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How Using Consistent Daily Routines Can Benefit Your Toddler and Family
What is a routine? A routine is defined as a sequence of actions regularly followed. If you’re not a totally fly by the seat of your pants person, you probably have a lot of your own routines. As adults we have routines such as waking up daily at 6am, making coffee as...TEIS is on Social Media, Come Join Us!
TEIS is on Social Media-Come Join Us! Do you hang out on Pinterest once the kids are in bed? Looking for info on Tummy Time Activities? Toilet Training? Feeding Challenges? Behaviors such as Biting and Hitting? Crafts? Summer Outdoor Play Activities? Then come check...Helpful Positioning Tips for your Newborn Baby
Positioning Tips for Your Newborn Baby When babies are in-utero their entire bodies remain in a flexed position with both their legs and their arms pushing against their mother’s uterus as they continue to grow to full term. Once a baby is born we can help babies to...What To Do When Toddlers Bite
By Tamara Guo, M.Ed TEIS Developmental Specialist Did you just receive that horrifying phone call from your toddler’s day care teacher informing you that “Hailey bit two children today”? Or worse yet, get the call from the center director telling you that if Hailey...Fun Activities That Help Your Child With Special Needs To Grow
By Jenny Wise | jenny@specialhomeeducator.com specialhomeeducator.com Image courtesy of Pixabay Raising a little one with special needs presents unique challenges. With well-chosen activities, you can enhance your child’s development and provide hours of...Articulation and Toddlers: What’s Typical?
As therapists we are often asked about the intelligibility of toddlers when they speak. Many parents, understandably, are concerned about whether their child’s speech will be intelligible to others outside their immediate family. We like to reassure parents that they...Your Children Are Adversely Affected by Your Secondhand Smoke!
In this day and age everyone knows that smoking is not good for you and that it adversely affects your health. But, still, not many parent’s take note of the effects that secondhand smoke has on their own children. Many moms quit smoking during pregnancy, but not many...Don’t Play Games with Playground Safety
By www.crowesawmills.ie Playtime is an integral part of a toddler’s development. Once they have mastered crawling and walking, their innate desire is to explore the area around them at their own free will, for it is in this exploration that they develop their...Best Developmental Toy Choices for Children 0-3
Toys are more than mere playthings — they’re the tools with which babies and toddlers learn to make sense of the world around them. Playtime is serious business for young children, as play with toys can help babies and toddlers develop crucial skills they will need as...Cute and Oh So Simple Valentine’s Day Craft for your Toddler
Have an empty toilet paper or paper towel roll? Red paint? Scotch Tape? Paper? Then you and your toddler can make this adorable Valentine’s Day craft from Rust and Sunshine. If you use a paper towel tube you’ll need to cut it into thirds or at least in...Follow all of our posts on Facebook and Twitter!
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Your phone (iPad) addiction is harmful to your child’s development
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Most often, the older generations like to point fingers at the Millenials and younger generations for being attached to their technology, the reality is that parents and older adults aren’t any better! As adults spend more and more time on their phones, tablets, and laptops, what impact is that ha...Limit screen time for your child’s healthy heart ❤️
Limit screen time to protect your child's heart
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Parents should limit screen time to between 1 and 2 hours a day to protect their child against obesity and future heart disease, said the American Heart Association.
