Baby

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Baby logic

 Playing finger or hand games helps your baby make logical connections between action and reaction.
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Bring the noise!

 Get out the pots and pans (and ear plugs) and watch your baby discover cause and effect.
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Out of reach

 Demonstrate how your baby can solve problems using objects.
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New Toddler

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Big, bigger, biggest

 Help your baby learn about sizes by comparing toys or objects around the house.
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Baby brain building

 The early wiring of your baby’s brain sets the stage for future development. Here are some tips to enrich your child's early experiences.
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Knock knock

 Play hide-and-seek with your child's toys and see if she can guess who's there.
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Toddler

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Power dressing

 Inspire your child to dress herself with this silly sorting game.
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Sorting for toddlers

 Play a sorting game with your child’s own toys. Familiar categories might be dogs, cats, farm animals and exciting jungle animals.
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Little helper

 Toddlers love to "help" their caregivers with mundane tasks like laundry and sweeping. Here's why it's important to let them pitch in.
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Curious Twos

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All sorts of fun

 Kindle classification skills by asking for help sorting household objects.
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Printable

Same or different?

 Try this puppy printable to see if your toddler can “spot” what’s different.
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Article

Nature scout

 See how dirty feet can boost critical thinking.
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Preschool

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Play problems away

 Problem-solving skills are important for mathematical and scientific thinking, but they also help children—and adults—tackle day-to-day challenges.
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Printable

Dino-sort

 Being able to sort and classify objects based on their characteristics is actually an early science skill.
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Printable

Bug memory cards

 Playing Memory is a great way to reinforce turn taking and develop memory skills and concentration.
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Pre-K

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Pre-Kindergarten Practice Book

 Carnival Marvel - Level 1: Step right up for learning and fun! Based on our popular kindergarten game, this practice book introduces matching, counting, writing and phonics skills.
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Printable

Monster maze

 Help your child build pencil control with this spooky maze!
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Printable

Pattern puzzlers

 These 5 matching and pattern recognition printable activities are a great way for young children to practice basic logic skills.
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Kindergarten

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Personalized puzzles

 Make puzzles out of pictures your budding photographer has taken.
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Preparing kids with 21st century skills

 Our world is rapidly changing. How can we help our children keep up?
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More to the story

 This printable activity encourages your child to consider why simple events occurred. The ability to conclude why simple events occurred is an important Cognitive Development skill.
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Grade 1

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Packing planner

 Help get LeapFrog's Geo Team ready for big adventures.
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Printable

A-maze-ing mazes

 Print 3 LeapFrog-themed mazes that practice pencil control and logic skills.
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Design your own

 To nurture the creative spirit, encourage your child to solve problems by looking at them from a new point of view.
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Grades 2-3

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Patterns

Help your child develop her ability to recognize and imitate patterns.
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Right brain or left brain?

 Encourage your child to use her unique gifts to solve problems.
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Touch-screen solutions for special needs

 How the right learning games and apps can help kids with autism and other special needs.
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