Childhood Development

Help your child learn positive ways to tap into his or her creative potential.

Learn what you can do to encourage your child's creativity.

Use art to encourage your children to think on their own and to be spontaneously creative.

Teach your children to paint without discouraging their creativity.

This article describes how children naturally develop art skills, without needing much instruction from parents.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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