How fine motor skills affect academic skills
In our previous article on fine motor skill milestones, we stressed the importance of fine motor skills on a child’s development. However, many parents do not realize that fine motor...
How recess affects child development
Over time, recess has gotten progressively shorter. Now, many parents view recess as a mere “break from learning.” In reality, the playing and interactions your child experiences during recess are...
4 ways to limit your child’s screen time
With screen-related activities being an unavoidable part of modern life, parents have to make sure their children develop a healthy relationship with technology. Since unsupervised and excessive screen time can...
How much screen time is too much?
Screens and technology have become household commodities. Whether you like it or not, screens are going to be a large part of your child’s future- all we can do is...
Essential nutrition tips to improve learning
Nutrition is one of the easiest, yet most underutilized ways to support your child’s learning and behavior. Proper nutrition and supplementation is proven to benefit cognitive function, memory, attention, self-regulation,...
5 tips to help your child make friends
Teach your child about conversation skills Conversations are all about picking up on conversational feedback and active listening. Conversational feedback involves knowing when to contribute and when to listen based...
Effective ways to teach your child a second language
Bilingualism (and knowing more than one language in general) has many cognitive and social-emotional benefits, but how can we effectively raise bilingual children? We discussed this question with the Curriculum...
How the ages 2 - 7 shape brain development
The “golden window” that is rarely talked about The ages of 2 – 7 years old is a critical period for brain development (which predicts academic and social success). Many...
Maximizing your baby's "Golden Window"
Why it’s called the golden window During the first 1000 days of life, your baby’s brain is forming neural connections at the fastest pace of their lives (1000 per second)....
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