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- 7 Vital Tips to Stimulate Learning in Children By Ian Tham
Here are 7 tips to foster learning in your child.
1. Nothing motivates a child more than a reward. Reward them for their achievement. Know what your child likes. Use it as a carrot to spur them to greater heights. It doesn't have to cost a lot. An inexpensive toy would heighten his interest too.
2. When you begin to teach a child, you can use games as a starting point to entice him. For example, scrabble and Hangman are games that will teach them spelling and yet provides so much fun for t…
- Labeling is Disabling: Achieving Congruent Communication By Azriel Winnett
A small town, somewhere in the world, was managed by a town council of seven or eight members.
The council normally met once a week. One member - let's call him Bill - would invariably stroll intothe council chamber exactly ten minutes after the time scheduled for the meeting.
For Bill's fellow councilors, this seemingly inconsiderate practice was very disruptive. At first, since Bill was known to be an extremely busy professional, they were prepared to assume that he
had been unavoida…
- Teaching Kids to Read By Lance Winslow
We are all so very happy to see that the First Lady has made reading a renewed priority for our country. The literacy issue is a big one. Kids are being passed year after year and still not able to read in High School. One issue, which is quite evident is the incredible turn over of teachers. There is a 50% attrition rate of teachers in Five years. This is somewhat similar to Corporate America too, but why are the teachers who have studied hard to specifically become teachers calling it quits?…
- Parenting Strategy, One of the Worst Ever! By Jean Tracy
Some parents rush to serve every squeak and squawk from their kids. "I can't let my child feel pain!" said one dad. Parents, if you are giving way too much, find out why your parenting strategy may be one of the worst strategies ever.I remember counseling with a teenager and her mom. The young girl sassed and criticized her principal, her teachers, and her family. She yelled if any of them said:"Do your chores.""Do your homework.""You can't "hang out" with your friends."Her mother revealed how…
- 10 Ways You Can Advocate For Your Child With A Learning Disability By Sandy Gauvin
Did you know that you are the most important person in your child’s life? Of course you did.
But did you know that parents of children with learning disabilities can also be their child’s most effective advocate.
What exactly is an advocate? An advocate is someone who speaks up for someone else, or who acts on behalf of another person. As a parent, you know your child better than anyone else, and you are in the best position to speak for him and act on his behalf.
Here are 10 ways you can d…
- THE NEW SCHOOL VISIT: 5 Things to Look For By Dee Davis
Today the little red school house is not what it use to be, and along with changes in how our schools are funded, how they are governed, how teachers teach and how children learn, it’s no surprise that many large urban school districts and smaller rural ones are undergoing major modifications. Parents are bombarded with advice from every media venue telling them to look at private education, consider a religious environment, and reminding them that “choice” or charter schools are the way to g…
- From Children's Stories to Study Skills: Help Your Children Succeed in School By Barbara Freedman-De Vito
IntroductionAs a parent who wants the best for your children, there are
undoubtedly many things that you already do every day to
help your children succeed in school. The purpose of this
article is to provide some practical ideas for you to try. Some
of these suggestions may be new to you, many will be
familiar, and some are just plain common sense but,
hopefully, they will all serve as reminders of the many
simple steps you can take that are too often taken for
granted or forgotten ab…
- Let Your Children Help You Prepare for the Big Move By Barbara Freedman-De Vito
INTRODUCTION AND INTUITIONAre you and your children moving house soon ? If you're
moving to a new town or a new region, it can be rough on
your children as they may feel uprooted and disoriented.
Your children lose the comfort and security of the world they
know - from their private spaces to their more public places:
their bedroom, their house, their yard, their neighborhood,
their school, their local park, their town and so forth. Worst of
all, they lose regular contact with their fri…
- Think Like Your Kids - And Understand Them More! By Frank McGinty
Seven-year old Michael was on a school trip to a Wildlife
Centre in Central Scotland. It was near the end of the day
and they were in the Gift Shop before boarding the bus for
the journey home.Poor Michael! He couldn't resist the array of lollipops and
chocolate animals that beckoned to him. He chose one and was
about to pay for it with his last few pennies.His teacher, a kindly soul with not long before retirement,
noticed him. "Have you bought something for your Mum yet,
Michael?"Michael l…
- Baptisms And Alternative Ways To Hold A Naming Ceremony By Tony Luck
Traditionally, babies have been named at a christening/baptism. Most still are, but increasingly parents are choosing an alternative, non-religious ceremony.There are three types of service available at a Church.
