Reviewed by the Chilkibo Editorial Team using pediatric literacy research and child development sources. You sit down with a book, and your two-year-old is fully in it for the first two pages. By page four, they are twisting around to look at the dog, or trying to close the book and start over, or standing…
Reviewed by the Chilkibo team One minute your toddler plays happily. The next, they scream on the floor over the wrong color cup. This happens to almost every parent of a young child. Tantrums peak at a predictable age. Research from Potegal and Davidson found tantrums in 87% of children aged 18 to 24 months…
Reviewed by the Chilkibo team Finding time to read with your toddler feels hard some days. Diaper changes, meal prep, tantrums, and cleanup fill your schedule fast. Daily reading time does not have to become one more task on an already full list. A few small shifts help you fit reading into busy days without…
Reviewed by the Chilkibo team Your toddler reaches for your phone instead of the board book you picked out for story time. Or the opposite happens. You download a well reviewed reading app, and your toddler still carries the same worn board book around the house. Both patterns show up in homes everywhere. Neither one…
Reviewed by the Chilkibo team Toddlers do not sit still for story time. One minute they point at the pictures and laugh. The next minute they climb off your lap to grab a different book. This is normal. It does not mean story time is failing. The fix is not a better book or a…
Reviewed by the Chilkibo team “My toddler cannot sit still for anything.” Many parents say this. It usually comes with a worry that something is wrong, either with the child or with how story time is set up. Short attention spans in toddlers are normal. The real question is what kind of content holds a…
