Sleep
Bedtime Routines for Children After One Year
As children move through the toddler years, the bedtime routine becomes more interactive, more verbal, and more subject to negotiation. The toddler wh...
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Reading as a Play Activity for Young Children: How to Make Story Time Work
Reading to young children is one of the most consistently recommended parenting activities, and for good reason: the evidence for its developmental be...
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Story Time for Babies Under One
Parents often wonder whether there is any point reading to a baby who can't understand the words. The answer is an emphatic yes — but for different re...
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Story Time for Babies Under One
Reading to a baby who cannot understand words may seem pointless — but the research says otherwise. Shared reading in the first year of life is one of...
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Toy Books and Lift-the-Flap Books
Lift-the-flap books occupy a developmental sweet spot: they combine the language and narrative of reading with the physical engagement of play. The fl...
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Interactive Reading for Toddlers
Reading to a toddler is valuable. Reading with a toddler — engaging them actively in the story, asking questions, inviting naming and pointing, extend...
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Parenting
How to Introduce Books and Stories to Build Empathy
When your child watches a character struggle, fear, hope, or feel disappointed—and you talk about what that character might be experiencing—something...
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Development
Early Literacy: Building the Foundations for Reading Before School
Children who arrive at school unable to read are not failing to read — they are about to begin learning. But children who arrive with a rich vocabular...
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