Tanya and Christian are DePaul University nursing students and interns with Words on Wheels. In this video they have a “questions and answers” session. They provide information and tips on the importance of wearing masks and hand hygiene.
Ms. Bobbie Edwards MA, Early Childhood Specialist, provides useful advice on reading to your baby. She also models reading to a baby as she reads Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. Made for parents, guardians, and child care providers.
Taking away screens and reading to our children during the formative years of birth to age 5 boosts brain development. We all know that's true, but now science can convince us with startling images.
How do you choose good books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers? Here is the first rule – choose books that you love! You will read these same books over and over and over, and enjoying them is the first gift you want to give to the little one you are reading with. The first books you choose will be with you until your infant becomes a toddler, becomes a preschooler, and goes off to kindergarten. While there are special guides for differing ages of very young children, you will find that the same book you chose for a 6 week old will still be requested when they are four or five.
