School Readiness – It Starts at HOME!
School is a big step, even for children who have already spent time in preschool or a child care setting. It usually means meeting lots of new adults, learning new…
Tag: Parenting
Celebrate Your Child’s Emotions
This month’s blog post is written by Boston Children’s Museum’s Health and Wellness intern, Viktoriya Dribinskaya. She is a graduate student from Wheelock College pursuing a degree in Child Life. Viktoriya…
Encouraging Creative Development
Boston Children’s Museum’s Art Studio is one of my favorite places – and that’s good, because I spend a lot of time there. For the past year-and-a-half, I’ve assisted our…
From “Miserable” to “Manageable”
On Saturday March 28th, we are celebrating our annual Healthy Kids Festival at Boston Children’s Museum. There will be many hospitals and health organizations providing activities to teach our visitors…
Sick of Snow? Get Creative Inside.
SURPRISE! Weather reports predict it may snow again in Boston. This is good because we can still see the very top of our fence and a few more inches of…
Happy Smiles With Healthy Teeth
Did you know that February is National Children’s Dental Health Month? Children are encouraged to visit the dentist regularly starting by age 1 because good dental hygiene habits that are…
A Good Choice
Philosophers have theorized about how and why humans make the choices we do for hundreds of years. These days it seems like more choices are sprouting up in all aspects…
Give a High Five For Your Health
How would you evaluate your family’s health from the previous year? Is there anything you think you did really well? Can you think of something you could have done better? A new…
The Power of Play 