Protect your newborn from the flu
It?s that time of year again: flu season. Each year, millions of people hunker down in the fall to prepare for the annual onset of influenza outbreaks. With the se
Montessori Homeschooling
Developed from the work of Dr. Maria Montessori, this style of
teaching aims at duplicating natural laws that a child faces in
life. Thus the aim of the teacher is to co
While reading with your child is most important, there are other activities that help to get children ready to read. With a solid foundation, your child will not only read, but will read with enthusiasm.
Learning to read is part of learning language. It’s like a little leaguer leaning to hit a baseball. The young [...]
Talking about what you read is another way to help children develop language and thinking skills. You don’t need to plan the talk, discuss every story, or expect an answer.
What you’ll need:
Reading materials
What to do:
1. Read slowly and pause occasionally to think out loud about a story. You can speculate: “I wonder what’s going [...]
A quiet time for family members to read on their own may be the only chance a busy parent gets to read the paper.
What you’ll need:
Your own reading materials
Reading materials for your children
What to do:
1. Both you and your child should pick out something to read.
2. Don’t be concerned if your beginning readers pick materials [...]
It’s important to read to your children, but equally important to listen to them read to you. Children thrive on having someone appreciate their developing skills.
What you’ll need:
Books at your child’s reading level
What to do
1. Listen attentively as your child reads.
2. Take turns. You read a paragraph and have your child read the next [...]
When children act out a good poem, they love its rhyme, rhythm, and the pictures it paints with a few well-chosen words. They grow as readers by connecting emotion with the written word.
What you’ll need:
Poems that rhyme, tell a story, and are written from a child’s point of view
What to do:
1. Read a poem [...]
Repetition makes books predictable, and young readers love knowing what comes next.
What you’ll need:
Books with repeated phrases. A few favorites are: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible. No Good , Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.; Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. [...]
Babies love to listen to the human voice. What better way than through reading!
What you’ll need:
Some baby books (books made of cardboard or cloth with flaps to lift and holes to peek through)
What to do:
1. Start out by singing lullabies and folk songs to your baby. At around 6 months, look for books [...]
When a newborn baby comes out of the womb, doctors encourage mothers to breastfeed the infant. This is because the milk that comes out has nutrients in the right concentrations. It also has antibodies, which becomes the first line of defense against harmful bacteria and viruses.
Studies show that a mother can continue to breastfeed the [...]
