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Smart Coos Launches 90-Day International Mother Language Day Celebration

By Smart Coos 21st November 2018, Brooklyn, New York -- In honor of International Mother Language Day (IMLD) on February 21, 2019 - Smart Coos is launching a 90-day IMLD campaign. The campaign is geared toward encouraging, supporting and spreading bilingualism and multilingualism throughout the world by both recognizing heritage…

Printable: Animal + Sign Match Up!

It’s always the season for playing and a little learning just makes it more fun! Celebrate the fun with this cute animal and sign matchup. Perfect for the preschool and elementary school set, this free printable can help the little learners learn about animals and practice their…

The Must Watch Ted-Talk for All Parents and Prospective Parents

Nearly 4 years ago, I became pregnant with my first child. Twenty days after the pregnancy test showed two lines, the morning sickness started. I had hyperemesis gravidarum (extreme morning sickness). It lasted until the 10th month - the day I gave birth to be exact. At the time, I…

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Baby Talk?

by Mirta Desir Most new parents know that early communication is critical for early childhood development. But how early? Mom can only narrate to a four-month-old the cloth-diaper-changing process for so long before she starts wondering, “is this amazing little infant truly processing this?” “Is this really considered ‘communication’?” Well,…

How to Start Baby Signing

by Smart Coos Editorial Staff How To Start Baby Signing: 5 Simple Tips Have you ever spent countless hours trying to figure out what is wrong with your baby? The lack of communication between you and your little one can be one of the most frustrating things about parenthood. Wouldn’t it…

Nature v. Nurture: Can We Influence Our Genetic Language Pathways?

by Stephanie Cook “When did your child start talking?” When you’re a parent of a toddler, surrounded by other parents of toddlers, this is a question you can’t escape. And the answers are never the same, as we all know that children do things at their own pace - at…

Janis B. Meredith: Mother of Sports

by Smart Coos Janis B. Meredith: Mother of Sports Sports-enthusiast, blogger, mother—these are just a few terms that can be used to describe Janis B. Meredith. As a wife of a sports coach for 28 years, she has become more than expert on the world of sports and…

Raising Multilingual? 4- Mothers Share their Journey

by Smart Coos As more benefits of being multilingual are being discovered, more and more parents are choosing to teach their children multiple languages. Children who know more than one language tend to be better at tasks involving memory and inhibitory control. Studies have even shown that learning another language…

Learning a Language: Is Timing Everything?

by Jennifer Young Constantly, in life we are threatened with the concept of time. We believe there is an appropriate time to learn the multiplication tables, go to college, get married, etc. We want to reach a certain position in a company by a designated time and believe that “timing”…

Screen-based Learning vs. Parent-based Learning: How About Both?

by Stephanie Cook The benefits of Baby Sign Language (BSL) are widely accepted and it is used all over the world. It is regarded as an effective communication tool that can stimulate learning and help reduce frustration, and the teaching and practicing of it can be a wonderful opportunity for…

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