Respecting infants allows their own respect and empathy to grow as they internalize ways of interacting with the world.

Respect is the foundation of the RIE Approach, but what does that really mean?

Before Baby is a down-to-earth, realistic class designed to offer concrete and sensible guidance to prepare for the everyday encounters of this relationship.

What are the conditions that help you get into a flow state? It’s helpful to also consider the conditions that enable a kind of flow state in our children’s play.

We’re expanding our offerings at Nurtured Child this Spring!

While the concepts of "equality" and "equity" are both principles foundational to conversations about fairness and justice, they have distinctly different meanings.

Transitions are inevitable parts of life. Slow and Steady is the goal even and especially as you move through them with young children.

By prioritizing self-care and seeking support when needed, you are modeling for your children that care is a universal need that should be both given and received.

Anna Ruth shares a few principles to help new parents welcome their newborn with even more love and respect.

We will be opening up our play space at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery to the community after Thanksgiving for FREE every Wednesday from 10:30am to 12:30pm through 12/20/23.

A local New York exhibition brings together a group of artists who unpack the vastly personal yet universal experiences of mothering.

Stability requires micro-movements, finding and re-finding equal distribution of weight, so there is an ease - a quality of effortlessness.

Snack in our classes is certainly more than just a snack. It’s an opportunity for the children to come together in a way that affirms their tremendous capability for calm and orderly eating. They learn clear limits with natural consequences …

Free motor development – also known as self-initiated or natural motor development – refers to the practice of allowing infants to progress through the stages of motor development (meaning turning, rolling, crawling, sitting, standing, and walking) in the universal, sequential schema.

Like so many, I was struggling with so many questions: Do I need to entertain my child? How much stimulation is too much stimulation? What about Baby Einstein?! And the common practice of cutesy “baby talk” just didn’t feel right …

The ideas I had been studying at the Pikler House were so fundamental and important that I knew they would need to form the foundation of my work going forward.

As important as it is to educate parents and professionals to respect the natural competencies of infants, it is equally necessary to educate them on the conditions essential for healthy motor development to unfold. Natural development requires an appropriate physical and emotional environment.

But even small gestures of compromise to give infants a space of their own can make a big difference. And even the smallest studio apartment has a way to make a dedicated play space for a child. Watch this space for more information and examples!

Little people are people just the same. We’re all learning and practicing together. Can you be the calm in their storm? Can you be the sage guide they need? Yes, absolutely!