Developmental Milestones – Social & Emotional
We are currently in a block of posts in which we are revisiting developmental milestones in children. These are skills we expect most children to achieve by a certain age, and are divided into categories. These milestones advance rapidly over…
Developmental Milestones – Fine Motor
We are currently in a block of posts in which we are going to revisit developmental milestones in children. These are skills we expect most children to achieve by a certain age, and are divided into categories. These milestones advance…
Developmental Milestones – Speech & Language
We are currently in a block of posts in which we are going to revisit developmental milestones in children. These are skills we expect most children to achieve by a certain age, and are divided into categories. These milestones advance…
Developmental Milestones – Gross Motor Skills
For the next several weeks we are going to revisit developmental milestones in children. These are skills we expect most children to acheive by a certain age, and are divided into categories. These milestones advance rapidly over the first few…
Nurturing Independence: Surviving the “Three-nager” Period
Each stage of child development has specific characteristics, both positive and negative. Raising infants is a struggle in exhaustion but makes up for it through experiencing the awe that is new life. Teenagers are developing their own identities and opinions…
Developmental Screening – Early Identification Makes a Difference
Reaching developmental milestones is an essential part of early childhood. Healthy development is important for all children, including those with special health care needs. We know that most children follow particular patterns of development, be it for motor skills, language…
Fostering Social Development
Humans are social creatures. We are born with the need to interact with others. Studies looking at infants raised in orphanages showed distinct improvements in social/emotional development when efforts were made to increase positive one-on-one caregiver interactions – meaning, the…
Reading With Your Child
If I really concentrate, I can still recite most of “But Not the Hippopotamus” by Sandra Boynton. That fun, brightly colored board book was a favorite of both of my children when they were tiny, and was read over and…
