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Engaging Children in STEM Education EARLY! | Experts in education, industry, and national security all agree that there is a national imperative to graduate students with a thorough understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM.) In 2007, a Carnegie Foundation commission of distinguished researchers and public and pr…

17 YouTube Kids’ Channels to Build Literacy Skills

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17 YouTube Kids’ Channels to Build Literacy Skills - Growing Book by Book Here are the best 17 YouTube Kids Channels to build literacy skills for young children. Watch these YouTube education channels with your child & have fun.

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Computer Skills In this module, you will be able to watch dinosaurs at play, explore a cave, discover cave paintings, watch cavemen build a fire, and hunt for dinosaurs.

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Montessori at home [infographic] - Montessorium Incorporating Montessori activities at home is easy to do! We've put together a few ideas for you to get started, and look forward to posting more soon!

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How Much Computer Time Should Kids Have? | LIVESTRONG.COM Computers have become a part of daily life. Kids start using them at a young age and continue using them for educational purposes and as a source of entertainment. Parents need to limit computer time for their children. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children 2 and under should not…

Some parents think using computer in early childhood is bad...Here is some good news...
The Good News

In fact, it was all good news. Preschoolers with computer access had:

Higher skill development test scores -- twice as high
IQ scores 12 points higher than kids who didn't use computers
Better school readiness scores
Were the children using educational software or just playing games? His study didn't look at that specifically. However, it did show that some computer or electronic game exposure was better than none.

"These kids are very young," Li explains. "They cannot do Excel or Power Point. They must be limited to simple games or simple learning. How the child uses the computer may not be important. But whether they use it is important."

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Computers Boost Preschool Kids' Intelligence Preschoolers who use computers are smarter. But too much computer time may have negative effects.

Promoting problem solving skills

Instead of thinking of your child’s behaviour as wrong or naughty, it’s more constructive to think in terms of problems that need to be solved with a positive solution that meets some of the needs in another way. Children need a lot of practice solving their daily problems all through childhood to equip them to deal with problems in school, as teenagers, with friends, in work situations, and then dealing with all those huge challenges that us big people face in living our lives.



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Help your child to be skilled at solving problems Instead of thinking of your child’s behaviour as wrong or naughty, it’s more constructive to think in terms of problems that need to be solved with a positive solution that meets some of the needs in another way. Children need a lot of practice solving their daily problems all through childhood to…

Movement is at the very core of how children develop intellectually, emotionally, socially, and of course, physically. Here at Moving Smart we foster children's naturally move-to-learn style while helping parents and teachers understand the comprehensive benefits of all that wiggling!

That's why we say "A Moving Child is a Learning Child."

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Moving Smart: GROWING YOUR CHILD'S BRAIN Movement is at the very core of how children develop intellectually, emotionally, socially, and of course, physically. Here at Moving Smart we foster children's naturally move-to-learn style while helping parents and teachers understand the comprehensive benefits of all that wiggling!

Creating an Environment for Children to Thrive

Children have been compared to flowers often as the similarities are evident - they are beautiful, they are unique, they require tender, loving care, they bloom in their own time. Often we focus on changing our child rather than changing their environment, but changing the environment has a big impact on how our children grow. If we consciously tend to our gardens, our flowers will blossom.

The Physical Environment

1. It's hard with small children, but try to keep the clutter to a minimum. Simple, neat spaces are more pleasing and soothing than cluttered and crowded spaces.

2. Subtle décor can have a big impact. Fresh flowers on the table, light-hearted wall hangings or beautiful art all add to the feeling of your home.

3. Pleasant scents lift moods. Did you know that the human sense of smell can identify thousands of aromas and is 10,000 times more precise than our sense of taste? Find what scents energize your children and what scents soothe them.

4. Provide toys and activities that children can reach/do independently without the help of an adult. Put as much on their level as you are comfortable with, including healthy snacks, books, puzzles and games, cups/plates/utensils, etc. Provide a mirror at your child's level. Have stools available at sinks.

5. Let the sunshine in! Open shades and windows. Research has proven that natural lighting helps people be more productive, happier, healthier and calmer.

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