Articles & Insights
Explore articles, news, and insights shared by our early childhood experts. You’ll find advice for making your child’s early childhood education a positive and joyful one, fun and engaging activity ideas, seasonal insights, and more!
How to Support Your Strong-willed Child Without Breaking Their Spirit
The leaders of tomorrow are headache-inducing, strong-willed toddlers of today. Their determination, ambition, and spirit will surely bring them success in the future, but they can be difficult to parent. It is likely that, if you have one, you knew very early on that...
Phrases to Encourage a Growth Mindset in Children
"Developing a growth mindset." You’ve probably heard this phrase kicked around, but why is it so important? A growth mindset is the opposite of a fixed mindset. Those who have developed fixed mindset are likely to believe one thing: "it’s out of their control." Those...
Common Fears Children Have & How You Can Help
Children are constantly exposed to new sights, sounds, and experiences, and some of them can be overwhelming and scary. Children pick things up quickly, but some of these experiences might leave them a little anxious and unsure. Keep in mind, above all, that their...
Ways To Slow Down And Enjoy Parenting
In such a fast-paced world, a moment of downtime with your kids is hard to find. You may be with them all day -driving them to soccer practice, to gymnastics, or the physician--but how much time are you spending with them? The cliche saying that children grow up too...
15 Summer Screen Free Activity Ideas
When summer break roles around, we suddenly have extra hours to keep our kids entertained. It can be difficult to find activities that are interesting enough to surpass the pull of a TV show or video game. It’s hard to come up with alternatives when your child is...
4 Strategies for Teaching Children to Resolve Sibling Fights on Their Own
Teaching Children to Resolve Sibling Fights on Their Own Where there is communication, there are disagreements, disputes, and misunderstandings. This underlines the significance of teaching your children how to resolve conflicts effectively and independently. This...
Counting Bears – The Importance of Manipulatives in Early Childhood Math
At Kids Village, you may have seen that we use bear counters to help teach math to our Sweet Peas, Little Sprouts, and Tater Tots. While bear counters are cute and colorful, we love them for more than just their aesthetics. Hands-On Learning These bear counters are...
Teaching Children Gratitude
Gratitude is about more than an automatic "please" and "thank you" response when someone does something kind for you. Teaching children gratitude is about helping them learn to understand that in order to receive, someone else must give. It means when someone does...
Teaching Your Child to Cook: Age Appropriate Kitchen Skills
Cooking is not only a fun activity to do with your child; it’s also an important life skill for them to learn! You’ve probably already started letting your child help with things like stirring and pouring, but at what ages can you start adding additional skills?...
About Kids Village Monthly Values
At Kids Village, we believe that early childhood education encompasses not just the mind, but the heart and soul as well. Our goal is to raise the children in our school up so they have the confidence and mindsets to believe they can achieve anything they want in...
9 Tips for Becoming a More Playful Mom
The best way to help your child thrive is by spending time with them. By engaging with them, you stimulate their imagination, boost their confidence, and strengthen that connection that you both need. 9 Tips for Becoming a More Playful Mom For some of us, being...
Tips for Helping Your Child Love Reading
Reading is so important in your child’s development. Not only is it critical in language development, but it also helps build social skills, communication skills, stimulates creativity, sparks their imagination, improves focus, and introduces problem-solving skills....