Parent Resources
Sign Language
The Benefits of Signing at Home: Signing allows your infant to clearly communicate specific thoughts. Signing reduces frustration for your baby – and for you! Signing gives you a window into your child’s mind and personality. Signing won’t delay verbal language...
Separation Anxiety and Your Child
Helping with Separation Anxiety: Stay calm and patient when your child experiences separation anxiety. Assure your child that you love them and will return. Relate your return to their activities or schedule to help them understand. Stick to your established good-bye...
Toilet Training
Toilet Training Tips: Look for signs of readiness before starting toilet training, such as your child showing dislike for wet diapers or announcing when they need to go. Involve your child in the bathroom by demonstrating and explaining how to use the toilet. Consider...
Your Child’s First Day at Bright Beginnings
Adjusting to a New Child Care Center: The first day at a new child care center can be both exciting and fearful for children. Parents are often concerned about children adjusting comfortably to a new child care program. There are...
Establishing Successful Bedtime Routines
Bedtime Tips: Establish clear bedtime rules together as a family, including the expected routine and staying in bed. Stick to a consistent bedtime routine. Look for signs of tiredness in your child and put them to bed when they naturally feel sleepy. Gradually adjust...
Biting and Young Children
Dealing with Biting in Young Children: Biting is a common behavior among two- and three-year-olds. Some children bite out of frustration or to protect what they perceive as theirs. Others bite when they feel threatened, crowded, or inferior. It's important to note...