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How to Teach Your Child Baby Sign Language: A Guide

Communicate with Your Baby Before They Can Speak Are you struggling to communicate with your baby before they can talk? Do you want to reduce your baby’s frustration and improve their confidence in communicating? One effective tool that you may not have considered is baby sign language. By teaching babies simple hand gestures to communicate basic needs and wants, you can help them express themselves.

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When to Start Baby Sign Language: Tips for Parents

Using Baby Sign Language with children can be a great way to enhance communication and language development. But when is the best time to start using baby sign language with your child? 5 Tips for Starting Baby Sign Language: 1. Start Early   The earlier you start using baby sign language with your child, the better. Some parents may wait until their child is 6 months old, but starting

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Baby Sign Language and Sorting Games

A Fun and Effective Way to Boost Communication Skills As a parent or educator, you want to do everything you can to help your child develop strong communication skills. One effective tool that you may not have considered is baby sign language. By teaching babies simple hand gestures to communicate basic needs and wants, you can help them express themselves and reduce frustration. But did

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The Importance of Father Figures

Compared to mothers, the importance of father figures can be overlooked. Yet father figures are very important to a child’s development. In fact, your relationship with father figures can even influence your future relationships!   What makes up a Father Figure?  Not every biological father automatically makes a Father Figure. In some cases like with LGBTQ+ relationships, adoption, or step-parenting being biologically related to a

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What Emotional Intelligence Means

Emotional intelligence is not as complicated as you might think. Simply put; it’s the ability to identify and manage your emotions and the emotions of others. Even though it is not a skill we commonly focus on, it’s wildly important when it comes to confidence and self-esteem. As adults, we should focus on enhancing this skill so that we can teach it to our children

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How Children’s Language Skills Develop

Most children’s language skills are developed between the ages of 0 and 3! Would you believe me if I told you that 90% of your brain was fully formed by age 5? It’s true! Those early years are critical to developing children’s skills and abilities; one of the most important being language.  How the brain works As humans, we go through “critical periods” in development

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