During the first few months of a baby’s life, there is a seemingly endless cycle of caregiving. Between the diapers, feeds, and naps, how do you interact with a tiny baby? Babies don’t come with instructions and many parents worry that they don’t know how to spend time with their baby. Here are a few Read More
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Civics and Your Family
Civics can be defined as our roles and responsibilities (and privileges) as citizens. Learning about civics includes: How processes work Our history Identification of problems How we create change. Usually civics refers to government, but it can refer to any group. For children, that group can simply mean preschool and family. You might think of Read More
Tummy Time
Tummy time is physical activity for infants; it is an awake, prone position that is supervised and encouraged by an adult. Tummy time is especially important since the onset of the “back to sleep” campaign. Since infants are now placed in a supine position for sleep they need more awake time in a prone position. Read More
Interactive Reading With Infants and Toddlers
Babies as young as 5 months old may show interest in books. “Interest” at this age means turning pages back and forth and putting the book in the mouth. Think of mouthing a book as a “pre-reading” skill! By the time your baby is about 9 months old they may be sitting in your lap Read More
Help Your Child Build Resilience
Resilience is the ability to “bounce back” despite hardship. We have all been through some degree of hardship these last few years. Not only have our “regular” lives continued on with all their related stressors, they’ve been accompanied by the discordant soundtrack of a pandemic. How can you nurture your child’s resilience? Have Hope There Read More
Hold and Reach
Encourage Infant Hand and Arm Use You make a difference in your baby’s development! Most babies are unable to reach for objects in the first 3 months of life. If you have participated in Parent Trust’s developmental screening program and have done a 4-month screening, you may remember an activity of holding a dangling toy Read More