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Math Talk with Infants and Toddlers

From the moment they are born, babies begin to form ideas about math through everyday experiences and, most important, through interactions with trusted adults.
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Playing with Music at Home

Here are some tips on how your family can play with music and connect it to learning at home.
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Going Green at Home: Get Your Child Involved

Here are some ideas for involving your child in going green at home. You will reduce the resources your family uses, set a positive example, and help your child learn how to help take care of the world.
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Exploring Shadows

. Enjoy the fun of observing shadows and how they change as you move about.
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10 Prop Box Ideas: Mini Learning Centers at Home

Bring the spirit of learning centers into your home with prop boxes—plastic bins or cardboard shoe boxes you fill with materials and props related to one topic, such as math or writing.
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Meaningful Art Projects Parents Can Fit Into a Busy Day

Child development and pediatrics experts agree that even short spurts of creative time greatly impact social, cognitive, and emotional development of children in their earliest formal years and create long-lasting memories.
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Take Your Child to a Live Performance

Family friendly live performances are a wonderful introduction for your child into the world of performing arts. Here are some tips to help children prepare for visits to performance venues.
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5 Ways to Build Math into Your Child's Day

Math is everywhere. That’s great news for parents, because we can talk with our kids about math in fun, natural ways. And that kind of math-talk is really important.
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Toys as Tools: Everyday Science Experiences

Simple toys and tools can engage children as they explore natural phenomena in ways that will support their later science learning. Adults who allow children to play and work through small difficulties by themselves support children as they build an under
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