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Learning isn't confined to a classroom. Children, of all ages, learn in different ways, different places and at different times. Constructing an elaborate village in a sandbox, understanding that cars stop on a red light and go on a green, observing toys float and sink in the bathtub, helping map out a family vacation, or unearthing bugs in the backyard are opportunities to learn.

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YouTube as a Field Trip
YouTube as a Field Trip
It used to be that parents faced with quizzical looks about a subject would have to let the matter drop. In the era of YouTube, there is another option: search for video. Lisa Guernsey describes her virtual field trip -- a mini excursion that lasted 15 minutes, cost nothing, and could be embarked upon as soon as curiosity struck.
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Media Diets
Managing Media Diets
Managing children's media diets - the content and its accessibility - is as important as making sure they eat healthy balanced meals. Leisure media time should be used as a snack, not a main course.
What's In a Game?
What's In a Game?
If you thought playing games was only about gathering the most objects and declaring yourself the winner, think again. Playing games offers your child an opportunity to develop hand/eye coordination, vocabulary, discipline - and that's just for starters.

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Language Development
Speech pathologist Sherry Artemenko, MA-CCC, offers suggestions for choosing good language toys and books for your baby and strategies for stimulating language development.