This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
If your kids are anything like mine…the idea of packing everyone up to go to the grocery store and get the necessities for the next week isn’t always very appealing. Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
Have you watched your toddler’s eyes when they see something that really interests them? They seem to twinkle with wonder and curiosity. These little people who often jump from toy to toy and activity to activity without notice can be fully captivated by certain things. For each child, it’s different, but for both of our kids something that we noticed them noticing often were birds. They would see a bird flying through the air when we were outside or hopping around in the grass looking for worms near our back porch and would immediately be transfixed and point to wherever the bird was. Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
October is National Safe Sleep Awareness Month. Make sure to check out the Hub’s Newsletter for more information on what safe sleep looks like, and as with everything, please consult with your child’s pediatrician if you have any questions. As I see these posts about safe sleep, I can’t help but think about where my daughter is now with sleeping. She may still call herself a baby, but we are now having to think about taking off the front gate of her crib to make her precious resting place a…toddler bed! Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
“I’m not a toddler I’m a baby” said my nearly two-year-old daughter not that long ago. I often call her “baby girl” or “little one” but day by day she is continuing to grow and not look as much like the tiny little baby I could almost hold in one hand. Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
My colleague wrote a wonderful post about helping your child prepare for Kindergarten and those “jitters” they may be feeling about going off to a new world. I really encourage you to check it out! It also got me thinking about the “jitters” my wife and I are feeling as we are preparing to send our son off into his own new world: preschool. Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
My grandpa was a very important person in my life. I admired him greatly. One of the things about him that I enjoyed the most was his storytelling. Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
One of the roles I am fortunate enough to get to play is facilitator for the parenting class READY! For Kindergarten. In this class we focus on skills that parents can teach their kids through fun, everyday activities and give each family new “tools” (aka awesome toys!) that they can take with them to encourage their child’s brain development. The great thing about this curriculum is that these activities can really improve a child’s development and kindergarten readiness in just ten minutes a day…and they are fun! Continue reading
