Valentine’s Day… a celebration of love. A celebration worth making special for the little Kindergarteners of the world. Let them dig into these crafts and encourage them to share them with their loved ones. It’s a beautiful way to teach the act of giving. Here are some great Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kindergarten Valentine’s Candy Huggers Create …
Top Tips for Raising a Confident Young Lady
When primary school, or even preschool starts, our little girls can lose their ‘spark’ a little, a consequence of social pressure plus the higher expectation of results in the classroom. So to help keep her confidence high, and her resilience strong for the hard years ahead, here are a few things you can do. Encourage …
Is Your Child Gifted?
What to Look for and Why You Should Know… How to tell if your child is gifted? Nowadays, schools have established programs designed to help pick up the tell tale signs of gifted children, using methods such as IQ tests, test and achievement reviews, general student observation and teacher feedback. So if you want to …
4 Easy Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Memory
Easy ways that you can help your child’s memory develop Memories are the cornerstone for the enrichment of children’s lives and help indirectly enhance their language skills. Here are a few tried and true ways to develop your child’s memory. 1. Establish routines Kids will thrive on set routines, and they’re great for helping enhance …
School Readiness A Parent’s Guide
School Readiness? Is your little one ready for school? How do you know? As your child’s #1 educator, you will have a lot to do with your child being ready for kindergarten. There are readiness exams and other measurement factors, but you will be able to tell whether your child is ready better than anyone …
Passive Versus Active Learning
“Learning by Doing” or “Active Learning” means engaging all of our senses and attention into discovering something new. ~Jean Warren The key here is “discovering.” Children are participating in their education rather than just listening or being “taught.” In the early childhood classroom, this can look like reading a book about farming versus visiting a …
Bilingual Babies: Teach Your Child A Second Language
In reality, the best time to teach your child a second language, is the same time that they’re learning the first one! “Kids this age are developing language skills rapidly, and they quickly absorb whatever they hear,” says Erika Levy, Ph.D., assistant professor of speech and language pathology at Columbia University Teachers College, in New …
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The 5 Most Important Money Lessons to Teach Kids
Now more than ever, parents are becoming in tune to how crucial a fine financial skillset can be for our kids in their future lives. Given this fact, schools still aren’t educating children on money, so it’s something that parents will need to take on, on their own. Looking at some of the statistics from …
What are the Links Between Health and Education?
For a long time people have theorized about the links between health and education, but it wasn’t until recently that large scale studies and research has gone into the subject. The findings are extremely interesting and should (should) quickly become relevant to modern day education and health policies. In a nutshell, studies show education boosts …
Service Projects For Your Preschoolers
Why service projects? Do you want to teach your little ones to give back while helping them develop skills that they can continue to use? Volunteering is a great way to accomplish this, but how can little ones help? There are many ways and today’s roundup will show you some… Unselfish and noble actions are …