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Be the person you want your child to become.
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Support your children and help to cultivate their dreams for their future.
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Always love your kids and never give up on them.
Everyone guides the children in their life with their own flavor. We have tips and tricks to help every parent, grandparent, and caregiver enrich children's lives and empower their development. Click the button below and choose your parenting style to learn more about how you can incorporate teachable moments into everyday life.
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Timely tips for engaging your child in enriching experiences.
Apple Toothpick Challenge
Have you or your kids ever tried building something with marshmallows and toothpicks? This activity is the same thing except you build with apples not marshmallows. Supplies needed include apples, too...
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Fostering a Love for Play
Play comes naturally to most kids. Whether your kids play with toys or household items, they love to use their imagination. Sometimes as parents we have a hard time encouraging our kids to use their i...
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Sensory Bin Fun
Looking for an inexpensive and fun activity? Make a sensory bin. Sensory bins are great for exploring and learning. You can find a lot of bin fillers at home and at your local Dollar Tree. You can eve...
Read MoreTypes of Development
Want to teach your child? Yes! Know where to begin? Not a clue!
Then let's start simply. Children's learning is separated into five areas:
Then let's start simply. Children's learning is separated into five areas:
Emotional
Remember that your child is super sensitive to the emotional environment in your family.
Social
You teach your child how to get along with people through everything you say and do.
Physical
Babies and children learn about the world, and the things around them, by moving.
Spiritual
Spiritual growth is about children growing in their understanding of how they’re
connected with the world around them.
Intellectual
Children are naturally wired to learn. These little sponges learn all the time from everything that happens around them.
Whole Child
The experiences your child has in one area impact her growth in all of the other areas.
