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Foods that Encourage Chewing

Beginning Stage: Cubes of hard cheese such as cheddar, Monterrey jack, and American Cubes of white meat, chicken roll, and turkey roll Partially cooked carrots, potatoes, green beans – cubed or cut in lengths for biting Grilled cheese sandwiches – cubes or strips French toast – cubes or strips Firm omelets – cubes or strips…

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Sippy Cup Do’s and Don’t’s

Sippy cups can be a great way for your baby to transition from nursing or bottle-feeding to a regular cup. They can also help improve hand-to-mouth coordination. When your baby has the motor skills to handle a cup, but not the skills to keep the drink from spilling, a sippy cup can give some independence…

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Pre-Phonemic Awareness Activity

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. A great phonological awareness activity is rhyming! Help your child fill-in some new rhymes. Since you are focusing on sound and not meaning, nonsense is fine. Have fun! A tree with a …bee. A cat with a …bat. A…

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1-2-3 Magic – Easy-To-Learn Parenting Solutions That WorkFrom Dr. Thomas Phelan “1-2-3 Magic” offers parents simple and effective discipline methods for children ages 2-12. A proven bestseller, the kit addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight and proven experience. Find it here.

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