For Parents - Page 19

Do you notice your child seems to fall apart when schoolwork gets difficult, seems inattentive and distracted, or you default to repeating yourself over and over? As exhausting as dealing with this as a parent is, your child is showing signs of a working memory operating at capacity – and it’s overflowing.

Is convincing your child to read becoming a daily dispute in your home? You shouldn’t be discouraged because you're not the only parent who struggles with this issue. Reading difficulties can be caused by various circumstances, the majority of which are treatable.

Welcome to another learning adventure for your children, the Second Grammar Learning Bundle from the Kids Academy! It contains lessons that will surely help you cultivate the grammar and communication skills of your kids. This will fuel them to think about concepts, create their own manifestations of learning, apply what they have learned in different yet similar contexts, and reflect on their background knowledge while in the process of acquiring the skills embedded in the current lessons.

As you may guess, Chinese New Year is an essential traditional holiday in China. Chinese New Year historically began on the last day in a Chinese calendar, Chinese New Year's Eve. The holiday usually ends on the fifteenth day of the first month, which is commemorated with the Lantern Festival. This short article will let you dive into the interesting history of the Chinese New Year and its features.

Ensuring a child knows who they are, is comfortable with themselves and is well equipped to deal with life’s difficulties is very important. Although wanting to protect your child from all of life's ups and downs is natural, it is important to recognise that as individuals we all have to experience both the hardships and the enjoyable parts of being a human. Therefore, shielding children from everything, in the long term, isn’t helpful.

By now, you’ve probably seen silly examples that show the importance of correct comma usage like “Let’s eat grandma!” versus the sentence “Let’s eat, grandma!” which show that despite its small structure, the comma is strikingly important to clarifying meaning in a sentence. As displayed in this example, this squiggly, small punctuation mark notates a brief pause that has the power to change the meaning of the entire sentence. Continue reading this article to learn more about commas usage followed by vivid worksheet examples!

Your kids might be fond of stories during spare time or bedtime. You can always use stories to teach a concept and instill values to your children. A story is an opportunity to open learning horizons in both academics and personal development of your kids. Read more to learn how to make nouns "visible" for your kids in stories.

A collective noun is a noun that pertains to a group, which can either be taken as singular or plural depending on whether the members are doing the same thing at a particular time or not. If the members are into one task, the collective noun is taken as singular; if they are not united in doing an action, this noun is considered plural.

We are living in a world of technology, and everyone is glued to their gadgets as we do most things with them. Almost everyone uses Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and now TikTok as a way to communicate with friends and even strangers. There is an age restriction with using these applications, nevertheless, it is easy for anyone to forge their age. Nearly all social media applications require their users to be at least 13 years old – this can be found under the applications’ Terms and Conditions. Age restrictions exist because COPPA law or Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act states that any organizations or people operating online services (including social media services) are not allowed to gather the personal data of anyone under the age of 13 without parental permission.

Dear Reader, we're happy to see you here stepping into 2022 together with Kids Academy and we wish you and your children a fruitful and gracious year full of heart-warming and positively exciting moments!

Are your kid and you ready for the second half of the academic year? Some students might be eager to dive into the learning process again, see their friends and favorite teachers. Others would feel a bit slow and reluctant after the freedom and leisure of the holiday time. Both moods are totally fine, since we're all different. The important thing is to listen to your child, help them be happy and comfortable with the school and support their endeavors.