Category: How To
How to Make Preservatives in Food and Child Behavior Skip
Will all the mystery ingredients on food labels, you likely wonder if some of these chemical names are affecting your child’s behavior — specifically, all the preservatives found in crackers,…
How Preschoolers Dealing with Sibling Relationships Skip
The ugly side of some sibling relationships is sibling rivalry. It seems like some kids go out of their way to fight, tease, or compete with their older and younger…
How to Share Preschool Teaching Strategies
Most preschoolers are hands-on, or kinesthetic, learners. They often use their whole body to paint a picture (think of children gathered around an easel) or use the entire room as…
Preschool Students Versus Non-Preschool Students Skip
While you have probably been pressured to sign your child up for a quality, competitive and often costly preschool since your baby was in utero, you might find yourself wondering…
How to Prepare Preschool Stick Puppet Crafts
Puppets are magical toys and a source of motivation to young children. Would you believe your preschooler might talk to a puppet in a situation where he won’t talk to…
How to Prepare Preschool Stick Puppet Crafts
Puppets are magical toys and a source of motivation to young children. Would you believe your preschooler might talk to a puppet in a situation where he won’t talk to…
How to Learn Preschool Play-Dough Activities
Opening new containers of play-dough can quicken the hearts of both preschoolers and moms. Nothing compares to the sight of that brightly-colored cylinder of dough, or the smell of it–like…
Preschool Mother’s Day Crafts With Tea Towels Skip
Present Mom with the perfect gift on Mother’s Day — perfect because it’s handmade with love. Tea towels might seem like a relatively unexciting kitchen adornment, but with a little…
How to Prepare Preschool Math Checklist
When you hear at your child’s play date that another 4-year-old kid counts to 1,000, takes violin lessons, reads second-grade books and has a Mandarin tutor, you might think you…
How to Learn Preschool Literacy Tips for Parents at Home Skip
Reading and writing are exciting for preschool-aged children. When you share your love of reading with your child each day, you are helping her get ready to read. By building…
How to Learn Preschool Color Naming Activities
Learning colors seems like a simple task — once your preschooler learns to identify the different hues, he’s well on his way toward learning basic science concepts. Skip the flashcards…
How to Learn Preschool Classroom Birthday Ideas
Some parents go all out when it comes to their kids’ birthday celebrations. It’s tough to compete with backyard bounce houses and over-the-top party activities. The good news is that…
How to Learn Preschool Child’s Fine & Gross Motor Skills Skip
With any luck, the days of temper tantrums and potty training are a distant memory. Your preschooler has moved on from the Terrible Twos. Gross- and fine-motor skills develop at…
How to Learn Preschool Birthday Activities for Fall Skip
Fall is here! There’s no better time of year to throw a wonderful, memorable child’s birthday celebration that takes advantage of the weather, traditions, sights and sounds of the season….
How to Learn Preschool Activities With Acorns
Your preschooler probably comes home and says she didn’t learn anything that day. What? She spent hours at school and didn’t learn a thing? Preschoolers learn by playing, so she’s…
Preschool Activities to Reinforce Positive Behavior Skip
Encouraging your child’s positive behavior is much more pleasant than responding to negative behavior. You hate being the one to always say, “Don’t do that,” “Stop that right now” or…
How to Learn Preschool Activities on Horses
Got a little animal lover in the house? Teach your little guy all about horses with some artful crafts, tasty treats and even a little mother and son field trip….
How to Learn Preschool Activities in Greenbelt
Just because Greenbelt is right next door to Washington D.C. doesn’t mean that it pales in comparison when it comes to activities for your little one. While it might not…
How to Learn Preschool Activities for the Letters of the Alphabet Skip
If your little munchkin is a glutton for new knowledge, why not start her on an adventure into the world of reading? There’s no need to bore her with flashcards…
How to Share Preschool Activities for the Colors Black & Orange Skip
If you’ve ever shook your head in disbelief at your preschooler’s creative fashion choices, you know how important it is to teach your child about identifying colors and color combinations….
How to Teach Preschool Activities for Teaching Colors Skip
Children start to learn the names of colors around age 2 and by the time they are preschool age, most will know the primary colors and probably all the colors…
How to Teach Preschool Activities for Rosh Hashanah Skip
You can introduce your little one to Rosh Hashanah in a fun and exciting way. This Jewish celebration is a time when you can teach your young children about the…
How to Share Preschool Activities About Pilgrims & Indians Skip
Got the family flocking to your house this Thanksgiving? If you don’t want total chaos with the young folks as you prepare dinner, try to set up activities that will…
How to Share Preschool Activities About Noses & Smells Skip
Sometimes it seems smell is the black sheep of the five senses family — the most often overlooked, the one that’s a little out of place, the runt. But it’s…
How to Share Preschool Activities About Buttons
Button, button — who’s got the button tin? You mumble to yourself as you look for buttons to replace a button on a shirt. Could it be that your preschooler…
