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Making Choices Builds Brain Power
As working adults, we know that when our employer allows us to make choices within reasonable parameters, we feel more positive about our job, our boss, and our own capabilities and value. We have more enthusiasm, energy and creativity on the job as a result. We aren’t the only ones affected in this way, children [...]
Games and Activities to Develop Your Baby’s Brain
Unstructured play with your baby is wonderful, nurturing, and pleasing for parent and child. However, some games are not only enjoyable but help to develop your baby’s brain. Here are a few examples you will want to explore with your baby: Babies love to play Patty-cake! Not only are they enjoying the social interaction and [...]
Impact of Longevity Project for Teachers
“The Longevity Project” though not a “how-to book” for teachers, has made some findings we as teachers need to consider and implement in our classrooms.
Brain Development and Language Acquisition
In the last decade, brain researchers have uncovered much information about the brain’s energy, structure, and functions by means of Ultrasound, MRI, CAT, PET and EEG. They call these studies of the brain Neuroscience research, and they have determined that the brain is not only responsible for thinking, but for a person’s actions and emotions [...]
How to Increase Your Reader’s Comprehension
Question: I am the English speaking grandparent of a bilingual second grader who is a fluent speaker in both languages, and who can read very well orally in English, but cannot answer questions or tell me very much about what she has read. Her mom’s second language is English; so I have been asked to [...]
Ready, Set, Read!
Parents of young children have many worthy goals; one most certainly being that they would get an excellent education. Reading is the cornerstone of this goal. The following are some actions that you can take to insure that your child becomes a successful reader. Every day set aside 30 minutes to read to and with [...]
Building Comprehension by Reading Aloud
Question: My granddaughter in second grade is having real difficulty with reading comprehension. Her mom and dad are both so busy with their business and three younger children. They have no extra time. I would really like to help her and need some suggestions on how best to work with her. I am not a [...]
Getting Off To a Good Start on School Days
As much as we try, some mornings are disorganized and hectic with lost items, accusations, flaring tempers, crying or yelling. What can we do to avoid the chaos so that we can send our children off to school in good moods and ready to learn? Look at the calendar – well before bedtime, make sure [...]
Reading To Your Baby
From the day your baby is born, she or he starts learning. All of the conversations and interactions that you verbalize while caring for your baby, playing with him and singing songs and lullabies help to develop his language skills. When you read with your infant, you encourage a love of reading and books from [...]
How To Make This A Successful School Year
The school year is in full swing by now; you have been to an open house and a conference about your son or daughter’s progress in the first grading period. Bravo! This shows your child and his teacher that his education is very important to you! You may be a “Reading Mom or Dad” once [...]
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