The lifesaving benefits of learning to swim
Swimming is more than a sport — it has the potential to save your child’s life. With drowning as a leading cause of death among children,...
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- Jun 6
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Children should learn to sew
Learning to sew is a valuable life skill. For children, learning to sew is more than just a thread and needle: it’s an opportunity to...
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Red Light, Purple Light Intervention
Preschool is often the first structured environment your child is exposed to, and you might be concerned about their readiness. Red...
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Saying yes to more birthday parties!
Having a birthday party for your child at Kidspirit offers social learning opportunities, physical activity games and skills growth. When...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 1 min
Kids love cooking
Cooking helps kids develop skills in counting, measuring, following a sequence, following directions, and cause and effect. Most...
- Oct 9, 2023
- 1 min
A research-based approach to helping kids
Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a research-based approach to youth programming shown to help children with relationships, engagement...
- Aug 3, 2023
- 1 min
Raising a child with ADHD/ADD
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have a brain difference that results in specific and unique behaviors, and many...
- Jun 1, 2023
- 1 min
The importance of play
As simple as it looks to an observer, there is a depth of critical development happening within children as they play. The benefits of...
- Mar 21, 2023
- 1 min
Teens care about the world
Research has shown that adolescents and teens want to contribute to their communities, and that they actually care quite deeply about the...
- Feb 13, 2023
- 1 min
What to do on those days off school
Many parents of school-age children have found themselves looking at the academic calendar and panicking. The number of days off school...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Kids and cooking: a great pairing
The skill of cooking has much to offer when it comes to kids: it folds in the need for reading and following directions, how to properly...
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Yet...is the key to a growth mindset
“I can’t do this...yet.” “I’m not good at this...yet.” “I don’t get it...yet.” A growth mindset is an important tool for learning. But...
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
When screen time becomes scream time
Canadian researchers found that using screen time as a reward heightens a child’s attraction to it. There’s a dopamine connection that...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
The summer slide
It’s not a dance or playground equipment Summer slide is the term educators give to the regression of learning children have after the...
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
It’s okay to be bored
It’s a scene from many households: a child laments “I’m bored!” to a parent who is trying to load the dishwasher. The child has plenty of...
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
Birthday traditions
Cultures around the world celebrate birthdays, and children’s birthdays seem to take center stage. Many families have special birthday...
- Dec 9, 2021
- 1 min
Games with rules And how they help children
For 7 to 12 year-olds, child development experts define types of play as physical, social, constructive, fantasy, and what’s called...
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
Why learn gymnastics?
Gymnastics is a good fun, year-round exercise that is also a physically distanced activity. With so much going for it, it’s no wonder our...
- Aug 4, 2021
- 1 min
When mild frustration is a good thing
Hassles and setbacks are a part of life. We get stuck in traffic, the item we want is backordered, we forget to set a timer and burn...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
Summer day camps
Summer is associated with free time, but research shows that children thrive in structured environments. Structured day camps combine the...
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