Do you get upset when the things don’t go the way you want them to? Do you feel sad when your relations with the people around are not being developed in a proper way? Your answers will be “Yes, I do”. Though being an adult you already know that life consists of ups and downs, [&he
October 16,2012
The Benefits of Imaginative Play
“Imagination is more important than knowledge generally. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” – Albert Einstein How much do you play every day? Yes, you….! Ofte
October 12,2012
Readiness In Preschoolers- Part 2
Readiness in Preschool Children is basically categorized in three parts- 1. Reading Readiness 2. