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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.
Logic & Problem Solving
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.
Logic & Problem Solving
What makes a puppy a puppy?
By helping your child identify the shared attributes of familiar objects (or furry friends), you're building key classification skills.
Logic & Problem Solving
The importance of play
Playtime is essential to a child’s development. Here are some of the many benefits.
Creativity & Life Skills
Kindergarten skills checklist
Is your child ready for kindergarten? Refer to this skills checklist.
Reading & Writing
Preschool skills checklist
Use our preschool readiness checklist to determine if your child is ready for preschool.
Reading & Writing
Infant learning, 9-12 months
Discover what's happening in your baby's beautiful little mind—all before his first birthday!
Creativity & Life Skills
Pumpkin puzzler
Uncover your child's problem-solving style with this creative craft.
Logic & Problem Solving
First grade skills checklist
Is your child ready for first grade? See our checklist of essential developmental skills kids need to succeed.
Reading & Writing
Second grade skills checklist
Success in second grade requires a child to be a much more independent learner than she was in first grade. Is your child ready for second grade?
Reading & Writing
Play it again!
Even though it will be years before you can break out the board games, it's not too early to begin family game night with classic games like these.
Creativity & Life Skills
10 pumpkin pursuits
Carving a pumpkin is the perfect time to practice science, math and more!
Mathematics