

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


Say-What-You-See in a Photograph
Make-Up-a-Story
A good conversation can be had while looking at a photograph together.


Start a Conversation with a One-Year-Old
SAY-WHAT-YOU-SEE
Babies understand what we say to them long before they can say a single word.


Mama-Says-What-Mama-Sees
Again and Again and Again
Eddie, Why did you stick your head and hands through the hole in that steel beam?