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January 23, 2023Early Education, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Uncategorizedby

4 Language Skills Developed During Reading

What is language development?Language development in babies and toddlers encompasses verbal and nonverbal forms of communication, skills which rapidly increase as the child grows and develops. These communication skills are broken down into two areas: receptive and expressive language. Receptive language is our ability to understand messages we hear, see …
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August 18, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

Make Your Own Maracas!

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Music is a great way for children to learn and develop their skills while having some fun. One fun way to do this is by making your own maracas at home.  Children will work on fine motor …
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August 17, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

How to Diffuse Sibling Arguments

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Music is a great way for children to learn and develop their skills while having some fun. One fun way to do this is by making your own maracas at home.  Children will work on fine motor …
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August 17, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

Fear of Bugs that Sting!

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center My daughter loves playing outdoors and one of her favorite activities is looking at bugs.  However, recently while playing outdoors, she was stung by a hornet.  Now she is fearful of any bug that flies near her. …
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August 17, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

How to Cope with a Child’s Chronic Pain

By: Sophie Gilbert, Penfield Children’s Center Despite the fact that over 1.7 million children in the United States are known to have chronic pain, it remains an under-recognized health problem for kids and teens (Rachael Coakley, Ph.D.) For a parent, it can be devastating to watch your child endure pain …
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July 2, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

Confetti Poppers!

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Looking for a fun safe alternative to fireworks for children to use at an upcoming celebration. Consider making confetti poppers. This is a fun activity for 4th of July celebrations, birthdays and even New Year’s Eve parties.  …
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July 2, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

Firework Safety!

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Summer celebrations and holidays, like 4th of July, are full of fun and great memories. Most of our summer celebrations include spending time with family and friends, enjoying good food and maybe even enjoying a fireworks display. …
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June 8, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

Helping your Child Deal with Social Exclusion

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center It does not matter if you are a child or an adult, being left out is tough!  However, as a parent how do you help your child understand and cope with those feelings of exclusion? One of …
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June 8, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

What is Relational Bullying?

By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Your child comes home from school and tells you a classmate would not play with her.  For many parents we hear this story and do not think much about it, other than this is just kids being …
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April 25, 2021Home & Family, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tipsby

How to Redirect Children

By: Courtney Clark, LPC, Psychotherapist and Training Coordinator at the Behavior Clinic, Penfield Children’s Center Redirection is a great way to help manage challenging behaviors by communicating what you want to see your child do instead of telling them to stop a certain activity. When a child hears the word …
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