The preschool period can be a happy time in family life, free from overwhelming problems. One reason for this is that preschool children can do so much more for themselves. They can be independent...
The preschooler’s education
Preschoolers' constant questions reflect another side of development in these years--- their intense curiosity and their thirst for knowledge. One of the most outstanding characteristics of...
Portrait of the preschooler
The way children use tricycles says a lot about how their motor skills are developing during this age span. When children are 3, they are almost surely beginners on trikes. At first, they may be...
The Preschooler: 3 to 5 years
At about 3, youngsters enter the preschool years--- truly formative years, marked by intellectual growth, rapidly developing motor skills, much greater social maturity, and emotional richness. Most...
You and your toddler
Parents of toddlers must act as the grand marshals of a parade. Noisy exhibitions of exuberant fury must somehow be channeled and controlled. Toddlers need rules to follow, just as marching bands in...
Common concerns
Toilet training Successful potty training is probably the most significant and potentially stressful task facing a toddler. Knowing exactly what your toddler must learn will increase your...
Health and safety
Accidents One function of parents is to prevent their children from hurting themselves in a dangerous world. A toddler's all-embracing habit of getting into everything needs its rightful outlets,...
The toddler’s education
Toddlers at play are really at work coping with their environment. They think they have complete control, but they learn that many things are immovable (walks, trees, cement). They also learn that...
Typical day
Most toddlers seem to be early risers. It may be because of wet diapers, a full blad der, hunger, or just because they want to get on with the joyful business of living. Most children are very...
Parent vs. toddler
Toddlers constantly play games in which they test the physical properties of their environment. They confirm the law of gravity, the stickiness of juice, the wetness of water, and the heat of flame....