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The Incredible Importance of Fine Motor Skills

Sep 103 min read

The Incredible Importance of Fine Motor Skills

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

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Theresa Kallmes

Aug 62 min read

Olympic Themed Children's Activities

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

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Check Out These Library Items that Promote Fine Motor Skill Development!

Julia Kallmes

Sep 13, 20232 min read

Check Out These Library Items that Promote Fine Motor Skill Development!

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

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Screen Time Series Part I: Daily Screen Time by the Numbers

Julia Kallmes

Apr 12, 20233 min read

Screen Time Series Part I: Daily Screen Time by the Numbers

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

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Laura Fritz

Apr 4, 20233 min read

Taking Walks With Young Children

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

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Our Favorite Literacy-Related Materials for National Reading Month!

Julia Kallmes

Mar 27, 20232 min read

Our Favorite Literacy-Related Materials for National Reading Month!

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

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Julia Kallmes

Mar 17, 20232 min read

How Children Learn to Read

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,...

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Feb 7, 20234 min read

Encourage Independence with These Six Items from our Library

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

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Nov 3, 20225 min read

We're Going There: Let's Talk About Toy Clutter

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...

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Oct 16, 20221 min read

Have a few LOLs with these parenting and early childhood education memes!

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

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Oct 4, 20225 min read

5 Ways We are Different from the Typical Toy Library

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

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Nick O'Leary

Sep 22, 20224 min read

Your Baby and House Cats: It Works!

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

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Sep 8, 20223 min read

Our Favorite Early Childhood Toy & Furniture Brands

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!

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Julia Kallmes

Aug 30, 20223 min read

Questions to Ask on a School Tour

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

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Aug 25, 20223 min read

5 Back-to-School Inspired Items from our Educational Materials Library

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...

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Aug 19, 20222 min read

Meet the Kaleidoscope Learning Team

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

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Julia Kallmes

Aug 16, 20222 min read

How to Choose Children's Books

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

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Theresa Kallmes

Aug 11, 20222 min read

Creating Collages Like Eric Carle

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...

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Julia Kallmes

Aug 9, 20223 min read

Promoting Independent Play at Home

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

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