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The Learning Connection


Playful Learning
Growing Up Healthy
Language & Literacy
Exploring the Arts

The Learning Connection presents articles, tips and activities designed to enrich the relationship between play and learning‚and between child and caregiver.

Playful Learning

Discovering rich learning opportunities in unstructured play.

Don't Snow on Summer

Inner Workings: Discovering the Magic Within Ordinary Things
Let Me Help! What Children Learn From Household Chores
“Look What I Found!” Making Time for Everyday Discoveries
Play the Winter Months Away
Rediscovering My Sense of Wonder
Sports: A Time for Learning and Fun
What Happens When Kids Pretend


Growing Up Healthy

Maximizing children's physical, social and emotional development.

Be Safe This Halloween

Dine Without the Whine!
Food for Thought
Giving and Getting
Kids and Pets
Kwanzaa is Something to Feel Good About!
Long Distance Grandparenting
Noticing Differences
The Power of Heroes-Super and Real
Sleep is Time Well Spent: The Power of Bedtime
Weather Fears

Language & Literacy

Enhancing children's remarkable linguistic abilities.

Born to Sing

Emergent Literacy: Reading is a Family Affair
Experience is Never Quite Enough
Noses in Books
Raising Bilingual Children

Exploring the Arts

Inspiring learning and self-expression through creative hands-on activities.

Animal Art

Creative Costume Ideas for Halloween
Creative Gifts that Keep on Giving
Curate the Clutter
Drawing from Curiosity
From Trash to Natural Treasure
Young at Art!
Memory Making in a Flash
Rhythm Rhythm Everywhere
Sounds Around

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