Early literacy skills are the “tools” your child needs to learn to read and write, so the more early literacy skills she has now, the better prepared she’ll be for school. Here are some fun tips for building the five critical early literacy skills your child needs to learn before she starts school…
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A big developmental step happens when young children learn to send messages
intentionally – that is, when they learn to communicate directly to someone to achieve a specific goal. Find out what parents of children with communication delays can do encourage their child’s intentional communication.
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Many studies show that children’s best learning occurs when adults engage them in everyday activities that are based on their interests. Find out how to take a closer look at your child’s interests and use them to create a variety of enjoyable learning opportunities.
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With the advent of Google and modern technology, the role of the classroom teacher has had to evolve. Educators no longer need to focus on being “information keepers and dispensers.” Instead, they can focus on building the critical thinking skills that are becoming so important in the 21st century. Find out how Canada and other countries around the world are re-defining the role of the teacher to meet the education needs of today’s children.
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To truly understand a story, your child needs to go beyond the words and pictures on the page and use her critical thinking skills. Find out how you can promote your child's understanding during book reading with "E's and P's" — the building blocks of critical thinking.
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Concern has been raised about how much time children are spending in front of screens, and whether they learn as much from e-books as they do from traditional print books. There have been several studies about e-books over the past decade, and they have revealed both advantages and disadvantages...
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A child's ability to regulate his own behaviour is closely related to his language development. Studies have shown that preschool children who have better behaviour regulation skills also have better early literacy, vocabulary, and math skills.
What are some of the things you can do to promote your child's behaviour regulation and support his language development?
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How many words does your child hear in a day? A recent study by researchers at Stanford University confirmed that children who hear more words in a day have better speech-processing skills. And the better children’s speech-processing skills, the faster they can learn new words and build the large vocabularies that set the stage for success in school.
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People games are fun, physical activities that you can play with your child to help build their interaction and communication skills. People games are particularly helpful for children on the autism spectrum or who have other social communication difficulties because they provide many opportunities to build some of the key interaction skills that these children may have difficulties with.
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It’s hard to find a website or pamphlet today about child development that doesn’t say something about the importance of reading with young children. But what exactly is it about books that makes them such a powerful tool for promoting children’s development? And what are some things you can do during book reading to ensure that you child has the best chances to learn?
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