by Marilee Hartling | Dec 13, 2012 | 12-24 Months, 24-36 Months, Featured, Preschool, Uncategorized
Celebrating Hanukkah at ECDA What fun we’ve had celebrating Hanukkah at The Early Childhood Development Associates! Parents, toddlers, infants, and staff have all enjoyed singing Hanukkah songs, lighting the menorah, and making potato latkes! We feel at ecda that...
by Marilee Hartling | Nov 14, 2012 | 0-6 Months, 6-12 Months, Featured, Uncategorized
Instructor Name: Marilee Hartling, RN, MFT, Infant and Child Development Specialist Date: Dec. 7th Time: 1PM- 2:30PM Location: Pump Station Hollywood (1248 Vine St. Hollywood, CA 90038) Ages: 0-12months Class Description: Sleep, or more accurately, the lack of...
by Marilee Hartling | Oct 18, 2012 | 0-6 Months, 12-24 Months, 24-36 Months, 6-12 Months, Featured, Second Baby, Uncategorized
Come Join us for our ECDA Halloween Party! Monday GroupS- Oct. 29th Thursday GroupS- Oct. 25th Tuesday GroupS- Oct. 30th Wednesday GroupS- Oct. 31st Don’t forget to bring your babies/toddlers in a costume and we will be going trick or treating. Don’t forget...
by Marilee Hartling | Sep 26, 2012 | elementary school, Featured, Uncategorized
Learning to be honest is a long-term process, and it is just the beginning at age six. The child has lessons to learn as he/she struggles with wishful thinking and the desire to change the world to be the way he would like it to be. Imagination and fantasy are...
by Marilee Hartling | Aug 16, 2012 | 0-6 Months, Featured, Uncategorized
Grandma’s Favorite Developmental Toys Marilee just returned from her visit to Houston where she delivered her favorite developmental toys to her newest grandbaby, Olivia. Olivia is the 3 month old daughter of Marilee’s son, Jeremy Hartling and his...
by Marilee Hartling | Aug 11, 2012 | 0-6 Months, Featured, Uncategorized
Justtheashes.com Around the age of six months babies begin to sit on their own, allowing them to free up their hands for exploring. Before you know it they are reaching and grasping. Once movements become more purposeful they discover cause and...
by Marilee Hartling | Aug 2, 2012 | 0-6 Months, 6-12 Months, Featured, Uncategorized
BPA What is BPA? Bisphenol-A is a compound used to make plastics hard, coat paper, and to line cans and lids of food and drink products. It was originally developed to be a synthetic estrogen. Why should I choose BPA free products? Although there are no studies...
by Marilee Hartling | Jul 26, 2012 | 0-6 Months, 12-24 Months, 24-36 Months, Featured, Uncategorized
Mindful Parenting Mindful Parenting is about developing and deepening the parent-child connection by intentionally bringing focused awareness to everyday parenting situations. According to Daniel Siegal, author of Parenting From the Inside Out, this approach to...
by Marilee Hartling | Jun 29, 2012 | elementary school, Featured, Preschool, Toddler, Uncategorized
This week was EDCA’s Art Camp with Erin Mckeen, LMFT, ATR! Art making with children is a fun and exciting way for the child to learn and grow. In art making the child’s inner world of images, feelings, thoughts, and ideas are always of primary importance to the...
by Marilee Hartling | Jun 20, 2012 | 24-36 Months, elementary school, Featured, Preschool, Second Baby, Toddler, Uncategorized
6. Be open to sibling’s feeling Older sibling needs a little extra attention, extra guidance, extra reassurance, little extra love. Your child will need to express both positive and negative feelings. “Two big feelings” It’s natural for a sibling to feel proud and...
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