Helping parents support their child's early childhood development
Creative curriculum and courses for parents to help support their child’s development from birth to age 5.
Developmental Courses
Our developmental courses are broken down by age and developmental level. They include activities, an activities list, a calendar, and parenting tips to help your child achieve their social, emotional, and academic goals.
One-on-One Consulting
We offer limited one-on-one consulting for families who are looking for a more personalized experience in their Growing Parent courses.
Mini Courses
Looking for something to supplement your daily learning? We offer mini-courses like potty training and sleep training. These mini courses can be purchased individually but are included in our developmental age curriculum programs.
What is The Growing Parent?
The Growing Parent is an all-encompassing developmentally appropriate program for parents. Not only do we provide activities you can do at home to help promote your child’s developmental well-being include academic, social, and emotional skills, but we also provide insight, tips, advice, and teaching modules to help parents navigate the most challenging issues of Infancy to Pre-K. From learning to sleep through the night, What To Do withToddler Protests and Tantrums, Why Won’t My Kid Eat, How Do I Teach Good Behavior, and Build a Healthy Relationship with My Child — we cover it all.
Who can benefit from this program?
Any parent with children from birth to age 5 can utilize the courses provided by The Growing Parent. We offer plenty of different course options for parents to meet their family’s needs and goals, as well as a comprehensive program and one-on-one consulting.
To request a topic, please email: marla@thegrowingparent.net
What will I learn during this program?
- How to set expectations, based on development, from the beginning.
- Learning through play as you go about your day. Learning can be fun for the parents and the child. I will teach you activities that you can easily incorporate in your daily routine, for less than a few minutes a day. Parents don’t need one more task or thing to feel guilty about.
- Learn how to manage the “Big Four Tasks” (Sleeping through the night, Picky Eaters, Discipline and Potty Learning) of the birth through age five set as well as many others.
Birth through 1 year
- What to Expect in All Four Developmental Areas from Birth to One Year
- Make Tummy Time Fun
- Blabbling
- Stranger and Separation Anxiety
- Your Child’s First Words
- Helping Your Baby Crawl
- Early Care and Education
- Managing Disagreements with Care Providers
- Activities
12 to 24 months
- What to Expect in All Four Developmental Areas from 12 to 24 Months
- Learning Two Languages
- Experimenting and Understanding
- When Your Child’s Favorite Words are “No, it’s mine!”
- Drawing and Writing
- Activities
24 months to 36 months
- What to Expect in All Four Developmental Areas from 24 to 36 Months
- Beginning Number Concepts
- Learning to Count
- Attention and Memory
- Learning the Rules
- Learning to Cut
- Dressing Games
- Activities
36 months to 5 years
- Child Development
- Parenting Behaviors
- Parent-Child Interaction
- Development Centered Parenting
- Get Ready for Kindergarten!
Developmental Screening
This is a one-on-one remote service that offers developmental screening for your child. Coming soon!
The Growing Parent Courses
Birth to One Year
We cover a wide range of developmental processes from birth to one year old, including:
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- What to Expect in All Four Developmental Areas from Birth to One Year
- Make Tummy Time Fun
- Blabbling
- Stranger and Separation Anxiety
- Your Child’s First Words
- Helping Your Baby Crawl
- Early Care and Education
- Managing Disagreements with Care Providers
- Activities
12 Months to 24 Months
We cover a wide range of developmental processes from 12 months to 24 months old, including:
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- What to Expect in All Four Developmental Areas from 12 to 24 Months
- Learning Two Languages
- Experimenting and Understanding
- When Your Child’s Favorite Words are “No, it’s mine!”
- Drawing and Writing
- Activities
24 Months to 36 Months
We cover a wide range of developmental processes from 24 to 36 months old, including:
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- What to Expect in All Four Developmental Areas from 24 to 36 Months
- Beginning Number Concepts
- Learning to Count
- Attention and Memory
- Learning the Rules
- Learning to Cut
- Dressing Games
- Activities
36 Months to 5 Years
We cover a wide range of developmental processes from 36 months to 5 years old, including:
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- Child Development
- Parenting Behaviors
- Parent-Child Interaction
- Development Centered Parenting
- Get Ready for Kindergarten!
Mini Courses
Mini Courses are available for individual purchase. Courses include:
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- Sleep Training
- Toliet Training