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The Important of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds.

American Academy of Pediatrics.https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/119/1/182/70699/The-Importance-of-Play-in-Promoting-Healthy-ChildOpens a new window[Accessed March 2022]

California Department of Education.

Foundation: Cause-and-Effect.https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/itf09cogdevfdcae.aspOpens a new window[Accessed March 2022]

CDC.

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Milestone Moments.https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/milestonemomentseng508.pdfOpens a new window[Accessed March 2022]

Nemours Foundation.

‘Love builds brains’: representations of attachment and children’s brain development in parenting education material.

How to play with babies.https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1080-how-to-play-with-babiesOpens a new window[Accessed March 2022]

Zero to Three.

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She is a mom of four and loves to hike with her kids, read, and knit.

Cooking a complicated meal her kids probably won’t eat is one of her favorite pastimes.

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Mary Sauer