Infant Learning Project

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It's never too early to teach children the importance of keeping our planet clean and learning how to reduce, reuse, and recycle. With a little guidance and supervision, toddlers and preschoolers can complete these easy, fun, and free Earth Day projects.

6 Earth Day Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers With these free Earth Day activities, you can teach your toddler or preschooler the importance of keeping the earth clean and preserving its natural resources.

Can’t wait for warm days and sunny skies? Greet the season with these nine cute spring crafts for kids of all ages.

9 Cute and Easy Spring Craft Ideas for Kids

We tend to idealize childhood as a carefree time, but youth alone offers no shield against the emotional hurts, challenges, and traumas many children face. The ability to thrive despite these challenges arises from the skills of resilience.

The good news is that resilience skills can be learned!

Resilience guide for parents and teachers Children’s problems include adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates or abuse at home, but resilience is the ability to thrive despite these challenges.

📅TWO MONTHS AWAY 📅

We are two months away from Baby Dash, a virtual racing taking place anywhere and anytime on May 22-23rd! Each registrant will receive an official Baby Dash tee or tank and a race bib!.

Find out more or register today: https://runsignup.com/Race/TX/Anywhere/First3YearsBabyDash

These simple activities will help nurture your little one's growth and will help you connect too.

5 Ways to Boost Your Baby's Brainpower

Books with characters that look like them. Stories that represent their own experiences. These read-aloud favorites tell children that their lives are worthy of being thought about, discussed, and celebrated.

Who Am I? Sharing Picture Books that Nurture Positive Self-Identity Books with characters that look like them. Stories that represent their own experiences. These read-aloud favorites tell children that their lives are worthy of being thought about, discussed and celebrated.

A new study sheds light on how a father’s involvement in early infant caretaking influences paternal mental health. The findings, published in Frontiers in Psychology, revealed that fathers with greater parenting self-efficacy and greater parental involvement showed fewer depressive symptoms during their child’s first year of life.

Fathers who are more involved in early infant parenting show reduced depressive symptoms A new study sheds light on how a father’s involvement in early infant caretaking influences paternal mental health. The findings, published in Frontiers ...

The UTD Center for Children and Families Spring Lecture Series is online this semester!

Click the link below to watch a video of Dr. Meghan Swanson's lecture on "Talking to Babies: The Universal Ingredient for Language Learning."

Talking to Babies: The Universal Ingredient for Language Learning During the first three years of life children go from babblings to saying hundreds of words. Babies complete this developmental feat with the help of their p...