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Best Books for Baby Brain Development

{What are the best classic books for baby brain development? New research helps us sort through the choices and points to a certain type of …

Parenting Research · January 5, 2018

Well, the year 2017 is officially in the history books. Along with it, shelves full of parenting research become part of history too. …

{How understanding toddler growth spurts might just give some meaning to your child's crankiness. P.S. it's helpful for older kids …

Remember that poster "All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten"? It lists items like: share everything, play fair, and don't …

Play-Based Learning · February 28, 2017

{How you can use guided play to maximize education and fun for you and your child} "Mom, I want a combine to play with like the one in …

Play-Based Learning · January 12, 2017

As a boy mom myself, I always bristle a little when I hear media reports of a "boy achievement crisis." Every few months it seems we hear …

Play-Based Learning · January 10, 2017

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you have probably picked up on the idea that learning through play is really at …