Tweet When you become a mother for the first time, there are a million and one things that you have doubts about. Will this come naturally? Will my instincts fail me? Will all of this love I have, for this tiny person, be enough to get me through the hard stuff? And, it seems, once…
Tweet By now, you’ve probably heard about our Isis Toddler Yoga class. We’re getting ready for a Toddler Yoga Open House on December 29 (happening in all four centers) and for the next round of classes which start the first week in January. The winter semester will be an exciting one, with a brand new…
Tweet Winter is here. It’s getting colder; and it’s getting darker earlier. Taking little ones to the playground gets more challenging this time of the year. If your children are anything like mine, they may be getting restless indoors. Are you looking for something to do with your active toddler? At Isis, we offer a…
Tweet The face of our nation’s youngest children is changing. Recent (2010) census data shows dramatic changes in the racial and ethnic makeup of our nation’s youngest children. The numbers of Hispanic and Asian children in particular are on the rise. Furthermore, one in four children under the age of 8 grows up in a…
Tweet It’s the most wonderful time of the year… unless your child isn’t sleeping, that is! Many parents find that the extra holiday travel, parties and excitement may add up to some big bedtime trouble or can rock the nights of even the most trusted sleepers! So, what should you do, when traveling or faced…
Tweet Handing your two year old a crayon and some paper can be a great way to occupy them before dinner, but it is also a wonderful way to promote fine motor development. Fine motor development, or the development of the small muscles found in our hands, is similar to the development of our large…
Tweet What is it about getting gifts that makes my kids forget every lesson in polite behavior that I’ve ever taught them? When presented with a pile of gifts, my normally sweet and (mostly) polite 3- and 5-year-old children turn frantically greedy and bluntly honest. That toy you spent so long to choose and wrap…
Tweet When we ask a toddler to share a toy, we are asking her to do something that’s actually VERY challenging in a toddler’s point of view: Stop what she is doing (this action in itself can be difficult!) Hand over that toy that she is exploring (this goes against a toddler’s natural and healthy…