Check with your child’s school. Many participate with a pre-packaged supply site such as Desktop School Supplies or Schoolpak. You can order all your supplies at once online, and save a trip to the store. Plus, such sites provide something back to your child’s school – often free supplies for teachers, etc.   If your school doesn’t, […]
Children start school with different degrees of social and emotional maturity. These qualities take time and practice to learn. Give your child opportunities at home to begin to develop the following positive qualities. — Confidence: Children must feel good about themselves and believe they can succeed. Confident children are more willing to attempt new tasks—and […]
 Good Health and Physical Well-Being  My child: ___     Eats a balanced diet ___     Gets plenty of rest ___     Receives regular medical and dental care ___     Has had all the necessary immunizations ___     Runs, jumps, plays outdoors and does other activities that help develop his large muscles and provide exercise ___     Works puzzles, scribbles, colors, […]
Children are eager learners from the very start. And from the start, they learn in the context of important relationships. Parents are in a unique position to help their children develop learning and thinking skills. Other caring adults, including grandparents, caregivers, and teachers, can help as well. Â Learning at Home Children’s thinking and reasoning […]
 I won’t keep you in suspense: the secret is the “fun factor.” Put simply, kids will work tirelessly if the work is gratifying — that is, if it’s fun! That doesn’t mean all play and little work leads to academic success; far from it. What it does mean is that each child’s own perspective about […]
 Inspire her thirst for knowledge inside — and outside — of school.  If you want your child to be a stellar student, don’t limit learning to the walls of his classroom. Although the skills he’s learning there are crucial to his intellectual and social growth, your child needs your help to really “open […]
Over two decades after Howard Gardner identified multiple intelligences in his ground-breaking book Frames of Mind (1983), educators around the world are using the theory of multiple intelligences in their classrooms. In some ways, parents and teachers have always intuitively known that children learn in different ways and that an activity that grabs one child may […]
 Children develop mathematical skills and discover mathematical relationships as they play with many different kinds of materials and have conversations about what they are doing. At preschool, look at what is in each interest area for children to use and listen to what they talk about with one another and with teachers.  The […]
