by Rising Stride | Aug 13, 2025 | Early Education
Why is Play Important for Children? Play is important for children because it promotes learning. It is a way for children to learn about themselves as they discover their interests, skills, and strengths. Play allows children to make decisions as they make up...
by Rising Stride | Aug 12, 2025 | Early Education
Catching a glimpse of children happily engaged in pretend play is like witnessing pure magic. Ever wonder how closely you should monitor kindness and safety during group play experiences? Do you find yourself hovering or unintentionally interrupting play? Though...
by Rising Stride | Aug 11, 2025 | Early Education
At three years old, a child’s imagination is beginning to flourish! If your little one is not talking much yet, don’t worry. It won’t be long before they start! In just a few months, you’ll start to catch glimpses of the fascinating world of thoughts and questions...
by Rising Stride | Aug 8, 2025 | Early Education
Children are continually engaging with the world around them, exploring their curiosities and learning from their experiences. These early moments are essential to growing their self-confidence and building the foundations for their self-esteem. What can we do to...
by Rising Stride | Aug 7, 2025 | Early Education
What is risky play? I think the phrase risky play is self-explanatory, but here’s how I really know if something is risky play or not: when my stomach drops a bit as I watch the kiddo doing it. It’s hard not to worry and even catastrophize when we see children...
by Rising Stride | Aug 6, 2025 | Early Education
We’re all seeing the negative effects of current long waiting lists for speech and language therapy. Around 370,000 children have speech, language and communication needs as an identified special educational need and 87,856 children are on a waiting list for speech...
