What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help a site remember basic information, such as whether you have already made a cookie choice or how pages perform during a visit.
There are two common types:
Session Cookies
Session cookies last only while your browser is open. In day-to-day use, these help pages load consistently and support basic site functions during a single visit.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period unless you delete them earlier. They can remember preferences, including cookie consent choices.
Cookies We Use
We use cookies carefully and in a way that fits the purpose of this site: helping parents, caregivers, and educators explore child development topics and play-based learning resources.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies support core site functionality. For example, they may remember your cookie consent choice, help pages display correctly, or keep basic security features working.
Without these, parts of the site may not behave as expected.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand traffic patterns and site performance. We look for practical signals, such as which pages are useful and where navigation may need clearer labels.
We do not need this information to identify a child or household personally.
Advertising Cookies
Advertising cookies may be used in the future to support personalized content or relevant promotions. If that changes how cookies work on the site, we will update this policy and, where appropriate, the cookie notice.
External Cookies
Some services that help operate the site may place or read cookies when their tools are active. We take a conservative approach here: if a service is not needed, it should not be treated as essential.
External Analytics
External analytics tools are planned to help us understand how visitors move through the site and which learning resources are easiest to find. Any analytics setup should focus on site use and performance rather than personal profiling.
Advertising Partners
Advertising partners may be added in the future. If that happens, their cookies may support ad delivery, frequency limits, or personalized content choices.
CDN and Hosting
Our content delivery network and hosting services may use technical cookies or similar technologies to improve reliability, security, and page loading. These tools sit behind the scenes, but they matter when a parent is trying to open a resource quickly on a busy afternoon.
Controlling Cookies
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive a notice before a cookie is stored.
- Blocking essential cookies may cause parts of the site to stop working correctly.
- Disabling analytics cookies limits our ability to see what content needs improvement.
- Deleting cookies may reset your saved consent preference.
If you share a device with children, it is worth checking browser settings from time to time. Cookie controls are usually device- and browser-specific, so a choice made on one phone may not carry over to a tablet or laptop.
Policy Changes
This Cookie Policy was last revised on October 10, 2024.
We may update this page when our cookie practices change, when we add new tools, or when legal requirements shift. When a change is meaningful, we may update the date at the top of this page, adjust the cookie banner, or provide another notice on the site.
Questions about this policy can be sent through our Contact page.