Learning about literacy is a social act. Young children develop the necessary skills they will need to be competent and confident readers and writers from the people around them and their environment. Children need to know about their language(s) and the sounds and all about print and its uses. They need to develop a love of books and storytelling and have the confidence to express themselves, use their imagination and be creative. It is young children's...

This database is an easy-to-use, interactive and award-winning online and mobile-accessible kindergarten-readiness solution. Offering over 400 lessons, 200+ printable worksheets, eBooks, music videos, flashcards, rewards for the children, and more. This database helps children ages 3 to 6 learn from beginning skill level through kindergarten proficiency with hundreds of lessons that can be accessed at home or on the go. The curriculum is a guided...

Loose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Daly and Beloglovsky show you how using loose parts can help you capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and motivate learning. By developing creative environments, children will be encouraged to explore critical thinking in a myriad of ways.

100 Fine Motor Ideas presents fun, engaging ideas to involve the fine motor muscles in your child's hands, fingers, and wrists. Ten talented moms come together to share the most successful, creative, and inspiring invitations to play that they set up for their own kids to get those little hands working! Your child's hands develop and change so much in the first years of life. From chubby newborn fists that can barely open to infants reaching for your...