Playing is something we see children do every day. When children play, they are not usually thinking “what am I going to learn from this activity?”, yet they are learning critical skills that will lay the foundation for all future learning! By choosing to play, children have the opportunity to develop social emotional, cognitive, and motor skills. Play is not something that we usually think of as a “learning moment”, but research shows that it is a very important piece of ear

It can be difficult for us to know whether our children are ready for school. One moment they are confident, imaginative, and grounded little humans, and the next they have a complete meltdown including tears, yelling, and even going to the floor kicking. Well, relax. That is normal. The cognitive development of the emotions relies on these highs and lows in order to gain control faster. Some of us take longer to learn to control our emotions and that is ok. We need love

Writing by: Luz Chastel Messner History of Children’s Museums Introduced The world’s first children’s museum opened in Brooklyn, New York in 1899. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41514609?seq=1 Mary Stewart Carey was one who set up a children’s museum, the largest museum in the USA. It is in Indianapolis, her museum is called, “The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis”. Over a 100 years later, many more cities and towns have started up a children’s museum. There are about two hundr