Ideas for play
Simple ideas for activities at home with your toddler/preschooler More ideas and links Success For Little People Top 10 Indoor Activities for Toddlers 10 Tips to Keep Messy Play Clean 25 Fun activities to keep your toddler busy 20+ Fun and Easy Toddler Activities for Home
Read to reduce stress
Children need to feel safe and cared for. When children are stressed they can feel unsafe, overwhelmed, and scared. If the stress is too great or goes on for too long it can become `toxic’. After a while children will begin to feel hopeless, numb and even dead inside. And it will begin to affect their wellbeing, learning and brain development.
Talking matters
Why it’s so important to talk to your baby Reading and talking to babies and young children builds their brains. In this video we see how Talking Matters is measuring how many words some parents are using in a day with their child and what the response from their child is. Read and talk more! […]
Were you read to?
Make sure story time is part of your family routine Were you ever read to as a kid? Chances are that if you were, you have fond memories of the experience. Maybe a teacher read The Paper Bag Princess to your class when you were five, or one of your parents tucked you in at […]