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    This is so adorable and a toy kitchen is always one of the most popular toys for toddlers to play with! (Based on my experience as a mom and preschool teacher). Pretend play encourages expressive language, and with the toy kitchen set the possibilities are endless. Get this ROBUD Kids & Toddlers Kitchen Playset, Wooden Pretend Play Kitchen Set Toy Gift for Girls & Boys for $79.60! SAFETY & NATURE: Robud Kids Pretend Play Kitchen Playset made of solid wood, sturdy and durable construction. High-quality Craftsmanship, the surface is smooth without burr, easy to clean. When your kids...

Crossing midline might be a motor milestone with which you aren’t as familiar! As a pediatric occupational therapist (OT), this is definitely something I am on the lookout for with all kids! What is crossing midline? Why is this skill important? Delays in this area can impact a variety of daily activities! Both sides of your brain are working together when you use one hand to reach across your body to do something on the opposite side. For example, I can use my right hand to reach for my coffee mug which is on the coffee table to my left....

If this headline makes you shudder in horror, move along. If you are hecka excited to learn about The Big Bounce America, an action-packed family-friendly day out featuring the World’s Biggest Bounce House coming to Berkeley’s Golden Gate Fields, let’s jump along. Editor’s note: I can’t decide if I love or hate this. The Big Bounce America lands in Berkeley on July 15 and runs through the 30th. Tickets will probably sell out. Tickets sold here >> [TAG2]Big Bounce America slide Tickets and aged time sessions for Big Bounce America With an eye toward safety, sessions are split by age....

Last week I shared one of my kids’ hands-down favorite ways to review math concepts, Game Show Math. This post on our Treasure Hunt Math game is our other favorite way to practice. We have been doing treasure hunts in our home since my kids were teeny tiny. Here are two posts from 2014! My oldest was a preschooler then. This math version combines the same follow-the-clues methodology with math practice! My kids love it. They don’t even mind that they are doing math, because it provides them with a challenge that makes them feel like they earned the “treasure.”...

My family took a road trip to the mountains earlier this summer, and if there was anything we needed to keep our sanity, it was road trip games. Yes, we downloaded great podcasts. Yes, we listened to a couple of audiobooks. Yes, I packed a great basket of activities for my preschool kiddo to tackle boredom. But, there were still those miles and miles of wind turbines where not just the children asked, “How much longer?” One of the longstanding ways to pass the time on long car trips is to set up a few road trip games to keep...