In the First Five Years

Did you know that 75% of a child’s IQ is developed in the first five years of life?  If you think early childhood is just a time of physical growth, you are mistaken.  The brain is constantly changing through this period (and really into adulthood too…the prefrontal cortex isn’t fully …

Don’t Sell the Picture Book Short!

If you are a parent, or a teacher of young children, how many picture books do you read to a child each day?  Can you imagine a life without picture books?  In my kindergarten class, the picture book and the characters within are the heroes of the day.  Twenty to …