...

What You Say Matters!When it comes to language development, three-year-old kids can be bipolar indeed: some of them talk all the time, while others barely say a word. The...