Toddler & Preschooler Articles |
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Learning To Share
Some toddlers share without being asked and without being taught to.However, learning to share is hard for most children. Young children think about themselves and what they want or need. Thinking about the...
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Encouraging Older Children to Welcome the New Baby
Wondering what you can do to help the relationship between your older child and his new brother or sister get off to the best possible start? Here...
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Party Behavior
Situation: Every time I take my son to a party his behavior embarrasses me. It's as if he leaves his manners at home! We've been invited to several holiday parties, and I'd really love to go. How can I get my...
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Everything you need to know about birthday parties
Planning... Keep it simple. At all ages, simple events tend to be successful and more fun. Complicated parties usually require extensive...
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More Summertime Activities and Snacks
ACTIVITIES All About Me Book/Poster Have the child create a special book about themselves with a variety of pages: *my hand, my foot, my family, my house, my pet, my favourite toy, book, food, things I like...
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Summertime Boredom Busters
Is your family experiencing summer blahs? School and after-school activities tend to fill up everyone's time during the winter, but during the summer, boredom can set in pretty quickly. Here are some ideas...
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Summertime Songs and Activities for Preschoolers
ACTIVITIES Outside Spray Painting Fill old spray bottles with coloured water (food colouring or tempera paint). Have the children spray the...
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Fun in a Box! Kids Crafts
Have you ever given a child a present and within minutes the child left the toy to play with the box? Why would they want to play with a box? A box to us is nothing more than cardboard, but to a child, a box is...
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Activity Overload
Even though provincial test results suggest academic skills are declining and standards are dropping, many parents appear to be too busy to pick up the slack. When David Elkind wrote the Hurried Child...
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Non-Stop Fun For Preschoolers
PUDDING PAINT Make your favorite flavor of pudding, according to the directions. Then, use clean fingers or kitchen utensils to "paint" pictures or designs on a cookie sheet. Have a few licks now...
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Back Yard Beach
Even if you don't live close enough to the water to enjoy a day at the beach you can still have a great time enjoying the sand in your own back yard. So put on your sandals and slather on some sunscreen because...
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Have Fun Fishing with Your Preschooler
Summer's here and so is fishing. Fishing is a rewarding sport of fresh air, learning about the environment and the development of patience. It can be the ideal sport for preschoolers, if you introduce it in a...
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Educational Activities for Kids and Families
Teaching kids how to learn will go a long way in helping them be more successful in school. With all the educational materials marketed to parents...
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Creative Ways To Recycle Your Child's Artwork
When I had my sons in daycare it seemed I had enough artwork to wallpaper my house at least twice. It was tempting at times to throw these works...
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Planning Toddler Birthday Parties
As parents, we look forward to our child's first, second, and third birthday as a marker of their huge accomplishments in growth and development. What better way to celebrate these accomplishments then to...
