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Articles about development and learning

Attention Span in Early Childhood: What Research and Practice Say About Maintaining Attention

My kids can’t play with one toy for more than 5 minutes. They can’t sit still during our reading time.

By Marija Smuda Duric

How Can Puppets Foster Language Development

There is so much going on in the area of development in the pre-school age. Children are working on their…

By Marija Smuda Duric

Screen-Time: Pros and Cons

( Croatian/hrvatski) Screen-time seems to be a very sensitive topic, especially in early childhood. While much research has been focused…

By Marija Smuda Duric

"Parents Speak in Croatian. This Is My Rule." 

(For Croatian version click here. Za hrvatsku verziju, klinki ovdje.) We went hiking the other day. It was all great, until…

By Marija Smuda Duric

Questions, questions

"Where are these balloons coming from?" asked one of my boys as he was farting in a bathtub. Even if…

By Marija Smuda Duric

From parents to parents of multilingual children

Parents have different motivations for raising their children with multiple languages. For some, it is a necessity. For others, it…

By Marija Smuda Duric