healthy children

How Can I Get My Kids to Play Outdoor Play During the Winter?

Kids these days spend an average of seven hours a day looking at screens like phones, televisions, tablets, and more. Since it’s generally more entertaining to watch a show or interact with friends on a screen, more and more children are becoming sedentary early in their lives.  Gross motor development is essential to the overall […]

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Parents Should Watch For These Developmental Milestones

Some children are early walkers, talkers, or readers. Some children want to do everything like their big siblings while others like to just watch.  Every child develops at their own pace, but developmental milestones are one way that pediatricians and parents can anticipate upcoming skills and ensure each child is developing in a timely manner.

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Tips on Improving Patience in Children

While we tend to attribute impatience to children, everyone struggles with patience to a certain degree. Our fast-paced, instant-gratification culture usually allows us to avoid waiting for things we want.   Children are already prone to impatience. It’s no surprise that children these days, surrounded by instant gratification, usually lack patience. However, everyone would agree that

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Sweet Dreams & Bright Futures: The Significance of Rest for Preschoolers

In the bustling world of early childhood education, the importance of naps and rest period for preschoolers cannot be overstated. These essential moments of repose play a pivotal role in shaping a child’s physical and cognitive development leading to a brighter and more vibrant education experience throughout their life. Physical & Cognitive Benefits Preschoolers are

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Why Children Need Math Skills Before Reading Skills

Most parents know that reading to their children will benefit their future academics. However, new research indicates that math skills are more important than reading in predicting future academic success. In fact, experts are now advising that early math skills should take priority in early childhood classrooms over reading. Here is what the research studies

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How Many Days of Daycare is Best? 5 Essential Thoughts

Many parents expecting to send their children to childcare grapple with a very important question:  Full-Time or Part-Time?  Or, to put it another way, How many Days of Daycare is Best?  It’s an important question with a myriad of factors to consider. Most Daycares prefer for their children to come Full-Time, that is to say, during

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