This first step is to lay a strong foundation on which to build your children's education.
Enjoy the bi-weekly articles below.
These sections are organized by age level, but the information is not confined to that age group. Consider looking at other age ranges as well. Also, make sure to check out the Archives.
Enjoy the bi-weekly articles below.
These sections are organized by age level, but the information is not confined to that age group. Consider looking at other age ranges as well. Also, make sure to check out the Archives.
Happy Kids
The time you spend with your young children playing with them. observing them and just enjoying them is a gift for you as a parent right now. Young children are so curious, so eager to learn, especially from you. When you watch your little ones, notice how much they imitate you -- your actions, your words, your attitude.
Help your young children be happy. Find things to smile about, to laugh about. Find funny sayings, rhymes, and songs. Make up your own. Your children will remember your "silliness" for many years, even after you have long forgotten.
Websites Valuable To Help Young Children Learn
Reading is certainly a fundamental skill that all early learners must acquire.
There are also many pre-reading skills that young children can learn, such as holding a book, watching as you read the words left to right, noticing the pictures and what is happening in them, recognizing rhyme (even memorizing simple rhymes), and matching words to pictures of objects and actions. Children learn to see differences in size, color and shape of objects. This points children to see differences in letter formation, the sounds of letters and that letters make words which helps them learn to read words and put them into sentences for reading.
Helping your children to read means you give them the knowledge of everyday happenings and words for everyday actions so that you provide words they can hear and know. When it is time to learn to read, the knowledge of words your children have heard before makes it easier for them to be able to read.
Websites to help you give your children skills for reading are www.themeasuredmom.com in which Anna gives you games, printables and numerous activities to reinforce necessary skills for reading and math. www.thereadingmama.com also guides you in giving your children valuable practice. In www.handsonaswegrow.com, Jamie provides many activities for your pre-schooler to develop skills necessary for learning.
These are just a few, but you will learn others by searching the internet to find just the right source that will work for your own children.
The time you spend with your young children playing with them. observing them and just enjoying them is a gift for you as a parent right now. Young children are so curious, so eager to learn, especially from you. When you watch your little ones, notice how much they imitate you -- your actions, your words, your attitude.
Help your young children be happy. Find things to smile about, to laugh about. Find funny sayings, rhymes, and songs. Make up your own. Your children will remember your "silliness" for many years, even after you have long forgotten.
Websites Valuable To Help Young Children Learn
Reading is certainly a fundamental skill that all early learners must acquire.
There are also many pre-reading skills that young children can learn, such as holding a book, watching as you read the words left to right, noticing the pictures and what is happening in them, recognizing rhyme (even memorizing simple rhymes), and matching words to pictures of objects and actions. Children learn to see differences in size, color and shape of objects. This points children to see differences in letter formation, the sounds of letters and that letters make words which helps them learn to read words and put them into sentences for reading.
Helping your children to read means you give them the knowledge of everyday happenings and words for everyday actions so that you provide words they can hear and know. When it is time to learn to read, the knowledge of words your children have heard before makes it easier for them to be able to read.
Websites to help you give your children skills for reading are www.themeasuredmom.com in which Anna gives you games, printables and numerous activities to reinforce necessary skills for reading and math. www.thereadingmama.com also guides you in giving your children valuable practice. In www.handsonaswegrow.com, Jamie provides many activities for your pre-schooler to develop skills necessary for learning.
These are just a few, but you will learn others by searching the internet to find just the right source that will work for your own children.