School Readiness Tips February 2025
February 13, 2025
When you expose children to more advanced vocabulary in your day-to-day conversations, you prepare them to learn subjects like science, history and geography. Here are some fun ways to include unusual words throughout your day.
School Readiness Tips January 2025
January 15, 2025
Children’s vocabulary grows when they participate in conversations and hear new words. To help a child understand a new word, use strategies to highlight the word – e.g., say the word a bit slower and louder, pair it with a gesture and explain what it means. Here are some fun things to try in everyday situations.
Introducing Rare Vocabulary with Big Words for Little Paleontologists
October 21, 2024
Use the Hanen strategy, “Shoot for the SSTaRS” to help your child learn the kinds of higher-level words that prepare them for school success.
Introducing Rare Vocabulary with Mama Built a Little Nest
October 14, 2024
Helping a child understand less commonly used words will have a big impact on their reading and writing abilities later on. In this Book Nook, we share some helpful strategies to introduce rare words to children and to ensure they really understand them.
Choosing a Preschool That Encourages Language Learning: What Should You Look For?
September 09, 2024
Children’s language learning skills are influenced by the people they interact with everyday. As these are the skills that prepare them for kindergarten and future school readiness, it is important to choose a preschool environment that encourages children’s language growth. Find out what you should look for when choosing a preschool for your child.
Lessons from the Pandemic: What Lockdowns Can Teach Us about Children’s Vocabulary
June 18, 2024
During the pandemic, parents were often their child’s main source for language learning. This provided a unique opportunity to study how parent-child interactions influence children’s vocabulary development. See what the research uncovered and learn how you can apply the lessons learned to support your child’s vocabulary development.
School Readiness Tips February 2024
February 15, 2024
A great way to enhance children’s future understanding of subjects like science, history, geography, and math is to highlight more advanced, rare vocabulary in your day-to-day conversations. Here are some fun ways to include unusual words throughout your day.
School Readiness Tips January 2024
January 15, 2024
Children’s vocabulary grows when they participate in conversations and hear new words. Highlight new words by pairing the word with a gesture, repeating it, and explaining what it means. Here are some fun things to try in everyday situations.
Building Vocabulary with Rosie Revere, Engineer
June 22, 2023
Did you know that vocabulary is a key predictor of a child’s reading success? Children who understand more words become better readers! But just hearing new words isn’t enough to learn them. Use the tips in this Book Nook to highlight new words and help children understand their meanings.