We can help your school aged child develop both at home and at school. Find suggestions about teaching responsibility, fostering self esteem and following instructions. Get advice on health and safety issues, as well as finding a pediatrician. Looking for fun and educational activities to do with your kindergartner? Check out our suggestions, including playdough fun, and outdoor learning.
Kindergarten Development
- 3 Tips for bully-proofing your child for kindergarten
- Not sure where to start? Here are some tips to consider that will help your child to have a successful start in school.
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- 4 Essential parenting strategies
- As parents, we are all motivated to find new ways to achieve our parenting goals.
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- 7 Easy ways to encourage independence (age 5)
- Gaining independence is a part of childhood. When children feel good about themselves and do things on their own they become confident and cooperative.
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- A reflection on fatherhood
- It’s certainly not a new idea that our only chance for immortality in this world is to live on in our children.
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- Bedwetting and your child - nocturnal enuresis
- Bedwetting affects over five millions children in the US.
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- Bedwetting treatments
- An outline of the treatments available for bedwetting.
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- Bully-proofing skills in kindergarten
- How do I prepare my child for kindergarten?
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- Communication skills for parents of little kids
- Sometimes in the monotony of the daily drive to work, or the commotion of settling children into their childcare for the day, effective communication gets lost in the rush.
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- Developing written language skills
- Writing is a uniquely human activity; and therefore, a wonder to watch develop.
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- Developing both hands for kindergarten
- Why developing both hands is important, along with tips for how to encourage the use of both hands.
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- Developing oral language skills
- Tips for encouraging communication and oral language skills.
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- Does your kindergartner have a healthy self-esteem
- How do you know if your child has healthy self-esteem or not?
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- Emotional intelligence and little kids
- Emotional intelligence involves understanding your feelings, managing your feelings, motivating yourself, and productively persisting in the face of setbacks.
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- Eye-hand coordination for kindergarten
- The best Kindergarten programs are play based. Why? Because the child has the opportunity to solidify all the necessary foundation skills without feeling overwhelmed by academic work.
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- Fostering family identity and values (age 5)
- Family identity refers to the attitudes and behaviors that are routine in a family.
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- Fostering self-esteem (age 5)
- Self-esteem is the confidence and satisfaction that children have in themselves.
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- Gift receiving etiquette and little kids
- What do we do when our little ones don’t quite follow the social etiquette for receiving gifts?
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- Gifted children - Parents share their story (age 5)
- Parents share their stories of how and when they found out their child was gifted.
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- Gifted children - Social emotional challenges (K)
- The wonderful strengths and attributes that a gifted child displays can also lead to difficult social relationships and emotional struggles.
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- Giving thanks with your kids
- Roast turkey and pumpkin pie, family and football. For many of us, these are the main ingredients for the perfect Thanksgiving celebration.
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- Guidelines to choosing a babysitter (age 5)
- Even if you have relatives or friends, every now and then you may need to leave your child with a babysitter.
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- Hearing development and your child
- Most newborn babies in the United States are screened for hearing loss before they go home from the hospital. But this is only the first step...
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- Imaginary friends
- If your child mentions an imaginary friend, add another seat at the dinner table and regard this wonderful aspect of your child’s developing mind and emotions with respect.
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- Learning more than one language (kindergarten)
- In an increasingly diversified and multilingual world, more and more young children find themselves in an environment where more than one language is used.
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- Lisping and your child
- A lisp is when the 's' and 'z' sounds are substituted with a 'th' sound - so 'dogs' becomes 'dogth'.
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- Measuring Height Accurately At Home (age 5)
- To measure height accurately at home:
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- Measuring Weight Accurately At Home (age 5)
- To measure weight accurately at home:
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- Milestones - kindergartner - 5 years old
- Here is a guide to how your 5 year old is learning and growing over this year.
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- Nurturing creativity in young children
- Children who grow up with self-confidence and acceptance will be more open to explore creative ideas and to attempt artistic expression.
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- Pets as holiday gifts for kids
- Tips and advice on giving your child a pet as a holiday gift.
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- Play as connection between parent and child
- The statement, “Play is a child’s work” is used frequently, perhaps even overused.
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- Preparing your child for camp
- Every parent wants his or her child’s first overnight camping experience to be successful and a springboard into many other positive experiences.
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- Sport and kids
- How to keep your kids from throwing in the towel.
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- Stuttering simplified
- “Stuttering”, categorized as a fluency disorder, affects approximately 1% of the general population or 68 million people worldwide.
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- Successful birthday parties year after year
- If your little one’s birthday is just around the corner and you want to celebrate with a party that’s fun for all, read on.
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- W sitting and your child
- This article covers the reasons why "W" sitting is not good for kids.
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- Ways to show love for your child
- Sometimes in our busy lives we forget to show how much we love our children.
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- Why crawling is good for kids
- This article outlines why crawling is good for little kids.
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- Why developing a sense of humor is important
- Is developing your child’s sense of humor a luxury? As parents, we have to teach so much largely because we often end up teaching the same things over and over again.
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