If you are looking for something that is downright gross for your kids to do, then this is a rainy day activity for you. I tried this activity when I was still in college working at my first placement. The teachers looked at me like I was crazy when I wrote up the plan. If [...]

This last weekend, I had my niece visiting. It is an interesting prospect when you have 3 children in the house and they range in age from 6 years 11 months to 4 years 2 months to 3 years 8 months. It gives you a little perspective on how quickly children develop and it was [...]

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 Tubes. It [...]

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 that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I am ghostwriting a few chapters on child development right now and found that I needed to fact check a few of the points that I was writing this weekend.  I have boxes upon boxes of reference materials as well as all my notebooks and textbooks from when I was in college.  I was extremely [...]

Wow, can you believe that your baby has grown a year.  I know I was always surprised when that first birthday rolled around for both of my kids.  I felt like I had missed out on something, that maybe I hadn’t cuddled enough or really enjoyed those quiet moments that are so normal for infants.  [...]

When my son was an infant I was constantly being asked, “So is he crawling yet?”  When I would say, “No, not yet,” I would get a concerned glance and then a, “Oh, don’t worry, he’ll crawl soon.”  I wasn’t actually nervous but as each person reflected their own opinion on the matter I quickly began to [...]

It’s very exciting to be writing this first post to what I hope will be a successful parenting blog that will allow you times to laugh and occasionally cry, shout out your child’s accomplishments or voice concerns that you have.  I hope that I can offer as much information as possible and also find the answer [...]