•How Do You Learn?
When I was in junior high and high school I really had to work hard to earn good grades. Then my freshman year in high school I made a marvelous discovery. I learned how to study.
I had been practising good study habits for years, but the problem was that the methods I had been taught were not the most effective for my particular learning style. When I discovered, quite by accident, the methods that were the best match for my individual learning style the difference was immediately apparent....
•Learning The Alphabet: Why It Is So Important For Children
What is the alphabet and why is it important for our children to learn it? The alphabet is simply a collection of letters and sounds. Most of us cannot even remember a time when we did not know our letters so it sounds almost absurd to worry about how to teach it to our children. Yet, the ABCs are the building blocks of language. In order to become literate, our children must be able to recognize each letter, both in order and out of order, as well as the sounds connected with that letter....
•Family Fun: Why You Should Learn Magic Tricks To Perform Your Own Magic Show
If you are looking for family fun then you should consider learning some free magic tricks. Perhaps with some practice you could even put on your own magic show. There are three good reasons why you should learn magic tricks: it is a great way to entertain your family at home and it is a great stress reliever, children love magic and illusion, and it can really save you money.
First, learning magic tricks and magic illusions could be a fun and relaxing hobby. We all know that in today's...
•When Should You Begin Teaching Your Child To Read?
It is never too early to begin teaching your child to read, or at least laying the foundation for early literacy skills, and it can definitely be left too late!
If you are not sure then think about this. Statistically, more American children suffer long-term life-long harm from the process of learning to read than from parental abuse, accidents, and all other childhood diseases and disorders combined. In purely economic terms, reading related difficulties cost our nation more than the war on...
•Why You Should Read To Your Child
As a parent you have many important priorities when it comes to your child. You need to keep your child safe, healthy, and loved. In today's hectic world, we often spend so much time engaged on those priorities we forget another important area -- mental stimulation. As parents we need to engage our children's minds as well as their bodies in order for them to grow and learn. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is through reading.
There are a number of reasons why you should read to your...
•A Mother's Reasons For Choosing Montessori
This is the time of year when the parents of many preschoolers must decide where their child will attend school in the fall. I wanted to take this opportunity to share my experience with Montessori preschool education.
My son is completing his second year in a Montessori preschool program and attended from the age of 3 1/2.
I chose Montessori for several reasons. First, my son is a bright, inquisitive child who already had a sound grounding in recognition of his alphabet, numbers, shapes,...
•Why You Should Laugh More
I have long been a fan of the Reader's Digest Laughter, the Best Medicine column and often suspected that laughter was good for me. After all, I was raised on the mantra the family that laughs together, stays together and my family possesses a long list of in jokes that require nothing more than a catch phrase to crack up the whole clan.
However, now my suspicion that laughter is good for me can actually be backed up by scientific evidence.
Humor can improve memory. This would explain why so...
•Hand-Eye Coordination And Visual Discrimination Key To Literacy
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your child's early literacy development is simply to let them play. Turn off the TV and anything battery operated then let your child pick up their toys, build blocks or duplos, or manipulate puzzles or game pieces. Not only are you giving your child the gift of childhood, something we so often fail to do in today's hectice, achievement-oriented world, but you are actually helping them build skills that are key to learning to read and write.
Hand-eye...
•Why You Need A 3-Tiered Strategy For Article Submission
You've heard a lot about how much writing articles can do for your internet marketing strategy. You now understand how writing articles can help position you as an expert in your field, gain valuable targed traffic for your web site, and quickly multiple your site's text links.
Now you have convinced yourself to take the plunge into article marketing and you have a few articles all lined up and ready to submit -- and you are overwhelmed by the sheer volume and variety of article directories...
•Use Food To Teach Your Child The Alphabet
Teaching your young child the alphabet should be a high priority. Your child should not wait until preschool or kindergarten to learn their letters. Knowledge of their ABCs is one of the prime indicators of reading success for children.
When you work on the alphabet with your child, make sure the child can recognize all the letters of the alphabet both in order and out of sequence plus both upper and lower case. In addition, as the child grows more comfortable with the letters begin...
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