Teaching & Homeschool Articles - Page 5

Teaching children about community should begin from a very young age. For toddlers and preschoolers, their knowledge about the world around them is very limited, often to their family, teachers, and the people they see on a regular basis. As they reach kindergarten, kids must broaden their worldview to learn about the wider community. In doing so, they do much more than merely gain knowledge; they nurture their social and emotional learning by feeling a sense of belonging and purpose. 

In educational times today, it’s important to make sure that young learners have strong foundational skills early on. Text analysis is one  skill that can significantly enhance reading comprehension as well as critical thinking. In this guide, we will  demonstrate how to reinforce text analysis in emerging readers, specifically kindergarten students, through text comparison using Kids Academy's Classroom tool and Talented & Gifted Online program.

Ask any second grader about the hardest part of math, and most are likely to say word problems. Word problems are tough because so many things can go wrong when trying to solve them. Children who already struggle to read will find this type of math problem extra challenging. Even those who excel in reading might find math phrases and concepts tricky. Many students lack the focus to connect all these skills together, from reading them to figuring out which operation to use before finally following through to solve it. Add a notoriously tough math concept like subtraction, and one can see why these problems are so daunting!

Kids Academy is constantly striving to bring teachers and families new, innovative ways to make teaching and learning easier and more efficient. Two possible solutions include Kids Academy Classroom and Talented and Gifted Online, both of which are digital tools to reinforce learning and skills practice. 

At Kids Academy, we understand how crucial it is that children get a healthy balance of both rest and academic practice to support stress relief while preventing learning loss. This year, Summer Camp 2024 is offering you summer-long access to our Talented and Gifted app as well as Talented and Gifted Online and Kids Academy website resources at a sizzling price that you won’t find the rest of the year!

This way, your little learner can customize their summer learning by utilizing interactive, bite-sized lessons and activities, or take on a more comprehensive course depending on their needs. Read on to find out the details!

During their first school year, grade K, children learn the basics of operations with numbers, such as counting groups of objects and counting forward and backward along a number line. When it comes to addition and subtraction, by the end of the year learners should master single digit addition, subtraction, and follow multi-step directions in word problems. 

If you’re not sure where to start their addition and subtraction journey, let’s explore the milestones that all early math learners must master, along with helpful simple worksheets that they can use for practice. 

As technology becomes more integrated into the classroom, a growing concern of parents and educators alike  is the increasing amount of time children spend in front of screens. Not only do students use technology in most assignments they complete  in the classroom, homework is more often than not, digital as well. And while there are benefits of digital homework, in the end it is not adding to the problem of excessive screen time. In this article we'll consider various strategies parents and educators can use to leverage homework as a tool to reduce screen time.

Because the math that 5 and 6-year-olds learn is so crucial to their developing skills, it’s important that parents and teachers have a strong idea of a child’s strengths and weaknesses. The easiest way to get it is to assess their knowledge regularly using a quiz or test. However, it’s understandable that to some quizzing a 6-year-old might seem boring and unmotivating. That’s where Kids Academy comes in to save the day! We provide short, targeted quizzes that feel more like solving a puzzle than completing a math problem. By playing with gamified quizzes, kids have fun while working hard, and parents get the feedback they need to monitor learning. Read the article to learn more!

Learning to read different types of graphs is a crucial skill for early learners. After all, graphs are powerful visual tools that help children understand and interpret data, fostering critical thinking and analytical skills. Early in elementary school, students are typically introduced to graphs through tally charts as early as kindergarten. By the time they reach nine years old, it’s important that students learn to read and analyze different types of graphs.

While it may seem as though data analysis is a boring skill to learn, with a little bit of creativity, graphs can be an enjoyable skill for students to master, especially when they experience relevant, hands-on practice. Let’s explore the different types of graphs your little data analyst needs to learn and the best strategies to use to teach each kind.

When we think of the fundamental components of language overall and  reading in particular, we should pay special attention to the skill of rhyming. Educators confirm that learning rhymes remains one of the most effective and engaging ways to assist a child in their language growth.

With the help of rhymes, children learn to understand the phonemic structure of words, which ultimately leads to improved reading and spelling skills.

What are the best techniques to make the acquisition of this fundamental skill an enjoyable experience for kids in first grade? In this article, we will look at some teacher-proofed methods and tools, including games and rhyming worksheets.

In our increasingly digital world, it may seem as though the value of writing has diminished, especially when considering a rising need for students to learn to type.  However, despite the proliferation of computers and mobile devices, the act of writing remains a critical skill that has a profound effect on a child’s cognitive development, including reading acquisition and fluency. This doesn’t mean that the benefits of technology can’t be harnessed to enhance a child’s writing skills; rather, young learners must practice the fine motor skills necessary for proper writing development.