
Ways to embrace your toddler’s love of destructive play
Destructive play is a powerful learning opportunity for your toddler. Learn how to make it work for both of you.
Destructive play is a powerful learning opportunity for your toddler. Learn how to make it work for both of you.
Using real materials is a common Montessori practice. It can teach toddlers how to handle things with care, building independence and confidence.
Learn how to use two popular Lovevery toys to encourage learning in children with disabilities, diagnoses, or learning exceptionalities.
Toddlers understand that they can make things happen with simple actions. Here are 4 ways to deepen their understanding of cause and effect.
Try these recommended developmental activities to help your child practice balance, experiment with gravity, try out their communication skills, and more.
Emptying is the first part of an important kind of play called containerizing. Learn ways to support container play.
Your 10-month-old's learning is more complex, and they can now coordinate input from different sensory systems. Read our activities to help boost their brain connections.
It’s easy to feel frustrated when your baby dumps over a bowl of snacks or pulls board books off a shelf. But destructive play actually teaches important lessons.
Between 9 and 10 months, many babies start learning how to release, or drop, objects from their grip in a controlled way. Read our tips on supporting voluntary release.
At 10 months, your baby’s brain development is focused primarily on problem solving. Read through our list of cognitive skills you may notice.
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Everyday noises are new to your baby. Use these 5 play ideas to introduce them to natural sounds and help them develop lasting neural networks.
Your baby listens to the intonation, rhythm, and patterns of your voice. Learn 8 ways to talk with your baby that support their speech development.
Sometimes an everyday object can delight and engage your baby just as much as a toy. Learn how to introduce your baby to the playthings already in your home.
Montessori is about tapping into a child’s natural inclination to learn. Here are 10 of the best Montessori toys for your baby's first year.
Blocks unlock powerful learning for babies, but child development experts recommend limiting the number of blocks you give yours. Learn why in our post.
Research confirms what kids, parents, and teachers have known for centuries: playing with blocks is fun for your toddler and promotes many kinds of learning.
There is an art to narrating, explaining, and including your baby in everyday tasks. Watch Lovevery CEO Jessica Rolph model how.
Children react in various ways when they encounter bugs, but what should they do? Here are 5 environmental lessons your toddler can learn now.
Blankets can help your baby learn about object permanence, shape, and balance. Here are some fun and simple ways to incorporate blankets into playtime.
They drop it, you pick it up, they drop it again. There is nothing toddlers love more than playing with gravity. Here are four experiments to try.
Lovevery's experts share 10 techniques you can use to protect and grow your infant's developing brain.
Husband of Lovevery CEO Jessica Rolph demonstrates how to talk slowly during a house tour, a baby's favorite activity in their first year.
Kicking play develops crucial motor skills. Learn why your baby kicks and some fun ways to encourage them to practice.
There is art to house tours. Learn from Esther as she introduces baby Freya to the different elements of her home environment by narrating and demonstrating.
At 11 weeks, your baby may start responding to your voice and inspecting their own hands. Discover what else is developing right now.
Your newborn baby explores the world by tracking sights and sounds. Here are Lovevery's play ideas to support your baby's tracking skills.
Your 4- to 12-week old baby is fed, rested, and alert. But how do you play with them? Here are some easy ideas for baby’s first playtimes.