TipCause and effect
Discover which kinds of toys are best for building logical connections.
Logic & Problem Solving
Push, pull, twist, flip!
Go ahead, let him push your buttons…and flip your switches.
Personal & Social Skills
Let's pretend...
Have you noticed a bit of pretend play going on in your house? Toward the end of a child’s second year, toddlers are pretending in a variety of ways.
Creativity & Life Skills
The magic of music
Music can encourage toddlers to move their bodies in rhythm, or set the mood for dancing or napping.
Creativity & Life Skills
Baby steps to motor coordination
One step back. Two steps forward. Gross motor skill development isn’t always a direct route.
Personal & Social Skills
Revving fine motor skills
Kids’ ability to grasp objects develops gradually from grabbing with the whole hand to holding a pencil between fingers.
Reading & Writing
Tell me more
Challenge your child's communication skills by asking lots of questions.
Reading & Writing
Words to remember
Increase your child's exposure to new words by talking aloud as you go through your shopping list.
Reading & Writing
Parlez-vous...?
Expose your toddler to the sounds of different languages to encourage language facility later in life.
Reading & Writing
I hear you
Your child can show that she understands many words even though she can’t say them.
Reading & Writing
From scribbling to writing
Two-year-olds may not make recognizable letters or pictures, but scribbling is important in learning how to write.
Reading & Writing
Conversations count
Your baby may have been using only a handful of words before, but now she's bursting with new vocabulary. Learn how to keep those new words coming.
Reading & Writing