This is a guest post by Tamara Cater. Please see her bio at the bottom. You may be at a point of frustration if you are reading this article and even ready to pull out your hair! You may feel like you tried everything, and you want to put an end to your child’s problematic behavior. In addition, you may be worried that this behavior will affect how your child will fare in school and if they will be successful. Rest assured, you can take control back. It will take persistence and consistency. However, if it turns out that nothing is working even after implementing these tips, consider seeing a…
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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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Earth Day: Don’t Throw Their Future Away!
A Native American Proverb: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children”. This means we need to protect the earth and teach our littles how to protect it as well. There is no better day to start teaching them how to respect and care for the earth than Earth Day. Our earth needs all of us to be more responsible so our children and their children have a place to grow up. It is our responsibility to instill the love for our earth. There are so many ways to be able to involve your littles in caring for the earth. Continue on to…
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Shopping With Your Preschool and Kindergarten Child
Shopping with an early learner can be easier than when shopping with a toddler. Meltdowns are much less likely. You can begin to reason with your child and they can become truly helpful. This can be a relief after the toddler phase.
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Raising Readers
Does your child have a favorite book? Do they want to read it all the time. You are ready to burn the book, but wouldn’t because they love it so much. Only to have a few weeks later they find another book they want to read all the time. Welcome to the preschooler. Preschoolers get something out of every reading of the same book. Enjoy this time with them, they are very inquisitive, and ready to learn all there is to know about reading. When my youngest son was 3 years old I heard him crying in his room. I went to his room and found him sitting on his…
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Toddlers and Shopping, Oh My!
Surviving the shopping trip with your toddler.
