Parenting and Child Care Center Blog

Summary: Autonomy fosters independence, decision-making, and problem-solving in children. Challenges like fear of failure, boundary-testing, and frustration can arise. Strategies include encouraging decision-making, fostering problem-solving,

Summary: Social-emotional learning (SEL) helps children recognize emotions, build relationships, and make responsible decisions. Strategies like modeling emotions, teaching self-regulation, promoting empathy, and fostering problem-solving

Summary: Emotional intelligence (birth to 4 years) involves recognizing, expressing, and managing emotions. Key strategies include modeling emotions, teaching vocabulary, validating feelings, and encouraging empathy.

Summary: Socio-emotional development (birth to 4 years) includes emotional regulation, empathy, and social skills. Key strategies include secure attachments, social play, emotional vocabulary, and conflict

Summary: Gross motor skills involve large muscle movements essential for activities like crawling, walking, running, and climbing. From birth to age 4, children progressively develop

Summary: Fine motor skills involve precise movements of the hands and fingers, essential for tasks like grasping, drawing, and self-care. From birth to age 4,