In this article, I explain the various reasons why kids lie and how to handle specific lying situations. Kids Lie To Avoid Trouble Most often, kids lie to avoid trouble. Let’s say they’ve gotten themselves into a jam because they did something they shouldn’t have done. Maybe they brok...
Explain to your child that, once this area is full, they can’t have any more toys. Operate a one in, one out rule so if they want more or have Christmas or a birthday coming up, they can choose some to get rid of. This helps to teach them the value of their toys as they’ll...
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Imaginative play is a powerful tool for language development in young children, as it allows them to create scenarios, characters, and dialogue—a task that actively uses and experiments with language. You can encourage your child to pretend they are characters from their favourite stories or to ...
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Therefore, I didn't know how to immerse myself into a child's imaginative world and felt ridiculous trying. Yet, the more I did it, the more fun it became and the more I delighted in living for the moment, escaping to a fantasy world, and connecting with my sons. A...
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(explained below). I explain that practice makes things easier to do. After the practice, the game produces a winner. I am not calling it a winner when compared to other kids' drawings, but it is winner when they compare their own drawing to drawings they did before. Practice made it ...
Kids frolic, build snow forts, toboggan down hills of snow in the park behind the school. The storm has interrupted daily routines and rituals. Melody The writer can create prose that have a melody by using the poetic devices of: Assonance-Positioning two or more words with the same vowel ...
My mother married that sailor but had to live apart from him until his duty was done in Alaska. Then they did the awkward work of meeting each other’s families. Can you imagine what it was like for this traditional, church-choir-singing girl to explain to her family that she just marr...