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Blog posts with a focus on child development

Visitors to our website, including parents and early childhood education professional may be most interested in our blog posts on child development.

October 25, 2025

Potty Training Workshop

Our parent involvement group met on a very important topic for families with young children: potty training. The workshop was led by our social work interns, Hadley, Yelena and Matthew. […]

September 29, 2024

Phasing in at Bloomingdale

The school year at Bloomingdale starts gradually, with half of the class coming with their parents for short sessions on two consecutive days. The third day of Phase In is […]

February 21, 2023

Potty Training Resources for Parents

  Whether it is called toilet training, toilet teaching, potty training, toilet learning…moving from diapers to independent toileting is a process for children and parents. There is no one size […]

September 10, 2021

Separation at Bloomingdale

  When a child comes to Bloomingdale for the first time, or begins in a new classroom, they may feel worried or unsure. Even if the child has been in […]

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