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Learning for Summer Fun: You're Never Too Young

Even newborns are ready for learning. Fill your summer days with developmental learning activities that will encourage childhood brain development.

Family Ideas to Promote Reading Readiness

Reading is the path to success in school and in life. These family ideas will help parents instill a love of reading in their children through simple family home activities.

Baby Activities to Build Healthy Self-Esteem

Your kindness and love are a tremendous aid to a toddler learning self-esteem. Help nurture a child's efforts by teaching character, offering gentle toddler discipline, and a wealth of fun baby activities.

Adolescent Parenting: From a Dad's Perspective

Men are putting a higher priority on their family. For kids, this has meant better relationships. For dads, adolescent parenting has become more important than how much money they can bring home.

Music Isn't a Magic Elixir for Baby Brain Development

While listening to classical music is one of many useful, nurturing family home activities for infants, it's not likely to make much difference in baby brain development.

Fun Family Activities Include Using My Car as an Office

Parents just have to do what works. If car rides are fun family activities that send baby off to the land of nod, your minivan may just become the best office you've ever had. Read one mom's story.

Touch Nurtures Baby Brain Development

Every parent knows that the magic needed to calm a baby is often found in a soothing touch. Making touch a regular infant activity also promotes baby brain development by letting them take in more of the world.

Activities for Infants During the First Two Months

Looking for something to do with your newborn? Read on for some great activities for infants that you can do during the first two months of their lives. You'll have fun and promote infant brain development.

Infant Activities: A New Dad's Thoughts on Regrets

Make every moment you spend with your baby count. According to this new dad, you'll never, ever regret the time you spend doing fun infant activities as well as mundane—or even distasteful—tasks.

Not Every Normal Baby Likes to Be Held

Your baby isn't rejecting you if it doesn't want to be cuddled. Not every normal baby wants a lot of cuddling. Instead watch for the best times to snuggle according to your infant's needs.

What Infant Activities Can I Do with My Two to Four Month-Old Today?

Your baby may seem young, but there are many infant activities you can do together that will promote developmental learning. Try some of these activities for infants to calm a baby or just to play.

Personality in Newborns: Baby Comes with Unique Traits

Infants are a delight, but sometimes their personality brings its own challenges. From birth to 6 months, babies are developing their personality. You can encourage that development as babies age.

Family Ideas for Grandparenting at a Distance

When grandparents are far away, it takes creativity to come up with fun family activities to keep close to the grandkids. Here are some family ideas that can help.

Baby Teaching and Support Relieves Parent Stress

Baby Teaching: Informal networks and mentoring are some of the best gifts you can give new parents. Whether you're offering tips on newborn sleep or just reassuring the parents, you're helping both babies and parents.

Activities for Infants and Grandparents Should Include Reading

Reading classic children's books and sharing kids' bedtime stories are ideal activities for infants and grandparents. The best baby books and loving grandparents are a classic combination.

Fun Family Ideas: Discover Realia at Your Local Library

Have you checked out your local library lately? Discover "realia," non-book items available for kids that encourage preschooler and toddler learning. Read on for more fun family ideas.

What's Going On With Baby: Brain Development Moves at Warp Speed

Newborn babies' development moves at warp speed. Baby brain development is fascinating and you can help it along with infant activities that encourage developmental learning.

Parents' Issues: I Never Thought I'd Drive a Minivan

Has it finally come to this? Well, you aren't the only one depressed about driving a minivan. Many parents' issues involve changing one's self-image as the reality of being a parent sinks in.

What Infant Activities Can I Do with My Ten to Twelve-month-old Today?

Here are some baby exercises and activities that you can do with your ten to twelve-month-old.

Baby Activities with Dad

Dads play differently with babies than moms do. Child development research shows that baby activities with dad help little ones develop. But safety must come first.

Learning for Infants: Activities with the Family Jump-start an Education

Don't wait until school starts. Learning begins when children are infants. Activities that promote learning can include travel for toddlers, exploring, and lots of conversation.

Language Development Stages: Using Sign Language with Baby

Ever wonder what your baby is trying to tell you when he cries? Try using simple sign language. It can be used at various language development stages and help a lot with calming baby.

Family Ideas for Teaching Infant Babies Sign Language

If you're interested in teaching sign language to infant babies, consider these family ideas from a mom who has been there. She recruited the whole family to use sign language as part of the infant's activities.

When Is It Time for Infant/Toddler Reading Lessons?

Don't wait for kindergarten: Start your toddler reading by cuddling up with books and talking to them all the time. You'll not only share happy times, but provide great support for toddler language development.

Family Ideas: One More Reason to Encourage Neatness

As you've always suspected, neatness really does count. Here are some family ideas that will encourage your child to clean up those toys and boost his or her education and future earnings.

Start Nurturing Child Social Development in the Cradle

Don't wait--child social development begins early. You can start teaching social skills before your child learns to talk. Here are some family ideas on toddler parenting that can teach great social skills.

Baby Activities Should Include Lots of Lap Time

Busy parents don't have as much time as they'd like to spend cuddling their babies. But there's no time better spent. So slow down because baby activities should include plenty of lap time.

Family Ideas for Taking the Fear Out of Halloween Make-Believe

When it comes to Halloween, toddler activities can be both scary and fun. Boost their developmental learning and give them an extra dose of courage with these family ideas for the trick-or-treat holiday.

Adjusting to a Toddler: Family Can Ease Sibling Rivalry

When new children come into the family, compassionate adolescent parenting can help older children adjust. Engage your older children in activities for toddlers to make everyone feel wanted and needed.

Preserve Parents' Stories in Diaries for Children

Diaries for children are great ways to preserve parents' stories about their kids. When they capture memories from all child development stages, the create a precious gift while connecting with their inner wisdom.

