Whether you are a parent or not most people would Im sure agree that a childs safety is paramount. Now childcare providers can do more to help make sure the safety of children in their care is as secure as possible.
Getting Started with Home Schooling
If you are a parent considering the option of homes schooling, you may be at a loss as to where to begin. In this article, I provide you a few tips in getting started.
Back to School Preparation for All Ages
Summer will be over soon and it will then be time to prepare your children for the beginning of the school year. Laurie Hurley, educational consultant gives some great tips for easing the transition from summertime to school time.
Do we introduce computers to children?
When should we start the process of introducing children to computers? Is the technology good or evil for the learning process? Joel Josephson from Kindersite Project gives some insight on this topic.
Teach Your Child Phonological Awareness
Phonological awareness skills are key to reading success.
Phonological awareness is an important foundation for learning to read. Scientific research has documented that phonological awareness is a better predictor of reading success than IQ, vocabulary, or socioeconomic level of the family.
Research has shown that children who begin reading instruction with sufficiently developed phonological awareness understand the instruction better, master the alphabetic principle …
Teach Your Child The Alphabet
One of the first steps in becoming a successful reader is to learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet. The alphabetic principle teaches that spoken language is represented by written words that are made up of varying combinations of letters, and that these letters and combinations of them make up all of the sounds in spoken language. Attaching sounds to these letters and learning to write them paves the way to successful reading and writing.
Learning to say their ABC…
Three Keys To Teaching Your Child The Alphabet
Learning the alphabet is a key part of your child’s education especially when it comes to learning to read and write. It is important that children learn not only to recite the letters in order, but also to recognize letters out of sequence. In addition, after mastering basic recognition, children will need to learn the sounds each letter represents and how to write it.
While many parents recognize how important learning the alphabet is to their child they are not always s…
When should you begin teaching your child to read?
It is never too early to begin teaching your child to read, or at least laying the foundation for early literacy skills, and it can definitely be left too late
When, What and How Do You Begin Teaching Your Preschooler
One of the most important things you can do for your child is to offer an environment rich in learning opportunities. If you give your child the opportunity to learn then he will learn — it really is as simple as that.
When, What, and How You Should Teach Your Preschooler
One of the most important things you can do for your child is to offer an environment rich in learning opportunities. If you give your child the opportunity to learn then he will learn — it really is as simple as that.
Why You Should Read To Your Child
As a parent you have many important priorities when it comes to your child. You need to keep your child safe, healthy, and loved. In today’s hectic world, we often spend so much time engaged on those priorities we forget another important area — mental stimulation. As parents we need to engage our children’s minds as well as their bodies in order for them to grow and learn. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is through reading.
There are a number of reasons why you…
Teaching Your Child How To Track Helps Early Literacy
Developing tracking skills is key to your child’s literacy development. Tracking in reading is the ability to follow a line of type across a page from left to right and from the top of the page to the bottom.