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How The Solar System Rug Helps Kids Understand STEM Subjects
2020 might be remembered as the first year of a new decade. Sports fans might remember it as the year the Chiefs won the Superbowl. (After waiting 50 years, it was about time!) Others might look back and recall events yet to come, such as NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, More…
5 Easy and Healthy Summer Snack Ideas for Kids
5 Easy and Healthy Summer Snack Ideas for Kids Summer is the perfect time to introduce fresh, nutritional and seasonal foods to your kids. Here are some easy and healthy summer snack ideas for kids this summer. Homemade popsicles Summer isn’t complete without popsicles. Skip the sugar-packed grocery store More…
The Great Outdoors
The Benefits of Outdoor Play Playing outdoors is a form of exercise for children that promotes well-being and well-rounded physical development. It gives them the opportunity to explore their environment, develop muscle strength and coordination, and gain self-confidence. Outdoor play also increases flexibility, as well as fine and gross More…
Why Can’t They Just Behave? A Guide to Understanding Early Childhood
GUEST POST: By Laurie Prusso, Earlychildhood News Parents truly are their children’s first and best teachers. When it comes to dealing with children’s behavior, sometimes the job seems bigger than we would like it to be. Every day our children can behave in ways that frustrate, embarrass, and confound More…
Lesson Plan Joey’s Matching Mat & Block Set
POWER OF PLAY (POP) “Play is the essential ingredient, the vehicle by which children communicate, socialize, and learn about the world around them, understand themselves and others, deal with their problems, and practice some of the skills they will use in the future” (Hartley, 1971) Environmental Set-up: The bright More…
Sharing is Caring
How to Teach Your Children to Share We have all heard children scream this at one point or another, “It’s Mine!” or, “Give It Back!” Children often feel that a toy belongs to them just because it’s fun or it’s something new and exciting. And they may become angry More…
Is Your Child’s Imagination Unplugged?
Children and Screen Time Do you think children use their imaginations as much as we did back when we were kids? Or is imagination being replaced with technology? Do video games, IPhones, IPads and the internet transport children’s brains to a robotic type state where the imagination part of More…
Quality & Safety
Product safety is a top priority. At the Children’s Factory, we believe in a safe and creative environment for our children as they grow, develop and learn. In order to keep that vision alive through future generations, we are taking steps to ensure a quality product is being made More…
Lesson Plans
The Power of Play – Introduction “Play is the essential ingredient, the vehicle by which children communicate, socialize, learn about the world around them, understand themselves and others, deal with their problems, and practice some of the skills they will use in the future.” (Hartley, 1971) Lear about the More…
Let Your Child’s Confidence Shine!
At a young age, a child’s self-confidence can be an armor against the challenges of a mature world that sometimes surrounds them from every angle. Children who know their strengths and feel good about themselves, seem to have an easier time handling conflicts and also tend to smile optimistically More…