Let’s Talk Babies

One of my very favorite things to do is to curl up somewhere comfy and spend hours lost in the pages of a good book.  For as long as I can remember I have loved reading.  As a little girl my mom used to read to me all the time.  We had shelves and shelves [Read the rest]

As parents I think we all struggle to find the right balance of play and learning for our toddlers.  The drive seems to be towards having the best, brightest and most gifted toddler so you can brag to all the other moms at the park.  It drives me crazy when parents compare their children, especially [Read the rest]

Learning about your child’s school day is very important.  Finding out what happened, what homework they have, what might have gone wrong, what might have  gone right are all keys to figuring out how your child is doing at school and what sort of attitude you can expect from them that evening.  Asking the right [Read the rest]

It is that time of year again, back to school time.  If your kids haven’t already started back they likely will be over the next couple of weeks.  Here in my neck of the woods most kids start back this week or next.  It is fun to watch all the new little kindergartners heading off [Read the rest]

Children begin learning about language at a very young age.  They begin saying and repeating sounds when they are just babies.  A baby’s early babbling is the beginning stages of learning to talk.  One day you’ll find that those bababas and mamamas and dadadas turn into real words like ball, mommy, daddy, etc.  Most children will [Read the rest]