Valentine’s Day Activities
For the Classroom and At Home
Whether you are an educator in a classroom or a parent at home, Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to teach valuable lessons about love to the children around us. Click here for more.
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Ten Ideas for Fostering Sibling BondsAll families are different, but there are some things all families can do to help kids get along. Learn more here. | Improving sibling relationships Psychologists’ research shows that these long-lasting relationships are more critical than many people think and offers insights on how to improve them | How to Foster Positive Sibling Relationships Here are a few ways we can help our little ones reap the benefits of their sibling relationships and turn arguments into lifelong lessons |
Ten Ideas for Fostering Sibling Bonds
All families are different, but there are some things all families can do to help kids get along. Learn more here.
Improving sibling relationships
How to Foster Positive Sibling Relationships
How Caring for Living Things Helps Kids Build Empathy
Empathy is a skill – one that we can cultivate and strengthen with practice. It requires us to imagine how someone else is feeling and then respond in a caring manner. Picture book author Anna Dewdney offers this wonderful definition: “Empathy is an understanding that other people have feelings, and that those feelings count.”
When kids care for living things – from babies to animals to plants – they exercise their empathy muscles. They learn through experience that 1) everything has needs; 2) these needs are not always identical; and 3) they can help meet those needs.
7 Ways for Kids to Learn Empathy Through Acting
Your child is soooo…dramatic!
Whether those words come from a babysitter, a teacher or the judgy lady in line behind you at the grocery store, they’re usually the last ones you want to hear about your kid.
Yes, for most parents, the thought of a dramatic child conjures nightmarish images of red-faced toddlers throwing temper tantrums in the middle of the produce section. But even if we just described your teary-eyed tyke to a tee, don’t worry! There’s another kind of dramatic that can be really good for you – and for your kids, too! Read more here.
Understanding why Baby Teeth are Important
5 Healthy, Easy, Kid-Pleasing Recipes
Click here for quick, nutritious snacks and meals made with inexpensive ingredients. Little ones can help with many of the steps, such as measuring, stirring, and mashing.
Supporting the whole family
Families, teachers and children are better together. That’s why the Child Care Resource and Referral Network is proud to serve as a navigator for families, expertly assisting them in finding high-quality child care and connecting them with additional opportunities to meet their needs.
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