Bring on the Pets: Kids Learn from Animals in the Home

Pets have more benefits for their families than just the cuddles they give. Child development research shows that pets for kids are a great learning tool for academics and child social development.

Family Ideas for Birthdays: Keep It Simple

One family finds they don't have to throw elaborate parties with toddler games and activities. Instead, their family ideas include a special cake and a gathering of relatives.

Building Blocks for K12 Grades Math

Forget the flashcards for your little ones. The best ways to introduce K12 grades math concepts to your children involve building, creating and moving to the beat of your favorite music.

The Joy of Rituals and Family Home Activities

Rituals and family home activities are very important. It's easy to start some of your own - think about your toddler and activities you can share and other fun family activities to enjoy together.

Tips for Infant and Toddler Reading

Make toddler reading time something both you and your child look forward to. These family ideas for sharing toddlers' books and children's bedtime stories will create special quality time for your family.

Interaction is Key to Getting a Toddler Reading

You can get a toddler reading without emptying your pocketbook. Child development research shows that family interaction is as important as buying the best baby books and videos.

Real-Life Parents' Stories: The Challenges of a Large Family

A parent's stories tell how having a toddler and baby triplets changes her priorities. When the infants' activities start to overwhelm, humor brings the family back to earth.

Parent's Stories: The Outdoors Cures a World of Ills

It's almost magic the way the outdoors can soothe a fussy baby and focus a rambunctious toddler. A dad talks about his son's toddler games and the infant activities that can be found in the great outdoors.

Family Ideas for Learning on the Go

As home educators, we take advantage of our ability to take school on the road—to the tune of 5,000 miles a year. Check out our tips for reducing parent stress while keeping travel fun for all.

Program Offers Family Ideas for Baby Development

Do you feel like a chef without a recipe when it comes to baby brain development? The Parents as Teachers program offers family ideas for baby activities that boost brain power.

Picking Toys for All Child Development Stages

If you're looking for great gifts to promote toddler learning activities, take heart. It doesn't have to break your budget, or even cost anything at all. Create developmental learning activities with simple toys.

Family Ideas About Babies, Toddlers and Computers

When and how should you introduce your baby or toddler to the computer? Here are some pros and cons of early computer use and some family ideas about young children and computers.

Parents' Stories: A Conversation with Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm

Michigan's Governor, Jennifer Granholm, is intimately familiar with child development research on childhood brain development. She shares how she uses that knowledge with her own family.

Parents' Issues: Choosing a Guardian is Essential

One of the parents' issues that no one likes thinking about is the task of choosing a guardian. Finding the perfect family for kids is uncomfortable, but a necessary and critical part of adolescent parenting.

A Musical Infant Activity: The Parent's Voice

Long before your child says "Mama" or "Papa," she is learning a lot about her native language. How? By listening to your voice. The more you talk to your baby, the more baby teaching you're providing.

Baby Activities: The Rhythm of Parents' Voices

Among universal baby activities is babbling. Babies imitate the rhythm of the language they hear as they goo and coo. So the more language your baby hears, the more easily speech will come.

Keeping Baby Calm at the Doctor's Office

For many parents, the worst part of doctor exams is filling out forms in the waiting room and calming baby at the same time. These activities for infants may help.

Family Ideas for Speech Language Development

Help your children build word power through their various language development stages with these baby activities, toddler activities, and preschooler activities.

Family Ideas for Limiting Television Time

If you want to encourage personal health and wellness for your child, then you'll need to turn off the television. Recent research shows television contributes to children becoming overweight.

Family Home Activities in Low-income Families Should Include Reading

Reading to children is one of the most important educational family home activities. For low-income families, new studies show even greater benefits of reading to kids than previously suspected.

Family Ideas for Sensory Play

Sensory play helps children's brains grow as they explore sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste. These activities for babies, toddlers and preschoolers promote learning.

Fun Family Activities Teach Patterns

Observing and decoding patterns is an important pre-math skill. With these fun family activities, parents can help babies, toddlers, and preschoolers understand patterns.

Travel for Babies the Simple Way

Traveling with babies can be overwhelming if you bring along every toy to keep him entertained. Learn about free infant activites that can make your travel much easier.

Reading to Your Baby is Quality Infant Activity Time

Reading is the perfect infant activity for you and your child to share. It brings the two of you together, fosters a love of reading, and encourages language development in your child. Pick up a book and your baby today.

Meaningful Family Ideas to Spend the Summer Days

The summer can provide bountiful time for fun family activities that promote play, togetherness, travel for kids, and healthy fitness. These family ideas can add zest to your summer.

Rainy Day Activities for Preschoolers

Bad weather doesn't mean the end of family fun activities. Check out these rainy day recipes using household items. Whether you want toddler crafts or activities for preschoolers, there's fun for all.

Family Home Activities to Ready Your Child for School

These family home activities can give your child the best beginning for preschool, kindergarten and beyond. These activities show that learning is fun, help reduce school anxiety and build skills.

Toys Are Fun Family Activities for Kids

Young children learn a lot about their world through fun family activities. Parents and caregivers can help kids learn by providing age-appropriate toys that encourage imagination and creativity.

Introducing Baby: Calm, Cool and Collected

How can parents and child care providers introduce a baby to the mix without disrupting current toddler learning and activities for preschoolers? We take a Real Life look at the issue, including advice from the experts.

Sibling Relationship Goals to Set

Preparing older siblings can go a long way toward reducing stress in children when bringing baby home. Check out these free family ideas for fostering brotherly love at the beginning and for years to come.

Family Ideas for Boosting Independence

As soon as you bring baby home, a major part of adolescent parenting is teaching kids to be independent problem solvers. From baby teaching toys to toddlers activities to house chores for preschoolers, check out these skill-b...

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