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Comfort, Play & Teach

To help you encourage your child's social, emotional and intellectual development, we have created Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting™. This simple approach is built on every day activities that are part of a parent's daily routine.

What may seem like the simplest and most automatic activities that you do with your child every day - like putting a bandage on a "boo boo," playing hide and go seek, or cuddling with your baby – are in fact among the most important ways parents can help children reach their full potential.

When you comfort, play with and teach your child, you open up a world of possibilities for her. Through simple activities that are easy and natural to do, you encourage your child's ability to learn and to create, to communicate to love and to trust and to approach life with confidence and enthusiasm.

  • When you comfort your child, she learns to feel secure, loved and valued.
  • When you play with your child, he learns to explore and discover the world and his role in it.
  • When you teach your child, she learns how to relate to others, solve problems and communicate.
Birth to 6 Months
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development
Intellectual Development - Language Development
6 to 12 Months
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development
Intellectual Development - Language Development
12 to 18 Months
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development
Intellectual Development - Problem Solving
Intellectual Development - Language Development
18 to 24 Months
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development - Problem Solving
Intellectual Development - Numeracy
Intellectual Development - Language Development
2 to 3 Years
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development - Problem Solving
Intellectual Development - Numeracy
Intellectual Development - Language Development
3 to 4 Years
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development - Problem Solving
Intellectual Development - Numeracy
Intellectual Development - Language Development
4 to 5 Years
Social Development
Emotional Development
Intellectual Development - Problem Solving
Intellectual Development - Numeracy
Intellectual Development - Language Development

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