Picking the right school for your child can be a complex decision, even at the preschool level. Here, moms offer three tips to help you know whether a play-based preschool is the most compatible with your approach to parenting,
Should you send your child to a Montessori preschool? Here are five factors to consider when deciding whether a Montessori preschool is the best choice for your child.
Rituals and routines provide preschoolers with predictability and security, so what happens when your child has to face a new sleep schedule, school, or sibling? These five tips from Circle of Moms members will help you both make smooth transitions.
Why do we teach our children that they have to share, and likewise, that other kids have to give them a turn? Here's why it does a child a great disservice to teach him that he can have something that someone else has, simply because he wants it
Preschool is often where your child makes first friends, and these attachments can be very intense. So how do you handle your child's sadness when newfound friends move, transfer schools or change classrooms? Here, 5 tips from moms who've been through it.
It’s painful to see kids hurting your child at any stage, but during the preschool years especially, it can leave you at a loss. To help, here are four tips from Circle of Moms members for coping with exclusionary and hurtful behavior in preschool.
You might know your 4-year-old's reading and math skill level, but social and emotional readiness for kindergarten is hard to predict. Is it a good idea to start your child early? Here are four key questions to ask as you make that decision.
Parent-teacher conferences are designed to help you keep a pulse on your preschooler’s progress. But at those first few meetings, a mom can feel as nervous as a child on his first day of school. Here's advice on moms and teachers on how to prep.
Do you let your preschooler have play dates with a child who is poorly-behaved? And what if you don’t like the mom? Here, Circle of Moms members share strategies for managing a preschooler's budding social life — and your own.
As tiresome as tattling can be, establishing an anti-tattling rule isn’t always the way to go. After all, it's good that your child knows right from wrong! Here are some tips for making sure the tales your child is telling are ones that need to be told.
Welcome to the world of cooties and crushes, where one day your child finds the opposite sex yucky and the next day he's madly in love. Here, moms share three pieces of wisdom on handling a love-struck tot.
Being ready for school isn’t just about mastering academic skills. Whether your child attends preschool or not, by the time kindergarten rolls around he should be able to sail the "seven C’s" of social skills.
We all want our children to have friends in the neighborhood, but fewer of us like it when a neighbor's kids assume they can come over anytime to play without warning. Here are four ideas for letting them know it's not okay — without creating bad blood.
Some kids have an imaginary friend. My daughter had a whole posse. And she wasn't having cute pretend conversations with them, as other kids do. No, when she was with her "shadow friends," she couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Wondering what your child really needs to know before starting school? To find out, we went to the experts, our Teacher Moms. Here’s some of the great advice they shared on what you can do to get your child ready for kindergarten.
Kids go through so many phases and stages that can leave you scratching your head, and every parent sometimes wonders what's normal. Here's a round up of quirks that send moms running to find out whether they should be worried.
