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Julia Kallmes
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Screen Time Series Part I: Daily Screen Time by the Numbers
The Family Resource Center recently held a Symposium featuring Dr. Sarah Jerstad, a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Minnesota, about...
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Laura Fritz
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Taking Walks With Young Children
Over the last month we have experienced everything from beautiful, warm, sunny days to snow flurries and chillier temperatures to mud and...
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Julia Kallmes
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Our Favorite Literacy-Related Materials for National Reading Month!
While we love to read year-round, March has a special place as National Reading Month. We thought we would mark the occasion by...
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Julia Kallmes
- Mar 17
- 2 min
How Children Learn to Read
How do we learn to read? In order to empathize with a young child’s perspective, let us attempt to read the following simple sentence,...
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Kaleidoscope Learning
- Feb 16
- 5 min
A Sustainable Way to Play: Why Toy Libraries are the MVPs of Sustainability
Kaleidoscope Learning has always highlighted the economic and social benefits of community toy libraries. Toy libraries, neighborhood...
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Kaleidoscope Learning
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Encourage Independence with These Six Items from our Library
Last week, the Kaleidoscope Learning blog featured a post written by Laura Fritz, M.Ed., which describes how to encourage independence...
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Laura Fritz
- Feb 2
- 5 min
Supporting Independence for Children Under Three
By Laura Fritz, M.Ed., Birth to Three Montessori Educator The Young Child From birth to three years old, a child recognizes and accepts...
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Kaleidoscope Learning
- Jan 31
- 5 min
How to Clean & Sanitize Your Borrowed Materials
Our policies state that families need to clean and sanitize their materials before returning them to the Family Resource Center. But what...
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Julia Kallmes
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
Our Favorite Books for Social-Emotional Learning
I love using children's literature to launch discussions about social skills and emotional regulation. Like most of us, children dislike...
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Kaleidoscope Learning
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
We're Going There: Let's Talk About Toy Clutter
Ugh!--toy clutter seems to be the bane of every parent's existence. Even before your child was born, you were probably slammed with gifts...
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Julia Kallmes
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
November's Symposium: Social-Emotional Learning at Home
Join us on Tuesday, November 15th from 6:00-7:00 p.m.! You are invited to our upcoming Parent Symposium, titled Social-Emotional Learning...
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Julia Kallmes
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
The Secret to Engaged, Happy, Independent Play at Home
If you are a parent of a child younger than 13, this is the most important piece of advice I have for engaged, happy, independent play at...
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Julia Kallmes
- Oct 18, 2022
- 6 min
Reviewing a Guide to Child Development from 1959
My grandmother, Anne Hruby, trained as an early childhood educator in the late 1950’s (or “nursery school teacher” as they then referred...
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Kaleidoscope Learning
- Oct 16, 2022
- 1 min
Have a few LOLs with these parenting and early childhood education memes!
Start off your Sunday morning with a nice cup of coffee and a good laugh. Our social media team creates mostly cute, family centric...
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Kaleidoscope Learning
- Oct 4, 2022
- 5 min
5 Ways We are Different from the Typical Toy Library
Learn about the five unique ways we are different from the typical toy library!
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Julia Kallmes
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
My Favorite Social-Emotional Lesson
Over the years, I have implemented many lessons aimed at helping children solve problems, manage strong emotions, and avoid tantrums. Of...
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Nick O'Leary
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
Your Baby and House Cats: It Works!
Millennials and younger people are choosing to have kids later in life and want to be established financially before having kids. So, in...
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Julia Kallmes
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Help Your Child Navigate Their Emotions with the Zones of Regulation
As an early educator, I lean heavily on the Zones of Regulation. This tool helps children: 1) identify how they are feeling. 2) identify...
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Julia Kallmes
- Sep 13, 2022
- 3 min
The Peace Chair
I tell this story to the children in our classroom every year. I am sure many of you can relate: For many years, I lived with my brother...
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