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Teaching Young Children to Assert Themselves: 10 Tips to Help Children Speak Up
By Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., author of the Learning About Me & You, Learning to Get Along®, and Being the Best Me!® series It’s an amazing experience to hear babies and toddlers speak their first words. But language is pretty … Continue reading
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Helping Young Children Develop Social Skills During the Pandemic
By Molly Breen This time of teaching and learning in the pandemic is, no doubt, historic and unprecedented in our lifetimes. We cannot possibly predict all the long-term effects—good and bad—that this experience will have on our lives. And in … Continue reading
Helping Children Develop Social Skills Through Play
By Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., author of the Learning About Me & You, Learning to Get Along®, and Being the Best Me!® series Play can take on myriad of forms depending on the developmental maturity and personality of the child, the … Continue reading