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Your Child’s Imagination: How to encourage it
Why is it important to encourage imagination? The early years of your child’s life are super important. Everything you do together—from reading, singing, and playing to eating and walking—helps kick-start their brain. Engaging your toddler in stimulating activities helps build connections in their brain. With repetition, these connections form networks that allow them to think and learn. Your toddler’s brain is denser now than it will be in the future. Repeated use of connections makes them permanent, while those barely
Toddler Tantrums:5 Coping Tips
Dealing with toddler tantrums can be really tough for us as parents. Our little ones are still figuring out how to manage their emotions and express their feelings, so their outbursts can seem completely irrational to us. But as frustrating as these tantrums are, there are ways we can respond more calmly and positively, instead of reacting quickly and negatively 5 Tips If you’re finding it hard to handle your toddler’s big emotions, here are 5 tips to keep in
How to help your children be smart
Today it seems as if everyone, including young children, are plugged in. Playing games, using educational apps, watching YouTube videos, thumbing through social media—screen time is a part of our culture. And while technology has become a critical tool in our lives, it has also been linked to emotional and health risks, including the tendency to sit instead of being physically active, sleeping problems, social isolation, and bullying. There will be focus throughout this year on mastering letters, sounds, and
“Unleashing Your Toddler’s Imagination: A Parent’s Guide to Creative Play”
This is a crucial time for your toddler’s brain development because it’s busier than it will be later in life. Repeated use of connections makes them permanent, while those barely used might disappear. Introducing your toddler to new experiences opens their mind to an exciting, larger world. By encouraging imaginative play (like pretending Mummy is a tiger in the jungle), you help their brain create unique “imagination pathways.” How can I help my toddler develop imagination? Spark your toddler’s fantasy world by reading picture books together about unfamiliar people and places. These books will also help broaden their vocabulary. How can they imagine being a turtle if they’ve never seen one? Choose books with big, colorful pictures, and you can make up stories until your toddler can read and insists on the text. His brain craves input right now, so show pictures of everything from beetles to