In this newsletter, we will present additional ideas for using the 4 E’s with each age level -- infants, toddlers and preschoolers. By using the 4 E’s, your child will not only learn more about the subject of her interest, but she will also discover that learning is fun!

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This newsletter will discuss ways to support children’s vestibular system development at each age level — infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and present active play movement ideas for each age group.

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In this newsletter, we have included strategies to help put active supervision in place as well as tips for supervising fun activities with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss an approach that helps you engage the family to jointly address the child’s behavior by: documenting occurrences over a period of time, scheduling a conference to have a non-judgmental discussion with the family, agreeing to a shared behavior modification plan, and continuing to discuss the child’s progress.

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In this newsletter, we will share many uses and benefits of block play for young children at different developmental stages.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss ways infants, toddlers and preschooler respond to singing. We will also highlight three types of engaging songs to sing with young children– lullabies, piggyback songs and playful songs.

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This newsletter will focus on daily interactions that you can have with your child to support their brain development.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss how large muscle movements build children's brain at each age level and offer tips for incorporating these activities into everyday routines.

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This newsletter will provide tips for you to use with your infant, toddler, or preschooler, as well as suggest activities that promote scientific thinking that you can do with your child at home.

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This newsletter focuses on ways to partner with your child care provider.

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In this newsletter, we will offer tips for book sharing with children at each age level—infants, toddlers and preschoolers. We will also introduce, “dialogic reading,” a book sharing technique especially suitable for toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will highlight activities and discuss ways to facilitate good listening skills in your child care environment and for each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss ways to promote good listening skills at each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and highlight activities that give children practice in listening.

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In this newsletter, we will offer tips for book sharing with children at each age level—infants, toddlers and preschoolers. We will also introduce dialogic reading, a book sharing technique especially suitable for toddlers and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will describe what you can do to provide protective factors – events, conditions and characteristics of children, families and environments – that increase a child’s chances of healthy development and positive life outcomes despite exposure to significant adversity during these trying times.

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Newsletter that includes information to help you support your child build his/her responsibility.

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Self-confidence plays a key role in children’s lifelong success. In this newsletter, we will present examples of how you can give your child experiences to build her self-confidence at any age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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Self-confidence plays a key role in children’s lifelong success. In this newsletter, we will present specific examples of how you can give children experiences to build their self-confidence at each age level – infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss how trauma informed care can support children who may have experienced trauma.

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This newsletter presents an overview of some of the challenging behaviors you may encounter within each age group (infants, toddlers and preschoolers).

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This newsletter presents an overview of some of the challenging behaviors you may encounter within each age group (infants, toddlers and preschoolers).

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This newsletter will highlight some information about development as well as provide some information of how early intervention services could support your child. In addition, we included ideas of age-appropriate activities you may enjoy doing together.

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This newsletter will discuss how critical thinking develops and will provide tips and strategies for helping young children learn this skill at each age level– infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will focus on the development of self-control, and will present strategies for promoting self-control at each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will focus on the development of self-control, and will present strategies for nurturing self-control in infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter contains developmental milestones to be aware of in infancy, the toddler years, and preschool years.

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This newsletter contains developmental milestones to be aware of in infancy, the toddler years, and preschool years

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By establishing routines you are helping your child to feel safe, loved, and cared for.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss F.O.U.R. ways to help a child think like a coder, and present fun and engaging activities you can do with children at each age level -- infants, toddlers and preschoolers -- to help them gain these important foundational thinking skills.

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This newsletter will focus on strategies, tips and examples for promoting a growth mindset in young children by: using process-praise, paying attention to what children are doing, and using questioning strategies.

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This newsletter will focus on understanding your child’s temperament. It also provides age-appropriate activities you can do with your child, with modifications to fit his temperament.

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This newsletter will focus on understanding your child's temperament.

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In this newsletter we will provide examples of how familiar containers can support the learning of concepts, deepen critical thinking, and promote creative thinking at each age level -- infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will discuss brain and self-regulation development at each age level – infant, toddler and preschooler, to help you focus on the whole-child rather than the child’s behavior to build healthy relationships, brains and behaviors

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In this newsletter, we will discuss Dr. Medina’s parenting advice in greater detail, and highlight some of his practical tips for each age level -- infants, toddlers and preschoolers. We will also present ideas for activities that will build the brain of children, as well as adults.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss supportive strategies for each age group of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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The way families handle stress and model how to cope with challenges affects how a child grows and develops. This newsletter gives tips on how you can support your child and gives age-specific activities for your infant, toddler, and preschooler.

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This newsletter focuses on recommendations for responsible use of electronic media in supporting a child's healthy development.

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This newsletter will provide you with some active movement and nature-based play  ideas to do in your indoor space that you can use with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will discuss examples of loose parts that you can include in your child's play setting and tips for using these materials effectively with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will outline the steps for intentionally planning learning activities to engage young children, and will highlight the importance of setting goals for each child, the benefits of using a lesson plan, and key ideas to keep in mind when planning.

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This newsletter will focus on safety issues that need to be paid close attention to for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. In addition, age appropriate activities are also included.

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This newsletter focuses on ways of introducing math concepts to your child.

