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Screen Time Series Part I: Daily Screen Time by the Numbers

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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Our Favorite Literacy-Related Materials for National Reading Month!

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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Encourage Independence with These Six Items from our Library

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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Have a few LOLs with these parenting and early childhood education memes!

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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Julia Kallmes

Aug 23, 2022
4 min

Is Preschool Beneficial?

According to the research, it depends on the educational practices of the preschool. Background: For many decades, educators, policy...

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Julia Kallmes

Aug 16, 2022
2 min

How to Choose Children's Books

1. Fill Your Home with Books I encourage you to dispense with a Marie Kondo-esque minimalist bookshelf (though her guidance did wonders...

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Julia Kallmes

Aug 9, 2022
3 min

Promoting Independent Play at Home

Sometimes, parenting can feel overwhelming. We want to give our child our attention, but we need to tend to dinner, vacuum, call our...

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Julia Kallmes

Jul 19, 2022
6 min

How to Make the Most of Read-Alouds

I do believe that parents have received the often-ubiquitous message that reading aloud to your child is crucial. In this case, believe...

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4 Ways to Engage Your Child with Household Activities

Kaleidoscope Learning

Jul 14, 2022
5 min

4 Ways to Engage Your Child with Household Activities

Perhaps your young learner is starting to become interested in cooking, vacuuming, or wiping the windows? How wonderful! This is...

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