Put down your phones!  When you are with your child in a restaurant, grocery store, or park, interact with your child.  Parent engagement is critical for your success in learning. Take turns with the alphabet question/answer game::  What begins with “a” and is something you eat?

Let us celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let us inspire girls to pursue  STEM-focused activities and have fun!

Have you signed up for the upcoming NURTURING THE GROWING MIND online workshops yet? The date is fast approaching!!

We know play is both fun and important for early childhood development. But did you know play also helps build resilience? Find out how in the latest episode of "The Brain Architects" podcast! bit.ly/3sfwQRO

Enjoy our April-May Newsletter with Research Facts on Advancing Children's Growing Brain, Caregiver Nurturing Tips and a Listing of Virtual Events Offered by PEACE in May

Regardless of how high #preschoolers can rote count, a child’s sense of what those numbers actually mean develops gradually. We call this understanding NUMBER SENSE, and it requires relating numbers to real quantities. More: earlymath.erikson.edu/many-ways-to-s…

AT HOME or ON THE GO - Science & Mathematics for Children: 🍎 🥕 🍎 🥕 🍎 🥕 Show a couple of vegetables and fruits: Apple is a fruit. Carrot is a vegetable.Have your toddler point and touch a vegetable and a fruit. Check out which one is heavier/lighter.A banana or an apple?

#TalkingisTeaching Tip: When you talk, read, and sing with your little one, you are not only strengthening your relationship, you are helping him to develop resilience.

Building discovery skills: Drop a ball ⚽️ and ask your preschooler: is it going to roll? Why? Then drop a spoon or block and ask the same questions ????? Guide your child’s curiosity And increase their@vocabulary while@doing so!!!

Continue exploring science: have your child discover which objects a magnet 🧲 will attract, which it will not and Why? Try a metal spoon? a paper clip? a coin? vs. a crayon 🖍 plastic spoon? a bottle cap?

Nurturing The Growing Mind Series of workshops for parents, caregivers and early childhood educators is starting soon! To register send email to: [email protected]

Science all around us: talk to your children about what you can see while walking in nature: dogs 🐕 cats 🐈‍⬛ birds 🦅 squirrels 🐿 butterflies 🦋 ants 🐜 or spiders and their webs 🕸 ask questions and look for facts to talk about. Make it a back and forth activity