Want to promote engaged, independent play? Want to reduce chaos and mess? Here are some tips from experienced early childhood educators....

Children with strong fine motor skills are set up for success in many arenas, such as academic, practical, and artistic pursuits.

Get inspired by the Olympics for fine and gross motor activities to do with your children.

You get it: we're obsessed with fine motor skills. But we have our reasons! Developing fine motor skills is an important prerequisite to...

The Family Resource Center recently held a Symposium featuring Dr. Sarah Jerstad, a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Minnesota, about...

Over the last month we have experienced everything from beautiful, warm, sunny days to snow flurries and chillier temperatures to mud and...

While we love to read year-round, March has a special place as National Reading Month. We thought we would mark the occasion by...

How do we learn to read? In order to empathize with a young child’s perspective, let us attempt to read the following simple sentence,...

Last week, the Kaleidoscope Learning blog featured a post written by Laura Fritz, M.Ed., which describes how to encourage independence...

Ugh!--toy clutter seems to be the bane of every parent's existence. Even before your child was born, you were probably slammed with gifts...

Start off your Sunday morning with a nice cup of coffee and a good laugh. Our social media team creates mostly cute, family centric...

Learn about the five unique ways we are different from the typical toy library!

Millennials and younger people are choosing to have kids later in life and want to be established financially before having kids. So, in...

With over 300+ items in our library, we can confidently say that we know a good toy when we see it! We've composed a list of our favorites!

The time has arrived for your young one to venture outside the home for childcare. This transition can elicit complicated emotions for...

It's that time of the year: Back-to-School! I'm sure you have already perused the back-to-school display at Target and thought about...

Kaleidoscope Learning was founded and developed by a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about young learners and happy...

1. Fill Your Home with Books I encourage you to dispense with a Marie Kondo-esque minimalist bookshelf (though her guidance did wonders...

Eric Carle is known for creating many vibrant creatures for children’s books. You’ve probably heard of some of his creations, such as The...

Sometimes, parenting can feel overwhelming. We want to give our child our attention, but we need to tend to dinner, vacuum, call our...