Fortunately for parents, young children are amazing students. They’re so good at learning, they do it even when we don’t know we are teaching them. Children learn by watching, hearing, feeling, and tasting the world around them. In a way, your home is your child’s first classroom. Every waking hour, you can bet your child is learning something.
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