Welcome to Before 5
You can handle this! We can help.
Diane
Be available, attentive, and joyful!
Martha
Be the person you want your child to become.
Lindsay
Support your children and help to cultivate their dreams for their future.
Katie
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.
Our Blog
Timely tips for engaging your child in enriching experiences.
10 Greatest Gifts I Gave my Children- The Gift of Abundance
What does abundance mean to you? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of abundance is having an ample quantity of something.
Let’s open our thinking to all areas of our life in...
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The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children
The 10 Greatest Gifts I Gave My Children
Parenting from the Heart
By Steven Vannoy
Tool 5: Modeling
Remember the first time you heard your words come out of your child’s mouth? Were you so p...
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Back to the Basics: 10 Ways to bond with your kids
Hello everybody! We are starting a series of blogs called Back to the Basics. Parenting is complicated as it is, so our focus is to keep our tips and tricks as simple as can be. We are excited to get ...
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.
