Do this quick prep for a peaceful playdate
Playdates are a great time to develop social skills like building friendships and taking turns. Here's how to support your child before and during a playdate.
Playdates are a great time to develop social skills like building friendships and taking turns. Here's how to support your child before and during a playdate.
If your child notices it’s raining and tells you they need an umbrella, they’re showing a small sign of a big cognitive skill that emerges during the 3-year-old year—thinking ahead.
There’s a lot you can do to help your child with potty learning during the day—but once they fall asleep, your role in helping them stay dry takes a backseat to biology.
Even if you can’t understand everything your toddler says right now, you may be on your way to having your first real conversations with them ❤️
If you give in to their demand—especially when they use a rude tone—you may worry about reinforcing a challenging behavior. Are you? There’s no one right answer—and it sometimes depends on the situation.
Is your child heading off to preschool? Even after they start preschool, studies show quality playtime at home continues to have a big impact on their development.
Your child launches a ball at the window after you already told them to stop—twice. You snatch the ball away and yell, “I SAID, NO!” They get startled and begin to cry. Now everyone is upset 🙃 Challenging moments happen in parenting—and you may not always handle them how you want. Instead of beating yourself … Continued
If your child throws rocks at the playground, what should you do? One option is to clearly say, “Those rocks can hurt someone. Let’s find something else to throw.” This is known as a logical consequence—an outcome caused by a child’s behavior but determined by an adult. At this age, logical consequences are about helping … Continued
These fun gift ideas for 2-year-olds support their motor skills, independence, and creativity.
Traveling with children can be challenging. Here are some ideas for the car that require no materials or tech and can be played by both driver and passengers.
Watch Lovevery CEO Jessica Rolph introduce the Free Spirit Play Kit for months 34 to 36 of your toddler's life.
Support your two-year-old's emerging sorting skills, using the Lovevery Reach for the Stars Matching Cards.
Just like other types of development, pretend play happens in stages.
Cardboard is inexpensive, plentiful, and just right for a two-year-old getting into new kinds of pretend play. Here are 4 cardboard activities for your two-year-old.
Here are some early childhood math activities for your two-year-old that make the most of playtime and their normal routine.
Ultimately the decision is up to you, but here are some ways to notice and support your child's readiness to transition a crib to a bed.
For your child, each step of getting dressed is a new skill to learn. Here’s how you can teach your child how to put on pants, shirts, dresses, and coats.
Three years old comes with new social-emotional and logic skills, language, independence, curiosity, and a sense of right and wrong. Learn more in our post.
We compiled this guide to different early childhood philosophies to help you make informed decisions about childcare.
Some small tweaks to your bathroom can help set up your toddler for success, with toileting, handwashing, bathtime, and more.
Children as young as 18 months can start taking on regular household responsibilities. These will be simple and straightforward, like wiping up spills or helping set the table, and will require modeling and patience from you.
Everyone talks about the “terrible twos,” but that outdated phrase isn’t fair to your 2-year-old. They’re not terrible—they’re just in a period of rapid brain growth. Balancing independence and connection is the challenge of this exciting year, when your child likely wants to do everything on their own one minute and be cuddled the next. … Continued
Wooden toys are a staple of Montessori learning. They're durable, beautiful, and inspire wonder for a child's budding imagination.