Nov. 19, 2021
Ensuring children develop their handwriting skills is important not just for their educational progress, but also for their ability to express themselves and communicate with others.
As children grow up, their desire to communicate by mark-making advances, and there are many tools and techniques you can adopt during their early attempts to do so. Whether you are a child’s parent or guardian, caregiver or teacher there are many ways you can support the little writer. Let’s dive into some of them.
Nov. 18, 2021
There’s a woman in my neighborhood who runs a home daycare. I often see her attending to five or so children, sometimes on a trip to the wading pool, or on a nature walk. Never a tantrum, never a tear, everything about her brood is always calm and joyful. One day I had to ask her how she does it. She told me, “I have three words for you. Routines, routines, routines.” This article tells you about building the routines for your child and why it is important.
Nov. 17, 2021
Are your child’s sleeping problems creating havoc in your home? Does your child’s caregiver or teacher inform you that they have trouble concentrating at school or seem to always be tripping over their own feet? Have you noticed that they tend to doze off on the way home, or cranky or irritable with family members? Many of these symptoms can indicate that your child isn’t receiving enough sleep according to their age. Children ages one to three need 12-14 hours of sleep per day (including naps), ages three to five need 10-13 hours per day, and ages six to twelve need 9-12 hours.
Nov. 11, 2021
Parents often notice that the toddler's speech is clear only to them. Other toddlers and people around them do not understand it. It means the toddler's speech delays in its development in comparison with the peers` speech. Read more to get to know what the delayed speech development is and how to avoid it.
Oct. 28, 2021
When I was in secondary school, I had a classmate, Rio, who my friends and I didn’t like. She was the smallest in the class, a bit friendly but she was really shy and often alone. She was never part of any group, we never accepted Rio to our circle. One time, our teacher asked us to write an essay, so I grabbed her work and read it to the whole class. Everyone started laughing, and I felt great because we were having fun. However, I never realized what I did to her — not until I experienced the same thing, and worse.
Sept. 29, 2021
In this blog, we will be exploring the issue of dysgraphia. We will find out what it is exactly, and what it is not and share practical tips on how to recognize if your child or student is experiencing this problem. You will also be provided with information on ways to support your young learner and help them develop and thrive academically in spite of any writing issues they may have.
Sept. 21, 2021
There has been a lot of research since the 19th century about how and why children develop a dominant hand. The capacity to be ambidextrous - use both hands equally - has also been a topic of much debate because there are so few individuals exhibiting this trait. In this article, you will find out the facts about and possible reasons for being left-handed or right-handed and the phenomenon of being ambidextrous.
Sept. 16, 2021
Speech and language are an important part of every child’s development, this is a way to communicate, understand, express, and develop relationships. Speech delay may affect the child’s learning and socialization skills. Continue reading to find out the levels of child's speech development according to their age.
Sept. 13, 2021
Toddler`s speech development at the age of 2‑3 is characterized by a number of distinctive features, in which several parameters can be conditionally distinguished. Continue reading to find out more about these parameters and exercises you may apply to enhance your young kid's speech development.
Sept. 7, 2021
Stress, worry, irritation, and frustration may all be triggered by situations that require emotional self-regulation. Anxiety can affect neurodivergent learners' ability to understand and use communication, as well as their ability to deal with sensory input, working memory, the flexibility of thinking, and social imagination. Individualized coping techniques are therefore required, taking into consideration the learner's skills, preferences, and familiarity with a particular setting.