11/08/15 09:00 Filed in:
Personal | BittyBioTen years ago, when I first began teaching, Character Education was starting to make inroads into the curriculum. The value of explicitly teaching important qualities and traits that are admired by the population was becoming more apparent. For students to learn the behaviour, not only did we have to model and live the behaviour, we also had to talk about it.
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28/07/15 09:00 Filed in:
DevelopmentWondering how to get your child talking? Entice children to talk by creating what is called Communication Temptations. This strategy can be used to help late talkers start talking, helps a toddler begin using two-word phrases, or increases the chances that a young child will begin communicating.
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14/07/15 09:00 Filed in:
TechnologyWith the advancement in technology, there are more and more screens that children can come into contact with than ever before, from computers and video games to TV and mobile devices.
Screen time is the time that children spend on these devices and it comes with benefits as well as drawbacks. It is therefore the role of parents to strike a balance when setting the rules of screen time and this can be a challenge even at the best of times.
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23/06/15 09:00 Filed in:
Development"Letting your child lead is a wise way to start"
Below is a handy acronym to use when communicating with your child. It is a widely used strategy for helping with children's communication development.
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09/06/15 09:00 Filed in:
ReadingReading aloud to children has a great impact on their literary development and that is why it is important for parents and caregivers to do it as early as possible. Children should also be encouraged to read out loud as soon as they are able to, as this contributes to their ability to read and to develop their language.
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26/05/15 09:00 Filed in:
ReadingIt is important to equip children with informational texts early on in life so that they can be accustomed to it in their later lives. But the benefits don’t stop there, it also helps develop their vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension skills…
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12/05/15 09:00 Filed in:
PersonalAs a student, early in my elementary school career, my passion for reading ended. The lack of choice and limited exposure to a variety of different texts turned me off and it stayed that way for a long time…
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28/04/15 09:00 Filed in:
ReadingWhy do children fake read? The answer isn’t some complicated obscurity, more often than not, the child simply has not found a subject matter they are interested in. Reading is a very personal choice, and limiting a person’s ability to choose their preferred topic, limits their ability to enjoy reading it. This notion of limited choice happens all too often in school.
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21/04/15 09:00 Filed in:
Cross-CurricularThe question before us,
“How do we improve numeracy in children and teenagers?”
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14/04/15 09:00 Filed in:
LiteracyThe amount of words a child hears in any given hour or day is important in their development of language skills. The more we talk and read to our children, the more proficient they become at becoming little language masters.
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