Below: Teaching problem solving strategies for kids is a fantastic way to ensure that our children can face difficult tasks and decisions with confidence, both as children and when they become adults. In the course of their lives, our kids are going to come across many situations that require problem solving. From something as simple […]
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Simple Tricks to Improve Your Child’s Brain Function
Below: There are many things you can do to help improve your child’s brain function. Here are some simple tips and tricks. People use cognitive skills on a daily basis by making decisions, processing information, and learning new things. All children can benefit from these skills, and even those with weaker abilities can learn to greatly […]
Ripple Effects: Teaching Kids to Understand the Consequences of Their Actions
“It’s not my fault!” Few words to come out of the mouths of children are as frustrating to parents as those ones. We want our kids to take responsibility for their actions, but often their instinct is to ‘deny deny deny.” Teaching our kids to take responsibility is a process that takes time and patience, […]
How to Get Your Child Talking After School
School is well underway and our children are gone for many hours at a time. When you finally see your little one walking out of school or getting off the bus, all sorts of questions are probably running through your mind. Did you learn something new? Did you make a friend? Did you eat your […]
One Simple Way to Teach Our Children to Be Giving
As parents, we all have similar goals for our children. We want them to be happy and healthy. We want them to be successful at something they love. We want them to be kind and to make the world a better place, even if it’s in some small way right in their own neighborhood. In […]
Activities To Strengthen Working Memory For Kids
Below: What working memory is, why it’s important, and how you can improve it to help your child get ready for kindergarten. How do you define kindergarten readiness? Knowing ABC’s, numbers, shapes, and colors? Getting along with others? Having self-help skills? All of the above? While teachers would love children to come into school with […]
Get Up and Go! How Physical Play Improves Learning
Below: Do you want your child to get the most out of their instructional time at school? Maybe they need more recess! Here’s how physical play improves learning: Think back to your childhood. How did you spend your time? Where did you spend your time? Although each answer might be unique, there would also be plenty […]
Nine Tactile Activities For Kids Entering Kindergarten
When children begin kindergarten, they start spending a lot of their day doing fine motor activities. Each of these skills, from coloring to cutting and everything in between, takes practice and skill to develop. To help your child transition smoothly, you can help her develop tactile skills at home. A tactile skill is anything that […]
The Surprising Effects of Helicopter Parenting
Guest post by Lauren Cormier When was the last time you sent your kids outside, then lost track of their whereabouts for several hours? What’s that? Never? I know I certainly haven’t. Even the woods behind our home, the ones our three kids are always eager to explore, seem like something I should keep off-limits. My […]
Get Your Child Ready to Read With These Teaching Strategies
All parents know that one of the major focuses during the first year of school is reading and literacy, and while most parents want to give their child the strongest possible start when it comes to school, sometimes they’re at a loss for how to get their child ready to read. Teaching something like reading can […]
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