A little over a year ago, I took my daughter to Disney World in Orlando Florida. It was going to be a long drive (about 22 hours) so I googled tips on taking kids on road trips. I read a ton of different parent recommendations. Many recommendations went something like this: "Of course they have their Leapster, but besides that we...." At this point I had never even heard of a Leapster, but I was intrigued since it seemed like such a popular choice for many, almost like a given. Upon ...
Writing Stories With Preschoolers
Writing stories with preschoolers can be a fun and memorable experience. My 3 year old daughter loves to draw pictures and I've been encouraging her to tell me a story about them. I've been typing her story as she dictates it to me. They are usually crazy funny as her thoughts aren't all connected but I do notice improvement with connecting thoughts with each passing story. I often email her stories to different friends and family. She likes this and it motivates her to want to ...
Teaching Your Preschooler To Read – Part 2
So I'm hoping that you were able to try the picture flashcards in Part 1 and you're convinced that your child is ready to begin this journey we call reading. Let me tell you about a series of books that I absolutely recommend for teaching a child to read. Many of you might have already heard of it as it's not new. In fact, it's the series of books my mom taught me to read with when I was young, and now I've been using them to teach my daughter with. It's called the "Ladybird Key Words ...
Teaching Your Preschooler To Read – Part 1
I know there is a big group out there that believe we shouldn't teach preschoolers to read. I'm saving that subject for another blog post. If you are of the group that would like to teach your young child to read but not sure if they're ready, or not sure how to go about it, then this post is for you. Let me start by saying, your child, fairly effortlessly, learns one or more languages in the first few years of their life. With that in mind, learning to read doesn't seem so far ...
Making math fun….on the Computer!
What's more fun than math on a computer for holding the attention of a young learner! My daughter loves doing math on the computer. One website I found particularly helpful is: http://ca.ixl.com/ Yes it is a subscription based website, and no I don't get any payment of any kind for my suggestion. I genuinely just like it, but more importantly my daughter does. You can use it to a limited extent without paying for the yearly subscription. I believe you can do 20 questions a day without a ...
