Last updated: October 18, 2026
This page explains how Mommy Lesson Plans chooses topics and researches, writes, checks and updates its content.
Our purpose
We publish guides about learning activities and lesson plans for toddlers and preschoolers for parents and caregivers teaching toddlers and preschoolers at home. Our guides focus on play-based activities organized by age and subject, with materials lists, steps and safety notes.
How we choose topics
We cover the questions our readers need answered to make a decision or finish a task. Each topic gets one main guide, so we do not publish several near-identical pages on the same question.
How we research
- We base our guides on early-childhood resources such as the CDC developmental milestones, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and HealthyChildren.org, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and Head Start’s Early Learning Outcomes Framework.
- We separate facts, estimates and opinion. Facts and figures link to their source; estimates state their assumptions; opinions are labeled as our view.
- Where a guide covers safety, we link to the official source rather than restating it as our own advice, and we place warnings where readers will see them.
Research-based and hands-on content
Most of our guides are research-based: they compare published specifications, manuals and official guidance. If an article is based on our own hands-on use of a product, it says so and describes what we did. We never present research as personal experience.
What we do not do
- We do not invent test results, scores, star ratings, statistics, testimonials or reviews.
- We do not promise results, savings or performance that a source does not support.
- We do not publish hand-typed prices or “deal” claims, because they go out of date quickly.
- We do not accept payment, free products in exchange for coverage, or sponsored placements in our guides.
Safety-sensitive topics
Always supervise young children during activities. Small parts, balloons, magnets, button batteries, water and cords can be dangerous for children under three. Ages are approximate: follow your child’s pace and talk to your pediatrician about any developmental concerns.
Affiliate relationships
We earn commissions from some links, as explained in our Affiliate Disclosure. Commissions never decide which products we include or how we describe them, and articles with affiliate links say so before the first link.
Updates and corrections
We review guides when products, specifications, rules or official guidance change, and we show the date a guide was last updated. Errors are handled as described in our Corrections Policy.