4 Easy ways to encourage pretend play
Pretend Play: What is it? Cadence loves to pretend to be “Grump Cera”, a baby dinosaur from the movie Land Before Time and she’s got it down! For over a year she’s focused on this one character, honing her dinosaur skills as she plays. Note how she holds her...
Lining up blocks… what does this tell us?
Block Play! Last week we got to hang out with Megan, Josh and the grandkids! We live far apart so when we spend time together, it’s really special. And of course, since I love all things child development, it’s fun to see how the kids have grown, what they like to...
Make Playdough Together
Best Playdough Recipe Ever 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...
20 Developmentally-Appropriate Activities for 6-9 Month Olds
Baby Development 6-9 Months 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...
12 Fun Activities for your 3-6 Month Old
Baby Development 3-6 Months In our last post we talked about playing with you 0-3 month old. Now, we can skip forward a few months and talk about ways to play with your 3-6 month old and what is going on in their world. You baby isn’t quite so sleepy anymore and...HOWDY!
We’re a mother-daughter duo sharing developmentally appropriate ideas for teaching little noggins.