These first weeks and months of a baby's life are a period of amazing development. New skills and movements form quickly. Infants need caring people who offer soft calming voice, smiles, eye contact, cuddling, tummy time, storytime, singing time, and encouragement to explore.

Your baby enters their second year and becomes a toddler, crawling vigorously, starting to walk, and even talking a little. They continue to depend entirely on their family even as their universe is expanding on a daily basis.

Your child is advancing from toddlerhood and toward the preschool years. During this time, your child is on the move, establishing more freedom and you can expect to see some tremendous intellectual, social and emotional changes.

With your child’s third birthday, the “terrible twos” are behind you and the emotionally calm child of three now emerges—a time when your child’s world will be filled with fantasy and vivid imagination. During this year, you’ll see more independence. There will be more interest in new experiences and a strong desire to be with other children. This is the time of why’s? and choices and a big jump in wanting new experiences… their brain is connecting more of the dots.

Changes now come rapidly! This time for your child is marked by the formation of close ties and friendships with children of the same age. They have boundless energy, a mind that is now thinking more concretely and they’re absorbing information and experiences from all directions. Your child will begin to express themselves more, observe others and allow their imaginations to run wild. All of this behavior and thinking will help your youngster build a secure foundation as he or she emerges into the world of kindergarten.