Teaching children how to read is often regarded as an aggravating, difficult, hair-pulling exercise and it need not be. The… Read more Get Off the Phonics Train Early: Functional Reading After Phonics
Category: Preschool Education
You’re Right: Traditional Education Sucks
It is totally infuriating to me when someone says something like “Only 20% (sometimes 5%) of students think and work… Read more You’re Right: Traditional Education Sucks
When Caregivers Just Don’t Understand
I document age-related childhood difficult behavior and probably the #1 question I get is how to deal with caregivers who… Read more When Caregivers Just Don’t Understand
3-1/2 Year Olds: They Are a Meltdowny Mess and Love Science Experiments
I have been doing work, done in a community of parents, to characterize the typical age-related behaviors of children. I… Read more 3-1/2 Year Olds: They Are a Meltdowny Mess and Love Science Experiments
Practice Safety by Building a Model Neighborhood
So often I hear parents worried about the safety of their children around roads. How can they deal with a… Read more Practice Safety by Building a Model Neighborhood
Easy Discipline: Doing “EXPERIMENTS!” with my Preschooler
My son, 4, lately, has taken to taking things out of our pantry and doing “experiments!” with them. This includes… Read more Easy Discipline: Doing “EXPERIMENTS!” with my Preschooler
Teaching Colors to Toddlers
Teaching colors to toddlers is one of my favorite activities. Teaching colors is by nature reality-oriented. You can only teach… Read more Teaching Colors to Toddlers
Salt Dough Dinosaur Fossils
I had read an idea in Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain to make dinosaur fossils using dinosaur figurines… Read more Salt Dough Dinosaur Fossils
Teaching a Preschooler to Write Equations
We have done much hands-on work with my preschooler for learning to count and add. See: How I Taught My… Read more Teaching a Preschooler to Write Equations
Putting on a Beauty and the Beast Play with a Preschooler
One thing that has been really powerful in reinforcing story comprehension in my preschooler has been putting on plays about… Read more Putting on a Beauty and the Beast Play with a Preschooler