FCS7-181A: Developmental Growth Chart

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

This developmental growth chart is a supplement to Know How Your Child Develops (FCS7-181) in the Keys to Great Parenting series.

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FCS7-184: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 6: Teach Self-Control

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

As parents, one of our top concerns is our children's behavior. We want them to respect others and make the most of relationships. Researchers tell us that children begin even as babies and toddlers to decide how to express feelings and relate to other people.

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FCS7-180: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 2: Cuddle, Talk, and Read with Your Child

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

Babies and toddlers love it when you hug and
cuddle them and smile at them. They also love you to listen, talk, and read to them. Doing both at the same time, such as cuddling while reading simple storybooks, develops a warm bond between you and your child.

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FCS7-182: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 4: Be Playful with Your Child

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

Babies and toddlers love to play. Play is not only fun, it is a way for your child to learn. It does not have to cost a lot of money. Forget the boring flash cards and expensive educational toys. You as well as family members and friends will find in the fourth key, "Be Playful with Your Child," some ideas for inexpensive play and learning with babies and toddlers at various ages.

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FCS7-185: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 7: Practice Health and Safety

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

Our babies and toddlers count on us to keep them strong and safe as they move and explore. This seventh key, "Practice Health and Safety," offers specific things you can do to help make your child's life as healthy and safe as possible.

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FCS7-181: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 3: Know How Your Child Develops

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

Babies and toddlers grow and change at an amazing rate! Their weak muscles become stronger as they learn to roll over, sit, and walk. At first they coo, gurgle, babble, and cry in distress. Then they begin to show interest, smile, and laugh. Before you know it, they are putting words together, taking turns, and learning to share.

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FCS7-183: Keys to Great Parenting: Key 5: Show Your Child the World

Carol Gnatuk | Mar. 24, 2010 (Major Revision)

From the moment your baby is born, she has active brain cells--100 billion of them. They need to make trillions of connections with each other for your child to learn as much as possible while growing. She cannot learn without help. She needs stimulation--not only from you, but everyone and everything around her. That is why this key, "Show Your Child the World," is so important.

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FCS7-153: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 13 and 14 Months

Carol Gnatuk | Oct. 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

You can look back over the last year with pride. You now have many memories of the times you have shared with your baby. Remember when you thought her crying would never stop? Remember the time she giggled with glee, and you felt good just enjoying her happiness? Now you and your baby are ready to move into the exciting second year.

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FCS7-156: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 19 and 20 Months

Carol Gnatuk | Oct. 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Your child naturally enjoys learning new skills. You can support and encourage this learning not by pushing or criticizing or comparing your child with other children, but by teaching, encouraging, and celebrating her own successes.

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FCS7-159: Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Child 25 and 26 Months

Carol Gnatuk | Oct. 14, 2009 (Minor Revision)

Your little one has come a long way in two short years, and so have you. Now, she is no longer a toddler, but rather a young preschooler.