Keep your baby moving and clapping with these 17 songs and games

By the time your baby reaches six months, odds are good that you’ve already spent a lot of time singing and making silly noises (and faces) with them. At this point, introducing nursery rhymes and clapping and movement games will foster even more bonding, as well as language and muscle development.


Risky play is for toddlers too!

Risky play is great for kids' emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Learn what risky play is—and is not—and learn how to encourage your little one to participate in it.


7 games to help your child with visual tracking

Visual tracking is the ability to move the eyes from right to left, up and down and around, to focus on a moving object, or to be able to switch focus from one object to another. These fun games will help young children with their visual tracking.

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The benefits of being physically active *

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Increased self-esteem and happiness

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Higher test scores

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* Adapted from Aspen Institute Sport for All - Play for Life: A Playbook to Get Every Kid in the Game