Rhyming is an important building block for your child’s success in learning language and reading. Rhyming helps young children learn how language works. They can hear the rhythm and flow of language. It also allows them to play with language in a fun way. My children always loved to take a familiar rhyme or song and change the words to go with something we were talking about or learning. Sometimes we just changed the words for fun and to be silly.
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21 Games and Activities for Learning Letters
Learning letters is very important to being able to read. Children need to be able to identify the letter and the sound that is associated with the letter in order to be able to read. It is important to start early, even infants learn from the conversation and vocabulary you are providing them, with no expectation for your little to identify or remember the letters. You just point out letters to them as you are walking through the store or reading a book. It is planting the language and knowledge for your child. Now, when to start and where to start and how to make it fun? Keep reading for…
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How to Use a Garden for Learning
Gardening was always a favorite way to spend time with my dad when I was little. I loved to plant seeds and plants and trees. I just loved being out there and talking with my dad as we “played” in the dirt or collected the fruits of our labors. What I didn’t realize was that the whole time I was out there I was learning academic materials, such as science, math, and literacy, I was learning social and family skills as well. I was also learning that we can produce our own food, and boy did it taste so much better than the food we bought from the store. I…
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Spring Has Sprung, Fun Activities Inside and Out
Spring is such a beautiful time of year, the sun warms us, flowers bloom, grass turns green, the leaves return. The earths rebirth is abounding. There is so much to look forward to. However, mother nature loves to play games too. One day it is warm, the next is cold, it rains, snows, it may even feel like summer. You never know what you will be able to do from one day to the next. Some days your plans are ruined because of the weather and you are left thinking now what can we do besides sitting in the house on another rainy day. Don’t get me wrong it is…
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Easter Egg Fun and Learning too!
Have you ever had a ton of leftover plastic Easter eggs and you don’t know what to do with them? Children get so excited over those little plastic eggs and they love to play with them. What a better time, then now to use those eggs to help them learn. You can use them for very simple activities for your toddler to more advance activities for your first grade child. Get ready to have a lot of fun with those little plastic eggs and watch your littles enjoy learning with this Easter favorite.
