Child Development
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A Parent’s Guide to Developmental Milestones
A developmental milestone is a capacity that most kids achieve by a typical age. For instance, some kids may start walking as early as ... -
The Edvocate’s Guide to Cooperative Play
Cooperative play is defined as being an organized form of activity that involves the equal distribution of efforts and responsibilities among the kids to ... -
The Edvocate’s Guide to Associative Play
Associative play is the act of engaging in recreational activities in comparable ways to parallel play but with increased interaction between the participants, including ... -
The Edvocate’s Guide to Parallel Play
Parallel play is one of many essential stages of play that introduce kids to social interaction. With parallel play, kids aren’t really playing with ... -
The Edvocate’s Guide to Solitary Play
Solitary play is one of the initial play stages. Playing independently is a natural step in the development of a kid’s play behavior for ... -
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development: The Formal Operational Stage
In his theory of cognitive development, Jean Piaget stated that there are four stages that each individual goes through. The fourth and last stage ... -
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How to Teach Kids with Interpersonal Intelligence
When we talk about “intelligence” most of the time, we think about kids and adults who spend a lot of time in lecture halls ... -
A Teacher’s Guide to the Concrete Operational Stage
A phase in which kids develop logical reasoning skills and the capacity to comprehend conversations and can use these skills effectively in contexts and ... -
Healing Through Co-Regulation
Over the past few years, topics like self-regulation, trauma, attachment have been widely discussed in schools, counseling centers, and families. Moreover, people are starting ... -
A Teachers Guide to the Preoperational Stage
The preoperational stage is a developmental phase in which kids learn to represent things in the mind. The preoperational stage is known as the ...