
Counting on Toe Math
Infants and toddlers love their hands and feet for good reason. They can put socks on their feet and gloves on their hands. They can step...

What Does a Toddler Want Most?
After food and sleep, what a toddler wants most is to be understood. After centuries of believing that infants were born as blank slates,...

Teachers Partner with Parent Literacy Leaders
If children must hear and use a word 24 times before 80% of them can remember it, teachers will need help making sure special words get...

Survival Stories: Words for a Pandemic
If you are a parent of young children, your parents might not have prepared you to grow up with a toolkit for surviving a pandemic. For...

How to Chat with a Toddler Who Doesn’t Talk
It is possible to have a conversation with a toddler who doesn’t talk, if a mama does just a little ...Read More

Parents as Literacy Leaders
Conversation Starter #8 Cook It, Eat It, Clean It Up - Ages 1 ½ to 3 years old

Manly Decisions
Let’s talk about the men in a baby’s life. Clearly all three babies in this photo are totally interested in the two men.

It Doesn’t Take More Time, It Takes More Words
Question 1: Who is your child’s first teacher?
Question 2: What is a teachable moment?

What other parents know and do:
Every parent has what it takes to be a brain builder

A 2020 New Year’s Wish
Give Our Children the Words They will Need to Save the Planet