Postscript: Playing Catch-Up

By Gail ConnellyPrincipal, May/June 2011 I’m a pushover for a toddler who is holding a book in one hand and a stuffed toy in the other, trailing a cuddle blanket, and looking for a lap and a story. I bet you are too. Such moments matter. When a caring adult and a curious child bond over a book, a game, a song, or play, the child’s intellectual, mental, and emotional development ticks upward.

By Gail ConnellyPrincipal, May/June 2011 I’m a pushover for a toddler who is holding a book in on

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