Kindergarten Readiness

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Keys to Kindergarten: Is your child ready?

 Help your child get ready for kindergarten by supporting development in 4 key areas.
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Keys to Kindergarten: Vocabulary and oral language development

 How to build your child’s language skills in time for kindergarten.
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Keys to Kindergarten: Attention to sensory details

 Learn how to build your child’s sensory skills in time for kindergarten.
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Keys to Kindergarten: Motor control

 Help give your child the motor control necessary for kindergarten.
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Keys to Kindergarten: Social & emotional development

 3 ways to tell if your child is socially & emotionally ready for the next step
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Reading & Writing

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Alphabet scoop!

Knowledge of the alphabet at school entry is one of the best predictors of later reading achievement. This video gives you tips on making letter learning fun.
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Reading to toddlers

 How do you read to a squirmy toddler? LeapFrog Literacy Expert Dr. Carolyn James has help for parents of toddlers who won’t sit still!
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Teaching children how to read

 While learning to read happens over the course of many, many years, there are plenty of things you can do at home to help your young child learn to read.
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Choosing Toys for Kids

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Best toys for 1-year-olds

 Our learning experts explain how to choose the best educational toys for your new toddler.
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Best toys for 2-year-olds

 Our learning experts explain how to choose the best educational toys for your curious toddler.
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Best toys for 3-year-olds

 Our learning experts explain how to choose the best preschool educational toy for a 3-year-old.
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Best toys for 4-year-olds

 Our learning experts explain how to choose the best preschool educational toy for a 4-year-old.
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Best toys for 5-year-olds

 Our learning experts explain how to choose the best kindergarten educational toy for a 5-year-old.
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Best toys for 6-year-olds

 Our learning experts explain how to choose the best grade school educational toy for a 6-year-old.
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