An interesting study came out recently on the topic of TV viewing for under 2 year olds. Dimitri Christakis from the University of Washington reviewed 78 studies on infant TV viewing from the last 25 years along with new research
THE LETTER SOUNDS IN THE PHONICS ALPHABET
The phonics alphabet is just a posh way of saying. “This is the sound that the letter makes rather than the name of the letter” We teach kids the letters phonetically first because it is easier to remember “The letter
CBC- The Hurried Infant
Over the Easter weekend I listened to a special edition of Ideas on CBC called The Hurried Infant. The series was based on the book The Hurried Child by David Elkind and was an informative look into the emerging world of
SOME GREAT FINDS AT TOY FAIR
While exploring Toy Fair it would have been impossible for me not to have fallen in love with some of the products available there. Here’s a run down on what I thought were the best of the best in educational
2009 TOY TRENDS
I just got back from Toy Fair in New York. Toy fair is held at the Javits Convention Centre which has 350,000 sq ft of exhibition space – needless to say we were quite tired after the three days it
New Blog
Welcome to the Notch Hill Blog. My plan for this blog is that it will be a resource for parents. I’ll post child development news, toy news and post free educational games that you can play with your child. So