Dan Wuori
Educator, Author of The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It)
- Parents/grandparents: this post could save your family hundreds of dollars. Did you know it’s possible for young children to have TOO MANY toys? 🧸 🎁 (A Thread 🧵)
- For your baby the whole world is a puzzle waiting to be solved. 🧩 Check out this clever little one as she combines background knowledge and trial and error in an effort to put on a pair of socks. 🧵 Thread…
- Does your toddler call every animal a dog? Or call the moon a ball? Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension. Thread 🧵
- As your baby grows, they will interact with the same toys in different ways. (Thread 🧵)
- It’s true: Infants not only babble with an accent, but even their cries reflect the unique musicality of their mothers’ native languages. (Thread 🧵)
- “Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.” A couple weeks ago I shared this wonderful quote from the developmental psychologist Uri Bronfenbrenner. And it’s true. Every child needs at least one. (Thread 🧵)
- DADA! I’ve run across many great reaction videos, filmed as toddlers realize a parent has returned from work. (Thread 🧵)
- During pregnancy, we often speak of adults as “expectant.” An expectant mother. Expectant parents. But we aren’t the only ones. As your baby enters the world, they too are expectant. (Thread 🧵)