Make Playdough Together
Everybody loves playdough, especially me. It’s a universal soother for toddlers through grownups! It lends itself to great conversation and imaginative play (everybody makes playdough snakes and slithers them around the table…) Make a fresh batch often, changing...
20 Developmentally-Appropriate Activities for 6-9 Month Olds
As we’ve discussed before, play is a powerful part of childhood development. But it can sometimes be difficult to come up with ways to play with babies. We’ve looked at play ideas for 0-3 month olds and 3-6 month olds; today we’ll go through some...
12 Fun Activities for your 3-6 Month Old
Last post we talked about playing with you 0-3 month old. Let’s skip forward a few months and now talk about ways to play with your 3-6 month old. You baby isn’t quite so sleepy anymore and is more engaged with the world around him. Lets look at what other...
20 Ways to Play with a 0-3 Month Old
Play is a critical element to healthy childhood development. Through play, children are able to discover and understand the world. Play looks very different for children as they grow and change. Because infants develop so rapidly, their play experience changes rapidly...
Six Key Elements of Meaningful Play
Play has positive affect on development of the whole child, including cognitive, social, physical, and emotional skills. Although many of play’s amazing benefits are known, children today are spending less and less time playing (children today spend 8 hours less...HOWDY!
We’re a mother-daughter duo sharing developmentally appropriate ideas for teaching little noggins.