Kids & Company Blog: Development & Milestones

5 Ways to Encourage Our Children to Say Please and Thank You

Posted on: Friday October 15th, 2021

Posted by: Kids & Company

Teaching the basics of good manners can be a tricky and difficult job with children. It can feel like no matter how many times you encourage them, it just doesn’t stick. We believe teaching kids to say please and thank you is very important because it shows the people we are interacting with that we… [read more]

Creating “Yes Spaces” for Children

Posted on: Friday October 8th, 2021

Posted by: Kids & Company

  Kids & Company’s partner, Lyzabeth Lopez, posted a thought-provoking Instagram post the other day. She recounted the days before she had her son, Tyson, when she had pretty things on her coffee table: coffee table books, candles, and fancy glass trays. When he was around 12 months old and grabbing everything in sight, she… [read more]

Tidy Up Time: The Importance of Cleaning Up Their Own Mess

Posted on: Thursday September 9th, 2021

Posted by: Victoria Sopik

  Written by Victoria Sopik, Kids & Company’s CEO Children love to play and make messes, but they rarely think about cleaning up after. As a mother of eight and now a grandmother of eleven, I have a lot of experience with children making a mess and just walking away without a care in the… [read more]

Socialization: What to expect at different ages

Posted on: Friday July 16th, 2021

Posted by: Kids & Company

As Early Childhood Educators, we hear it all too often…I’m worried about my child. Why don’t they play with the other children? Are they having trouble making friends? I wonder if they don’t like the other children. How come my child plays all by themselves?  It’s not uncommon to have these concerns as socialization is… [read more]

Montessori Learning at Home: The Montessori Box!

Posted on: Friday March 19th, 2021

Posted by: Kids & Company

The Montessori Box was created by one of Kids & Company’s amazing partners, Dupe Akinniyi! The Montessori Box is a curated box company that provides eco-friendly toys and Montessori materials for a range of developmental stages. Each Montessori box will provide a foundation for the growth and autonomy of your child, allow your child to… [read more]

Dr. Dina: Tips for Preparing Your Child for their Return to Child Care

Posted on: Thursday July 16th, 2020

Posted by: Kids & Company

Since facing this global pandemic, there have been major adjustments to almost every aspect of our lives. As things begin to return to some normalcy, many parents have been asking us how this “new normal” may impact their child when returning to care. We want to give our families the tools and confidence they need… [read more]

Babbly Interview: Analyzing Speech Development and Language Milestones

Posted on: Tuesday June 2nd, 2020

Posted by: Kids & Company

Some of the common questions we hear from parents who are home with children due to COVID-19 are around speech development and language milestones. To provide some guidance, we partnered up with Babbly – a startup focused on empowering parents through technology to assess and support their child’s speech development. Co-founder and CEO Maryam Nabavi… [read more]

Five Ways To Handle Disrupted Sleep Patterns for Toddlers During The Pandemic

Posted on: Friday May 8th, 2020

Posted by: WeeSleep

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every area of our lives, and our toddlers’ sleep patterns are no exception. For so many, daily schedules have changed, and the routines that toddlers thrive on are in many cases disrupted. The open-ended day which involves being at home for hours on end really can throw little ones’ sleep… [read more]

Tips to Support Your Child This Holiday Season

Posted on: Tuesday November 26th, 2019

Posted by: Kids & Company

Bio: Sylvia Corzato is a Parent Consultant and Behaviour Coach as well as the founder of Success in Steps. Success in Steps helps overwhelmed and frustrated parents spend less time on challenges and behaviours and more time enjoying their family. Sylvia founded Success in Steps in 2016 in response to a growing need for a tailored… [read more]

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

Posted on: Wednesday September 25th, 2019

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

You’ve likely heard the old adage, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But really, what is the truth to that statement? The idea of breakfast being the most important meal of the day has been around for decades. As the nutritionist Adelle Davis famously put it back in the 1960s: “Eat breakfast… [read more]