5 PLACES MUSIC IS HIDING IN YOUR HOME Babies and small children love to make music, and they’ll especially love to make music with you. Sure, your child’s toy room might be filled with plastic noisemakers and squeaky stuffed animals, but it’s especially fun for your curious youngster to discover “hidden” music throughout the house.Here are five instruments you already own! FOR THE LITTLEST ONES: Pots and [...]
NATURE WALKS—WAKING YOUR CHILD’S SENSES Any walk can be a nature walk! For us grownups, walking might be about getting someplace-- but the little ones still see a walk as a journey. That journey is full of new sights and sounds; with help from you, your child can practice using and honing her senses. She’ll pay attention to all that is around her and learn about the [...]
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE PLAY DOUGH Play dough is such a blast for kids. Older kids have fun working with the dough to make crafts, and kids as young as 2 will enjoy pinching and molding the dough with close supervision. There are tons of recipes for homemade play dough; most contain flour, water, oil, and salt. Here are a few of our favorites: Classic Play Dough. [...]
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CHILDREN What instrument should my child play? Choosing the right instrument is a critical first step in your child’s music education. If your son chooses the wrong instrument, the experience of learning to play will be much less enjoyable—both for him and for you! How can you help him get it right? Be a Musical Family. Learning and practicing is hard; if your child [...]
MEMORY GAMES FOR PRESCHOOL Imagine something you did often as a child but don’t do anymore. Riding a bike, for instance, or playing basketball. At the time when you did this often, you were fluent. You could hop on a bike in a flash and get flying down the road in no time. Now imagine that you’re joining your childhood self on that ride. You see a [...]
3 GREAT PLACES TO FIND FREE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR KIDS Many kids today get hours in front of a screen. You may not be able to keep your child away from the television or the iPad, but you can make the most of the minutes that he spends there! Sesame Street has been a popular educational resource for parents and teachers for decades, but you have thousands [...]