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This newsletter will highlight STEM learning through water activities -- something familiar and accessible for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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Learning to Grow Developmental Guidelines and Early Learning Activities for Infants and Toddlers book provides information on the growth and development of young children (birth to 48 months) and includes samples of simple-to-do activities that can be done with infants and toddlers to support their development. A "How This Helps" section for each activity describes the ways in which a child's development is influenced by engaging in the activity. To order this book, please use the Learning to Grow order form LTG activity books order form_Jan2016

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Learning to Grow Developmental Guidelines and Early Learning Activities for Young Preschoolers book identifies developmental guidelines for children (birth to 48 months) and provides examples of typical behaviors that illustrate the guidelines. It also includes a variety of activities that parents & care givers can do with children ages 36 to 48 months to promote early learning and skill development. To order this book, please use the Learning to Grow order form LTG activity books order form_Jan2016

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In this newsletter, we will discuss activities that promote the learning of shapes and spatial relationships at each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will present information on how language develops at each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and how a mild or moderate hearing loss can affect this development. In addition, we will present tips for minimizing ear infections, as well as strategies to promote language development in hearing children as well as those with a hearing loss.

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This newsletter will talk about ways that you can encourage and support your child's curiosity and creativity.

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This newsletter will discuss age-appropriate outdoor materials and activities as well as safety precautions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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This newsletter focuses on outdoor play activities for you do to with your child.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss the benefits of planning for children, and give you guidelines for planning rich experiences and activities for your child at each age level – infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will discuss ways to support your child’s play as a way to get you thinking about how to balance safety, health, and children’s growth and development.

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In this newsletter, we will focus on the positive guidance strategy of redirection and offer tips and examples for using this strategy with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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This newsletter is filled with practical ideas on establishing routines with your child and age-appropriate activities that you can do at home to promote a healthy emotional growth.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss the developmental progression of phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge. We will also share ideas to integrate phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge into daily experiences for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will provide reading tips for you to use with your infant, toddler, or preschooler as well as suggest reading activities that you can do with your child at home.

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In this newsletter, we’ll describe what is known about how toxic stress brought on by multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) affects children’s developing brains and bodies. We’ll conclude with the powerful positive impact your relationships with children have that buffers the potential damage.

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The Hawaii Executive Office on Early Learning has curated a list of resources that families may find helpful during this extensive time at home with their children

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This newsletter will define the 6 categories of risky play, describe how to support and encourage young children to engage in risky play and provide safety precautions.

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In this newsletter, we will offer tips and suggest activities to promote your child’s scientific thinking at each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will focus on one of the significant parent and child care provider behaviors that support children’s brain development: Serve and Return Interactions.

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This newsletter will focus on ways to show your child how important he is to you. It will also include ideas of age-appropriate activities you may enjoy doing together with your child.

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In this newsletter, we will present information to help you track your child’s speech and language development. We will also discuss general speech and language milestones at each age level, and strategies to promote speech and language development in infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will discuss ways to support your child’s ability to have successful transitions at each age level — infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and present activity ideas for each age group.

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This newsletter will offer tips for communicating with young children and identifying the kinds of interactions and language experiences that support their language and literacy development.

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In this newsletter, we will introduce some games to play with young children. We will also discuss how friendships develop at each age level -- infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and present ideas that you can do to help your child learn the skills necessary to make and maintain friends.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss ways to make storytelling come alive!  We will also share how storytelling can be integrated into daily experiences for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss specific ways puppets promote children’s growth and development at each age level -- infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and present tips and ideas for using puppets with each of these age groups.

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In this newsletter, we will offer tips and questions to ask yourself when selecting a toy for each age level – infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss daytime activities that promote healthy sleep in young
children and help them sleep better at night. We will also present strategies to help you establish healthy sleep habits for your child and help you get on track to more restful nights of your own.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss daytime activities that promote healthy sleep in young
children and help them sleep better at night. We will also discuss the importance of
sleep for adults and ways we can get more of it.

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In this newsletter, we will discuss activities that promote the learning of math concepts at each age level - infants, toddlers and preschoolers - and offer tips and examples for using "math talk" to increase your child's mathematical understanding.

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Newsletter that includes information to support you in guiding your child's behavior.

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This newsletter will present some common behaviors you may see in your infant, toddler, and preschooler, ways to support and address their behavior, including ways to redirect your child’s attention in various situations

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This newsletter will address the important role that you play in your child’s brain development, and offer strategies and tips for increasing serve and return opportunities with your child.

 

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This newsletter will discuss ways to support children’s developing social skills at each age level — infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and present activity ideas for each age group.

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This newsletter will discuss ways you can build your social support, engage families to connect with one another, and support children's developing social skills.

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In this newsletter we will discuss the 6 stages of play development and strategies to teach young children to take turns at each age level.

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This newsletter will discuss some foundational pieces to developing empathy, and will present strategies for at each age level—infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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This newsletter will focus on activities you can do with your child that encourages her to use and develop her small muscles, especially those in her fingers and hands.

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This newsletter provides some information and activities to help you support your child’s large muscle development and have fun with her in the process.

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