The traditional Infant Baptism (which most people call a 'christening'), here the parents declare the child to be a follower of Jesus Christ;
A service of Dedication, when the parents make promises about the upbringing of their child - these services are common in Baptist churche…
- How to Parent Your Teen Effectively By Garrett Coan
Maintain CommunicationEven though teens need to separate from their parents during adolescence, they also need to know that the safety net of home and family is always there for them. If the lines of communication are shut down, they are not yet capable of surviving emotionally; they need support and input. Let’s take a look at a few guidelines for keeping the lines of communication open between parents and teenagers.1. Pay attention to the small things along with the significant things. If yo…
- Fun Things To Do At Home With Children By Jane Bishop
Having seven children - five of them boys - they love spending time outside getting muddy. However as the nights draw in and the weather becomes wetter and colder outside play has to be cut to a minimum most days. The problem with staying inside to play though means that the first choice is either watching television or playing on the play station. Not wanting to encourage too much ‘couchpotatoism’ in my children I have to keep lots of fun and entertaining ideas up my sleeve to entice them awa…
- Online Education - Parents Who's Children Come 1st By Kathleen Carr
Well mums and dads it looks like the days of the abacus is now a thing of the past. Remember how we would sit for hours teaching the children how to count with rows of coloured balls and how we would scroll down every sentence of the famous Janet and John book when teaching the kiddies to read. Just teaching the toddlers how to hold a pencil was an ordeal.We all want what is best for our children, but trying to self educate them can be very time consuming for the busy working mum or dad
There…
- A New Dad To Be? Deer in the headlights? By Wilhelmina Jones
Ok. So you’re a dad to be. If you’re like most men, this can be a scary situation. We go through so many emotions and sometimes we don’t know what to think or how to react. Some men get very enthusiastic but then still go through the emotional roller coaster.Take heart, your not alone. You’re experiencing what man before you has experienced for thousands of years. You’d think that by now a job description would have been past down through the ages and to some degree it has through being …
- Parenting: How to Get Both Parents on the Same Page By Jeff Herring
Q. My spouse and I cannot agree on how to raise our kids. I think my spouse is too strict and my spouse thinks I am too lenient. Meanwhile, the kids are getting away with everything. What can we do?A. This is an excellent and all-too-common question. So, in typical therapist fashion, I'm going to begin my answer with a question.Where in the world did we get the idea that two parents have to agree on every aspect of parenting? Somehow, we are supposed to believe that two separate individuals, w…
- 5 Simple Steps Guaranteed To Allow You To Spend More Time With Your Children This Summer By Dr. Charles Sophy
Look around: Your kids are counting sleeps until the last day of school, the local outdoor swimming pool is open, and the temperature has sky-rocketed. Summer is here! Are you still stuck in your winter routine? The one filled with rushing around to after school programs, play dates and endless birthday parties. Do you still feel the pressure of hurrying your kids to catch the school bus and rushing out after them to deliver the lunch that little Amanda forgot on the table? Summer is here…
- Let's Not Hurry Children Through Childhood By Michael Grose
Have you ever experienced one of those days when you wanted to return to the carefree days of childhood when your biggest worry was how you could con your parents into staying up a little longer at night. Have you ever thought that you would like to be a child once more when the biggest decision for the day was choosing which topping put on your ice cream?While this worry-free existence maybe idealised, there is little doubt that most parents want to capture this carefree, happy feeling for th…
- Let Your Child Get Dirty It's Essential for Physical and Mental Development By Charles Kassotis
Are you still following your child around worrying that they might stain their clothes? Do you forbid playing outside because they might get dirty? Do you see germs and infections in every step they take? Are you trying to keep away friendly dogs or cute kittens because they might be disease carriers?Do any of the sentences above represent your attitude towards your child? If yes, you must reconsider. Depriving your child of physical contact with the "Dirty, Outside World" is bad for its healt…
- Cheating to Win? By Mario Campeau
Are you ready to cheat to win? Are you those which believe that the end justifies the means and that it is necessary to do everything to win? I am not talking about the use of steroids or any other illegal act. No, I am talking about the small cheating that we make and which, sometimes, seems to be part of the game. Indeed, who never gave a small kick on its golf ball or 'forgot' to count a penalty? Hmmm? Who never pretended a fault in basketball after loosing the ball to influence the ref…
- The Laid Back Parents Guide to Teaching Your Child to Read By Carrie Lauth
At first I thought of titling this article "The Lazy Parent's Guide" but
then I realized that most parents aren't lazy, but they may have a
slightly different philosophy about children and learning.If you're a big reader yourself or if you're homeschooling, you're
probably concerned about how to teach your child to read. Reading
is one of the most important skills a person can learn, and a great joy in life.My laid-back methods of teaching a child to read:1) Be a reader yourselfChildren na…
- Public Schools Can Cripple Your Children's Ability To Read By Joel Turtel
For many adults, reading a book or newspaper seems effortless. Yet reading effortlessly comes from constant use of basic skills learned at an early age. Once children learn these basic skills, they can eventually read complex books like War and Peace.What are these skills? To read, one must recognize thousands of words. Since all English words are built from only twenty-six letters, the huge task of recognizing letters and their sounds and putting them together to form words becomes greatly si…
- Discipline on My Mind By Clive Price
I look out of the window as I am writing this. It is home time and mums are collecting their children from the local primary school. I see and hear harassed mums shouting “come here” (no response); “get down from there” (no response); “if you do that again you’ll get a slap” (no response; no slap). And what am I writing about? Discipline!What does that word discipline conjure up in your mind? For many of us it provokes a picture of punishments and the control of others through the threat of pu…
- Picky Eater Kid Nutritional Guidelines By Jason Katzenback
Although many children are picky eaters at some stage in their lives, the experts say not to worry. Unless you are feeding him or her chips and cookies three times each day, these children will most likely meet their weekly nutritional quotas.However, if you are concerned about their developmental progress, make an appointment with their pediatrician for confirmation. In the meantime, you may want to include a multivitamin in your child's daily diet to balance his intake of nutrients.Instead…
- Managing Tantrums in Autism Spectrum Disorders – When Consistency Doesn't Work By Sandra Sinclair
When dealing with tantrums and difficult behaviors in autism spectrum disorders, using behavioral approaches alone can sometimes fail. What is the missing piece to managing these behaviors that a behavioral approach alone may not address?To start, we need to look at the reasons for behavior. According to behavioral approaches, most of the behavior we see results from one of three reasons: a request, seeking attention, or a sensory reason. Let’s look deeper at these three reasons for behavior a…
- Ten Reasons to Tell your Kids Stories By Mark Brandenburg
In today’s busy world, many parents have lost the
art of telling their stories to their kids. Here are
ten reasons why these stories are so beneficial:1. Use them to teach lessons about life.Stories will stimulate conversations with your
kids more effectively than lecturing or “trying to
get them to talk. There are a lot of issues happening
for your kids these days, and stories give them a
chance to reflect on them.2. Stories connect your kids with previous
generations.In a society that see…
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