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By Brittany McCabe
Kids, Childhood Development
Kids, Childhood Development
By Dr. Chelsea Hetherington, Ph.D.
Kids, Childhood Development, Building Self Esteem
By Katharine Chan, MSc, BSc, PMP
Kids, Childhood Development, Emotional Development
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    Cognitive and Psychological

    Teach your children about art -- relying less on technique and more on their intuition and creativity.

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    Building Self Esteem

    Celebrate your child's accomplishments by making customized medals for your own award presentations.

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    Childhood Development

    Fill a piece of paper with pictures of activities that your child likes to do. Then, the next time he is bored, pull out the paper and let him choose what to do.

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    Cognitive and Psychological

    This fun connect-the-dots game will help to promote creativity in your child.

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    Building Self Esteem

    This activity will make your child feel mature and important, by giving him a clipboard and assigning inventory tasks.

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    Building Self Esteem

    This activity can help to give your child a whole new perspective on body size.

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    Cognitive and Psychological

    In this rainy day activity, see whether your child can remember everything concealed under the sheet.

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    Physical Development

    In this activity, children attempt running, crawling, and walking, while balancing beanbags all over their body!

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    Physical Development

    Your preschool child will love these great circle dances, all of which stress body movement.

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    Cognitive and Psychological

    Sharpen your preschooler's memory skills by creating and playing your own memory game.

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    Cognitive and Psychological

    Test your preschool child's memory skills. Can she tell what's missing in this fun game?

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    Social Development

    Advice from a homeschooling expert on Will homeschooling effect my child's social skills?

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    Emotional Development

    Learn how to help a child become more outgoing.

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    Emotional Development

    It's important to let kids learn to negotiate, even if it sometimes means bending the rules.

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    Cognitive and Psychological

    Find out why experts say that a little boredom isn't bad for your kids.

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    Emotional Development

    Children lack the appropriate skills for coping with guilt. They often begin to act out when they feel they've caused some harm to befall a parent, .

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    Social Development

    Children can get upset when they don't have a "best" friend. You can help.

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    Social Development

    If a child is physically attractive, makes excellent grades, and is liked by her peers, does it matter that she has no close friends, or any one special friend?

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