Learning Through Play
Play helps learning in many ways. It improves manual dexterity- building a tower of blocks or doing a jigsaw puzzle teaches a child how to make her hands work for her at tools. Playing with others; she will discover friendship and learn to [...]
Gifted Children: Parents
It is important to know that your child is gifted since it may help to explain a lot of her behavior, especially behavior that is constructed as deviant: social withdrawal, aggressiveness, tantrums, moodiness, and so on. It is also important [...]
Special Child
Although all children develop at different rates and the range of what doctors and psychologists consider “normal” is wide, a small number of children fall at either end of the developmental spectrum. At one end of the spectrum are children [...]
Baby’s Smile
The first time your baby smiles at you is an exciting milestone in your relationship; it’s also an important sigh that she is developing mentally.
When your baby begins to smile, she is demonstrating that she can recognize you and that she [...]
Toys for Infants
Many parents find it difficult to choose toys for a new baby – relatives even more so. A young baby won’t be able to interact with his toys much at first, so they should be soft, simple, sturdy, and attractive to look at and touch.
Soft [...]
Encouraging Independence: Children
With so many new skills to learn at this stage, it is important not to expect your child to develop at a rate that is too fast for her.
All children progress at their own pace, which is determined by the speed that their developing brain and [...]
Creative Ability in Children
All children have some creative ability, and developing this in the preschool years is just as important as teaching letters and numbers. There is a whole range of skills and mental progress that you can encourage in your child to stimulate [...]