Helping Toddlers Handle Tantrums Parents and early childhood education teachers have all been there: watching a toddler suddenly melt to tears over the toy they can’t have, the fact that their sandwich was cut ‘wrong’, or at the mention of coming inside from playtime. Tantrums are a normal part of early childhood development, but knowing […]
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The Power of Solo Play If you’ve ever watched a preschooler go full-blown mom-mode on a pretend baby, or build a block tower only to gleefully knock it down moments later, you’ve witnessed the magic of independent play. Independent play isn’t solely about keeping kids busy in order to give a parent, caregiver, or daycare
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Pacifiers are a helpful comforting, self-soothing and anxiety reducing tool. The Mayo Clinic actually supports that pacifiers can be helpful in calming babies while parents are otherwise occupied—such as while shopping or driving. As your little one gets older, thinking about the ‘binky-break-up’ can often feel like, well, a messy break up, instead of an
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