Moving all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole isn’t easy for the young penguin Augustine. Uprooted from her home, she misses her friends, her grandma and grandpa and her old bedroom. There are all kinds of unfamiliar faces at the North Pole, and everything looks strange and different...

Anyone traveling with a preschooler knows that even the shortest jaunt can take twice as long as anticipated. Here are a few car games to help pass the time on those long road trips. The Alphabet Game Version 1 : Using license plates, destination signs, advertisements, flora and fauna, etc., each player...

When planning road trips, there are two main things to consider - length of time and filling that time. Let's start with length of time. If your child is still taking naps, coordinate your trip to overlap with the nap. Of course, the best laid plans can go awry, but chances are good that by traveling...

Boats, buses, trains, planes and automobiles, no matter what your method of transportation, I guarantee that its novelty will wear off in no time. It won't take long before your child will be asking the age-old question: "Are we there yet?" With the right preparation, keeping your child...

With basic nursery rhymes, poetry is perhaps one of the first types of writing that many toddlers encounter. Yet as they begin to explore reading on their own, they will be introduced to forms of poetry that are more complex for them in terms of content, style and rhythm. Some children will take to this...

Bath time no longer needs to be something to dread. Here are a few techniques to help make bath time fun time. Activities Singing is not only a fun way to pass the time; it may help relax children of any bath time anxieties. Before the next bath, freeze some small plastic toys in Styrofoam cups filled...

Not surprisingly, studies have shown that reading out loud to children is probably one of the most significant activities we can do with them. And as parents, when it comes to reading, we are our children's first and most important teachers. The years from birth through to preschool are fertile grounds...

One of the first decisions many parents have to make is not when they will start reading to their little ones but what they will start reading to them. There are a plethora of children's books available to parents in the modern era. Books based on cartoon characters, modern fables, ABC type books...