Sitting up is your baby’s first step to crawling, standing and learning to walk. Watch the following video to learn when your baby should start sitting up and how you can support the process. Related articles on early child development: Appropriate Play and Activities for a Baby Helping Your Child’s 
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Telling your child you love her is one thing, but showing her is another. It can be a lot easier said than done but children thrive on knowing they are loved just as we all do. Showing your child you love her does not mean spending money on her, but 
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Music helps stimulate cognitive, emotional and physical development in children. Singing songs, like the one featured in the following video, is an excellent way for you to engage with your child through music and enhance skills in vocabulary and memory.
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Children who have high quality early childhood care and education are more likely than those in low quality environments to enter school ready to learn and to achieve more in early elementary school. High quality can be found both in group child care centers and family in-home providers. So, how 
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One of the most important jobs of growing up to is to learn to understand cause and effect. Young children develop this life-long cognitive skill by actively exploring their world. When your baby flaps her arms in the bathtub to cause a splash, she is using trial and error to 
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Water is mesmerizing, it draws the young and old and is found everywhere; the bathtub, the toilet, sinks, the backyard, buckets, swimming pools, ponds, rivers and lakes. As alluring as water can be, it has hidden dangers. Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children ages 1-4 and 
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Raising children is perhaps the most challenging experience we can undertake as adults.  There is no formula or technique that will work with every child and we often spend time trying to figure out what works with our specific child.  While each child is different and each child has different 
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Proper handwashing is one of the best things you can do to prevent the spread of germs and keep yourself and others from getting sick.  But, your usual practice of handwashing may not be effective enough to get rid of germs.  Watch the following video to make sure you and 
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