No one can predict what habits and interests will stick with a child. But if you never offer up the opportunities, the odds will always remain at zero.
Just as infants and toddlers need experience crawling or scooting to learn to walk and babbling and crying to learn to talk, they need to practice using their hands to control art supplies and practice using their minds to figure out how art supplies work
As Walter Drew and Marcia Nell say, “Memories of joyful and meaningful play experiences help bind families together emotionally, even long after children are grown.”
With the holidays quickly approaching, we’ve compiled some ideas on toys, play, and family learning that will come in handy when selecting gifts for the young children in your life.
If you have a school-reluctant child, try these quick strategies to ensure he/she not only gets through the day, but is armed with better coping skills for life.
My son's teacher had asked the children to draw self-portraits and he drew a picture of himself without a nose. The following events after this instruction was unexpected for everyone.
Determined to find low cost materials that interest my daughter and stimulate her development I started observing my daughter and looking around the house.
