Rethinking Sleep Through Relationships, Respect and Trust As parents and educators, it can be easy to view sleep as a challenge to be solved. How do we get babies to sleep longer? How do we encourage children to nap? How can we help toddlers settle more easily? Yet when we look through the lens of the Pikler approach, we begin to see sleep differently. Rather than viewing sleep as something adults do to children, Emmi Pikler invites us to see sleep as a deeply personal and de

As parents, we are often bombarded with choices when it comes to baby toys. Flashing lights, loud noises, and endless gadgets promise to...

How Play Ignites Learning in Babies Curiosity is one of the most powerful motivators for learning, especially in the earliest years of a child’s life. It acts as a natural driving force that encourages exploration, discovery, and comprehensive understanding of the world around us. When we allow and foster this curiosity, we enable babies to learn through play—an approach celebrated in both the Emmi Pikler and Curiosity approaches. This article delves into how play ignites lea