Play is more than just fun and games for children. It’s a crucial element of healthy development, shaping their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Through play, children explore ...

What Are the Stages of Play? In 1932, sociologist Mildren Parten identified six stages of children’s play. All kids develop differently, so there are no set ages for each type of play. Unoccupied play ...

As your little one grows, playing side-by-side and with other children will become a big part of their world. While it can be hard to realize you’re no longer their everything — though don’t worry, ...

Playtime isn’t just all fun and games. Kids learn important developmental and social skills through playing with others and by themselves. Associative play is one of the six stages of play — a ...

Your child is standing on the sidelines, watching the other kids play. Seems like they’re just looking on, right? Wrong. Onlooker play is an important developmental stage. It’s not just child’s play — ...

Understanding child development can be confusing for the parents of toddlers. Parents are predisposed to want their children to meet developmental milestones, but often don't know when these stages ...

Children reach developmental milestones in how they play, move, talk, and act. The predicted ages for the milestones can be helpful in planning for parents. The motor milestone for babies being able ...

In last Friday’s column, I shared the first three stages of personality development by Erick Erickson (1902-1994.) I believe that parents can use his psychosocial stages of development as a guide in ...

Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...