What does it mean to "play with purpose" with infants and toddlers? Pediatric speech-language pathologist Emily Cohen shares her best tips with us.

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Ayelet shares some of her favorite ways to connect and play with infants and toddlers.

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What do our senses have to do with early development and learning? What's the difference between a toddler tantrum and a sensory meltdown?

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Why is music important for young children? How does music support early development? Learn how music benefits early childhood experiences.

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How becoming a mother influenced this professional's approach to working with new parents. We discuss introduction to solids, play, and early learning!

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Using routines in play is one of the easiest and most developmentally enriching ways to engage in play with an infant or toddler.

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This week, we speak with Carrie Clark, a pediatric speech-language pathologist and the creator of speechandlanguagekids.com. Carrie offers 5 simple strategies families can implement into their everyday lives to get young children communicating. These include: use of Sign Language, shorter utterances, parallel and self-talk, and expansions. Carrie and Ayelet go into detail about how to use each strategy, discussing specific examples and useful ways to implement each one with a child at different communication levels.

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Ayelet: So, today I would like to introduce a very special guest to you. Her name is Rachel Coley, she’s a pediatric occupational therapist, and creator of CanDo Kiddo, a really wonderful online resource for parents, caregivers of, and professionals working with infants and toddlers. She’s also the author of several books, including my personal favorite, “Begin With A Blanket.” Welcome, Rachel, thanks so much for being here on Learn With Less!

Rachel: Thank you, Ayelet! I love the podcast – I’ve been enjoying it with my little one during nap times for her brother lately.

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Well, it has been quite a week here at the Learn With Less headquarters, as my family and I welcomed a new baby into our home. This is my second baby, but my first time becoming a mother to a new baby while living close to two sets of grandparents. I feel incredibly thankful to have the benefit of lots of extra help and very happy distraction for my toddler so that I can enjoy a few moments with just my new baby. I am also lucky to have had a VERY straightforward birth the second time around, and my physical self already feels better after a week than I did after 6 weeks with my first baby. I can see how that affects my emotional self, my ability to “roll with the punches,” and enables me to write down little thoughts and musings to be shared with you today

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A cursory search for family holiday songs turns up very few reasonable results. Find a great selection for holiday songs for the family, regardless of creed!

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