June 2025: Curious Commotion
May 29, 2025
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I Can Do It by Myself: Developing Your Child’s Independence
The preschool years are a time of burgeoning independence when children develop their intellectual, verbal, and social-emotional skills. It’s a time when they tackle an increasing number of tasks independently. As children learn to be more responsible, they are practicing their large and fine motor skills at the same time. This period is also their chance to gain self-confidence and build their self-esteem.
June 6, 2017 -
Building Resilience - Helping Children Cope with Change
All people face challenges in their lives. Changes in one’s job, one’s relationships, or one’s residence are all areas where one must exercise grit and resilience to persevere and to keep going. Every day, everyone experiences tough times, whether small or large, in some way. Children do as well, even if their challenges sometimes look different from those of adults. Like adults, children will always have difficulties of varying degrees to face. However, parents and teachers can give them the skills they need to cope and even thrive in any situation. We can build their resilience.
September 14, 2017 -
Reducing Separation Anxiety
We all know that the joys of parenthood are often packaged alongside challenges. Among the challenges parents face early in their children’s lives is that of separation anxiety. Although these anxious childhood episodes often surprise parents, the good news is that they are quite common and thoroughly manageable.
January 12, 2018 -
Sleepy Time: Sleeping Tips for Toddlers
Looking for sleeping tips for toddlers? Don’t hit the panic button we’ve got you covered! Follow these tips to help you prevent your child from losing out on those precious moments of sleep.
March 14, 2016
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