We have set times in the day that we read together. I like to stick to the morning, noon, night routine. We read on the couch first thing in the morning, then again late morning, e… See more

I let the children play. They play independently and together and with me. I don’t have a real rhyme or reason to this, and I’d like to get better with it. In the mornings J… See more

Bringing music into the home can be as simple as playing music in the background while children play or singing a morning and evening song. It is important to expose children to … See more

Of course, children should be given opportunities to be active every day. For every 20 minutes they are asked to sit, they should be given 20 minutes to run around. At this you… See more

This time can be either spontaneous or planned. An example of natural learning would be reading letters on a cereal box, and then extending that into writing or making lett… See more