What To Do When Your Preschooler Hits

The preschool years (ages 3 – 5) are a time of on and off high conflict. Children start to understand… Read more What To Do When Your Preschooler Hits

Trick for Cooperation Starting at Preschool Milestone 5: Tell Them a Story

A trick that I found beautifully, which started to work well at Preschool Milestone 5, is to tell the child… Read more Trick for Cooperation Starting at Preschool Milestone 5: Tell Them a Story

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Amber

In the early toddler years, I use a lot of distraction and redirection. I wrote about distraction and that it’s… Read more Toddler Conflict Resolution Tool: Redirection Gets Your and Their Needs Satisfied

I have written before, extensively, and will continue to write, about how I am disgruntled with how science is currently… Read more A Better Way to Teach Elementary Science Part I: Stop Going Straight to Analytics

It is so popular to use, as a parenting tool, giving children choices. This tool absolutely has context but it’s… Read more Toddler Conflict Resolution Tool: Give a Choice where Inaction is Not a Choice

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Amber

I am adding to each of the childhood milestones (which are listed nearly monthly) that I document a section called… Read more Conflict Resolution Tool: Deal with the Emotion First

Perhaps my favorite activity to do with a toddler is put on a play with them. I started putting on… Read more Incredible Reading Comprehension: Putting on a Play with a Toddler

Dealing with toddler meltdowns? Do they want you to take the steering wheel off of your car and hand it… Read more Toddler Conflict Resolution Tool: Give in Fantasy What You Can’t Give in Reality

When I asked people how the work on childhood developmental milestones that I’ve been doing helped them, the #1 answer… Read more Three Ways that Understanding Child Development Milestones can Help You Stay Patient