In the years leading up to kindergarten, your child is building a strong foundation for literacy — and you're supporting that through activities likereading aloud. Before you know it, your child will begin sounding out words. Two of the strongest predictors of future literacy development are ph...
Scholastic shares ideas for classroom activities and lessons inspired by Audrey Penn's 'The Kissing Hand' to get students feeling ready for kindergarten.
And this makes reading books about feelings aloud to toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners an important self-regulation strategy. Reading kids’ books about emotions to children can help them understand them enough to label and appropriately describe their feelings, which is an important first s...
aSome school bus drivers of school buses for more than three decades, they may pick up a family of father, mother, and then pick their children now, and even the driver has been in the transfer of some of the grandchildren in kindergarten. Can be said that school bus drivers are already...
your child may simply recite the last sentence she read instead of giving main points. When this happens it may be that the material was too difficult for your child to understand. Go back and discuss key vocabulary words as well as the concepts. Then read it aloudyourselfand prompt your ...
Help your child prepare for preschool or kindergarten with these great books that talk about all the fun and learning that’s ahead.
“Shyness typically doesn’t just come out of nowhere, and most parents and teachers will take notice in preschool or kindergarten.” Occasionally there is a more serious cause for concern, and if something feels off about your student’s shyness, it’s best to reach out to your student’s...
has taught child psychology at the college level for over 20 years. Before that, Rubman taught kindergarten in the U.K. “It fascinated me how some kindergarteners came in being able to read and others left not being able to read at all,” remembers Rubman. “There’s so much more ...
W: How is little Ed doing at the kindergarten, Jack? M: Oh, he’s doing fairly well. It’s been three weeks since he first started going, so Macy and I are pretty used to it now. You should have seen Macy cry when Ed was about to set off on the first day, though. W: I ...
Kindergarten teacher Marie Fomengia also says that kids this age love showing off their knowledge. “They love trying to write and draw pictures,” says Fomengia. “They like counting numbers, rote counting; they really have fun doing it.” ...