Two of the most popular posts on this blog in recent years were written by a pediatric occupational therapist on the importance of play and the consequences of not allowing children to get up and move during their school day….
We know we’re not supposed to yell at our children. But parents are very stressed at the moment, and frustration and anger are inevitable. Overwhelmed with everything you’ve been asked to do, you find yourself losing your temper at kids…
New research shows that the biggest effect of early education isn’t on children’s test scores but on their resilience as teenagers and adults Does preschool help children become more successful adults? Twenty-five years ago, I thought that there wouldn’t be…
For some time now we’ve seen the school work that used to be done by first and even second graders now given to kindergartners — and even preschoolers are doing academic work instead of learning through play. One of the…
It was front and center in a slide show of other people’s beautiful kitchen renovations: one of those artsy wooden “House Rules” signs. Rule Number 7, showcased in the biggest script of all and sandwiched between “Show compassion” and “Love…
“My kid has outgrown picture books.” I hear this often when enthusing about a new picture book and offering to pass one along to a friend. It’s the kind of thing parents will say with a certain amount of pride…
BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves…
This week, millions of students and teachers are taking part in Read Across America, a national literacy program celebrated annually around the birthday of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. For over 20 years, teachers and students have donned costumes…
Up until recently, playing outside was just what kids did. It’s where they created their own games, rules, learned how to interact with other kids. Today, we are experiencing a significant move to an indoor childhood. But that shift doesn’t come without…
Playing through the greenery and litter of a mini forest’s undergrowth for just one month may be enough to change a child’s immune system, according to a small new experiment. When daycare workers in Finland rolled out a lawn, planted…
The first weekend of quarantine, my daughters took sidewalk chalk, made a hopscotch board in our building’s courtyard, and spent over an hour in blustery March weather jumping with glee, their hair whipping in the wind. Over the last few…
Children’s behavior may suffer from lack of access to outdoor space, a problem heightened by the pandemic. LaToya Jordan and her family have no green space by their Brooklyn apartment. So she, like many other New Yorkers, relies on the…