I am a big fan of reading, huge, gigantic, enormous. I can add many adjectives to just how big of a fan I am but I think I may have already got my point across and one look at the boxes of books that I don’t have room for will confirm it.
For this reason, [...]

If you remember a few weeks ago, I started a post on the Theorists of Child Development and by the end of a pretty long post, I had only covered Freud and some of his theories. I did hint that I was going to move on to Erik Erikson in a few weeks and [...]

It is always amazing how quickly a child grows. One moment they are nestled safe in your tummy and you are worrying about the delivery, being ready and a whole number of other things. The next, they are raiding the fridge and asking you why you forgot to buy the volcano flavored Yogurt [...]

If you remember, I have already posted about the development of artistic skill already. If you haven’t read it yet or need a refresher, you can read it here.
Just to recap a few things, when I talk about any type of development, I am really looking at a “range of normalcy.” I know [...]

When I talk about child development and all the things you can do to encourage it, the foundations of all my theories and practices are attributed to several theorists.  I know that in the day to day, most parents could really care less about who invented this or what the thread of thought was on [...]

You may not know this but children develop art in a series of stages.  Early Childhood Education has broken those stages down to 3 stages ranging from 1 year of age to 5 years. 
It is important to remember that when we discuss any type of developmental milestones, we are looking at a “range of normalcy.”  [...]

Bringing home baby is a wonderful experience and I know there was nothing more comforting than watching my kids sleep in their bassinet for the first time.  I loved that first month of my babies life, well actually I love all the months of my kids life, but there was a feeling in that first month that [...]

You have probably seen this experiment before but it is one of my favorites so I wanted to share.  If you can’t tell by the photograph, I do this activity often enough to warrant purchasing the big box of baking soda.  I think it has something to do with the fact that I feel like [...]

Usually, I find that I talk about child development and everything that has to do with mom.  This isn’t intentional at all but has more to do with the fact that I am a mother so I see life from the vantage point of a mother.  It is important to remember that fathers are just [...]

You may not think that history is a very important subject to teach your young child but you are completely wrong.  History is just another way to broaden your child’s horizons and to give to them world’s that seem completely unimaginable. 
When my oldest became focused on Egypt, he couldn’t believe how different the world had [...]