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How Infant Daycare Can Combat New Parent Burnout & Restore Balance
The Overwhelming Reality of Early Parenthood Becoming a new parent is often described as one of life’s greatest joys. It can also be one of the most exhausting experiences you will ever face. Sleepless nights, constant feedings, and emotional adjustments can quickly lead to what experts call new parent burnout. This is common and nothing…
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Benefits of Daycare vs Staying Home: Which Is Best for Your Infant?
Choosing between daycare and staying home during your child’s earliest years is an emotional and complex decision. Many parents grapple with concerns around finances, bonding time, developmental outcomes, and cultural or family values. It’s common to feel pressure or even guilt, no matter which path you choose. The good news? Both daycare and at-home care…
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The Benefits of Water Play for Toddlers
Water play can be a great way to encourage healthy development in children as young as infants. Playing with water helps kids build key motor skills, visual perception and cognitive abilities. When kids play with water in groups, they are also able to practice social skills with their peers. This article will take you through…
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Daycare vs. Preschool: What’s the Difference?
Choosing care for your child is one of the first big parenting decisions and it’s not always easy. While ‘daycare’ and ‘preschool’ are sometimes used interchangeably, they serve different purposes. Daycare centers (also known as childcare centers) typically serve a broad age range from infants as young as 6 weeks old up to age 5…
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The Benefits of Play-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education
Play-based learning is a child-centered approach that uses play as the foundation for exploring ideas, building skills and making sense of the world. It’s often guided by educators or caregivers, but led by children’s natural curiosity and creativity. In this article, we’ll break down how the benefits of play-based learning, how it helps children thrive—and…
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Spanish Alphabet Activities: How to Teach the ABCs in Spanish
Learning the Spanish alphabet is one of the most important steps in helping your child become bilingual. Beyond learning letters, it builds a strong foundation for reading, writing and communicating in Spanish. Teaching the ABCs in Spanish can be fun, engaging, and full of movement. Using interactive methods like games, songs and hands-on activities helps…
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When Do Bilingual Babies Start Talking?
Across the world, more families than ever before are raising bilingual children — and it’s natural for parents to have questions. When will my bilingual baby say their first word? Can learning two languages delay talking? Will my child be confused? At Casa de Corazón, we meet many families curious about bilingual child development. One…
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How to Teach Kids to Lose Gracefully: Practical Tips for Building Emotional Resilience
We live in a winning oriented culture. Children pick up on these social cues from a young age. They, even from early childhood, can feel pressure to always win. This can make losing a profound emotional experience for a young child. It’s important to teach children how to lose gracefully from the get-go. Read on…
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Tips for Helping Your Child Learn Spanish at Home
Research shows there are many benefits for kids who learn a second language. Learning a second language in early childhood enhances memory, problem solving skills, empathy, and neurological development. Even if children aren’t exposed from infancy, a language immersion preschool, like Casa de Corazón’s program, can ensure that they become fluent before kindergarten. If your…
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