The following articles and links provide insights into early childhood education, strategies for understanding and supporting children’s development, and community resources that families have found helpful.
Using Boundaries, Rules and Consequences to Decrease Tantrums and Increase Teachable Moments
A Parent’s Role: Psychology Today
Teaching Kids About Boundaries
Why Do Kids Have Trouble With Transitions?
Missouri Early Learning Goals, Early Childhood Math, Early Childhood Literacy, Early Childhood Social Development, Early Childhood Health & Safety
Milestone Tracker, Birth – 5 years
Emotional Muscle: Strong Parents, Strong Children by Kerry Kelly Novick and Jack Novick, PHD
No Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Books by Becky Bailey
Conscious Discipline
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline
I Love You Rituals
There Has Got to be a Better Way
Supporting Your Child’s Learning During the Holidays
Is Dressing Up for Halloween Different than for Pretend Play?
Toddlers and Challenging Behaviors: Why They Do It and How to Respond