Printable Mazes are really fun and a good way to develop cognitive and motor skills in kids. We have easy mazes for young children along with medium difficulty mazes and some harder. The right maze worksheets can give your child a challenge that will keep them focused for a good length of time. This helps […]
The five domains of preschool developmental skills or preschool developmental areas that help establish behaviors for learning and success.
These cognitive games for kids are interactive and simple. Cognitive activities are a great way to boost preschoolers' intellectual development.
Hand games are a great way to develop hand-eye coordination and are great bilateral coordination activities! Parents love them, too!
I kind of love to share tricks for improving handwriting. There are so many “parts” to written work. There’s fine motor dexterity, pencil grasp, strength, endurance, visual perceptual skills, cognitive skills among other parts to handwriting. You can see more about these topics on our Handwriting page. One big way to develop the skills needed ... Read more
Cognitive skills are an essential part of your child’s development. Let’s get to know more about cognitive skills in toddlers from this post.
Explore a wide range of free worksheets for adults. Boost your memory, executive function attention skills and more! Easy to use and download!
Improve your child's social development with these simple, play-based social skills activities for preschoolers.
This is an old blog post from January 31, 2016 on the benefits of movement and various sensory exercises to improve focus and attention. We’ve updated this article as of January 22, 2024 to include more resources and strategies to support attention. Exercises for focus and attention depend on the individual’s unique needs, but there ... Read more
Research-based curriculum embeds skills naturally through play-based experiences that adapt to each child's developmental level and interests.
Are you wondering what 0-3 months intellectual development looks like in your baby? Learn simple ways to encourage cognitive skills through play activities.
Learn about these simple cognitive development activities which will simulate their brain cells and improve your child's learning to a whole new level
Learn more about cognitive activities, cognitive development milestones, play, and how to promote cognitive development in preschoolers.
Promote cognitive skills with easy and fun brain development activities for 2-year-olds (and toddlers of all ages).
What's the best way to improve your memory as you age? Turns out, it depends, a new study suggests. But your fourth-grade math teacher may have been onto something with that phrase to help you remember how to work out a complicated problem: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.
The five domains of preschool developmental skills or preschool developmental areas that help establish behaviors for learning and success.
Dozens of outdoor cognitive activities for toddlers based on essential cognition skills such as memory, exploration, and reasoning.
Grab your FREE Developmental Milestone Checklist for your 12-24-month-old! Includes: Gross Motor Skills Fine Motor Skills Language Development Social/Emotional Development Cognitive Development
Do you want to know what intellectual development 3-6 months looks like? Find out what cognitive skills look like in your infant and how to encourage them.
Discover the best infant cognitive development activities that you can do with your baby through daily routines and play time.
Art therapy empowers children to develop coping skills, build self-esteem, and find healing by using creativity as a means to communicate without words.
Joint attention refers to the ability to share a common focus on something with someone, including people, objects, concepts, events, etc. It is mainly a social form of communication built up during infancy and continues to grow until early childhood. Joint attention is a significant factor for a child's social development, cognitive development, and language
Attention Games for Kids: 30 Fun Games and Activities to Work on Attention and Focus for Kids of All Ages! / Types of Attention Examples
This post explains how to strengthen selective attention and sustained attention.
Cognitive flexibility is necessary to develop problem-solving and coping skills. Autistic children often struggle with flexible thinking and require ...
What does cognitive development look like in babies from 6-9 months? Learn about what cognitive skills look like in your baby.
These are developmental activities for 18 month olds that will help them in the 5 key areas of learning and are suitable for up to 24 months.
Fun Memory Activities for Kids: memory games, working memory activities, study techniques, sensory memory activities.
Explore a wide range of free worksheets for adults. Boost your memory, executive function attention skills and more! Easy to use and download!
Understanding Executive Functioning Checklists are often used to help students who struggle with executive functioning, but research shows that pairing pictures with lists is critical to their effectiveness. Executive functioning is a key to students' success
Bring in tons of fun and keep your kids entertained and busy while having a delicious snack with these fun and engaging Cheerio activities for toddlers.
The terms social skills and pragmatics are often used interchangeably, but pragmatics are actually just one component of social skills.
Are you looking for activities to develop cognitive skills in toddlers? I have you covered here, with 10 of the best cognitive activities for toddlers!
According to Adolph, Weise, and Marin (2003), “Motor development refers to changes in children's ability to control their body's movements, from infants' first spontaneous waving and kicking movements to the adaptive control of reaching, locomotion, and complex sport skills”. Click here for the full-resolution PDF of this chart. ReferencesAdolph, K. E., Weise, L., & Marin, L. (2003). Motor development. In L. Nadel, Encyclopedia of cognitive sciences (pp. 134-137). London: Macmillan-Reference
For kids who struggle with executive functioning skills, there are parts of the day that require more intentional focus in order to successfully progressthrough the day. Identifying high-stress or high-processing times during the day can help parents, teachers, and therapists come up with a plan of action for executive functioning skills and kids’ daily activities. ... Read more
Riddles have been captivating minds for centuries, igniting curiosity and inspiring imaginative thinking. Across cultures, children and adults alike have found joy in unraveling the ... Read more
How can you support the development of self-regulation in kids? This huge resource is full of self-regulation games, information, books, and more!
