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Learning and games

Learning through play

  • Drawing: Development and the benefits
  • Easing your child’s transition to school
  • Playing: Your role as a parent

Playtime ideas

  • Benefits of card games
  • Free play
  • Play time, parent style
  • Playing with dolls
  • Repetition games

Movement and relaxation

  • Relaxation through play

Playtime and social skills

  • Learn to play with others
  • Learning how to listen
  • Learning to take turns
  • Playing with your child
  • Should we let children win?
  • Socializing at the grocery store

Screens, computers, and video games

  • Children and video games
  • Managing screen use: Advice for parents
  • Managing your child’s screen time: Infographic
  • Screens and children
  • Screens: Parental technoference
  • Screens: Your role as a parent
  • Setting boundaries on your child’s TV viewing

Choosing a toy

  • What toys should you get for 3- to 5-year-old children?

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