Littles love to learn about numbers. They love to count and compare items with more, less and equal. Learning to identify them is one thing and usually comes fairly quickly, but they also need to know that each number has meaning. They even need to know that zero means nothing. It is hard to think down to that level of learning numbers after you have worked with numbers for so long, it seems so self explanatory, but it isn’t. Our littles need to learn that each number is different and means something different. Continue to read to find fun ways to help littles learn about numbers.
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Rhyme Time with Your Little
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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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.