Discipline is on an opportunity to teach not to reprimand! This statement says it best:Watch for upcoming tips on positive discipline! A torn jacket is soon mended. But harsh words bruise the heart of a child. Henry WadsworthLongfellow
This is a great reminder of some very special things we should say to our children! Hope you enjoy as much as I did....."With our busy, day to day lives, sometimes it is easy to forget to be really present and 'talk' to our children. Of course they know we love them, but sometimes we [...]
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!25 Tips to Encourage Literacy In Young Children: Babble back to your infantsEncourage conversationTeach site words – McDonalds, Lucky Charms, BarneySpeak another languageEncourage drawing and inventive spellingScript what they say about the drawings – write their story and make it into a bookFall in love with language, rhymes, songs and role model readingLabel [...]
Kangaroo Kids Kindergarten Class created their very own Chinese New Year Celebration with their language teacher Cynthia Yu. Preschoolers through Kindergarten children at Kangaroo Kids Child Care and Learning Center have weekly lessons in Mandarin Chinese from Cynthia. This month they celebrated the Year of the Snake Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival. [...]
5 Ways to Encourage a Love of LearningRead, read, read to your child for at least 15 minutes every day. If your child is older take turns reading — you read one page, he or she reads the next — or establish a family reading time when everyone reads their own book. Encourage your child [...]
Here are a few tips from the website Safety at Home to help you have a happy and safe summer season! Summer is the time for outdoor cookouts, pool parties and backyard play dates – not a time for bandaging scrapes, nursing burns – or worse. Learn these important summer safety tips and make sure [...]
As teachers and parents life can get very hectic in this fast paced world! Social media has added another dimension to steal time from our schedules! Here are some great tips for getting your inbox systems under control! By Sally McGhee, Consultant and Productivity Expert (original article at http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/manageinfo/email.mspx) Do you have an effective way to [...]
Research has shown that Nursery Rhymes help children become better readers. Nursery rhymes make literacy fun for children as well as introducing them to new sounds and words. Rhyming is important in developing phonemic awareness in children! The repetitious nature of nursery rhymes allows children to memorize basic structures and patterns necessary to master the [...]
Can’t find a paint brush to paint at home? Use a quip tip!
In the Waddler Room children enjoyed water adventures! Water play is good for children’s physical, cognitive, & social-emotional growth. When children pour water, they improve their physical dexterity & eye-hand coordination. By playing with others they develop social skills. They explore why certain objects sink in water and others float. Children learn concepts such as [...]
