Our Early Education Blog for Parents
Lightbridge Academy is The Solution for Working Families®. Learn more about our mission and values on our early childhood education blog! Here, we’ve compiled our favorite resources, tips, and activities for parents, as well as helpful advice from our early childhood experts. We hope you find our early learning blog valuable at each new step your parenting journey!
Tips for Toilet Training Success!
The right tools – and a lot of patience – will go a long way when potty training your child.
Helping Your Child Make Healthy Choices
Helping Your Child Make Healthy Choices
Halloween Safety!
Halloween Safety!
Routines – Things to in the Morning vs. Things to do at Night
Routines – Things to in the Morning vs. Things to do at Night
How to Curb the Gimmies
Children are bombarded by media advertising messages everyday on TV, at the movies, on the internet, in magazines and even children’s books. If tossing out the TV and shutting down the home computer seem like the answer to eliminating children’s exposure and desire for goods they don’t need, it probably isn’t
Developing Fine Motor Skills – Learning Through Play
Fine motor skills are the small movements (such as holding a spoon for young children, and using a scissor for older children) that use the small muscles of the fingers and toes. One of the most important ways we can help our children develop is by setting up simple activities that help to develop these basic skills.
Developing Fine Motor Skills – Learning Through Play
Motor skills are motions carried out when the brain, nervous system, and muscles work together. For an infant they include rolling, crawling, & walking. For older children they include balance, walking, running, jumping and dancing.
The Benefits of Playing Outside
Now that warmer weather is here, it’s time to take your children outside to play! Nature is a powerful teacher and giving your toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to play outside has many benefits.
Growing Up Only But Never Lonely
Common knowledge tells us that only children are at a serious disadvantage when compared with children who have brothers and sisters and their parents are sometimes given similar labels. There is no basis for these social stereotypes and we all know whether you have one child or more, that parenting is a tough job.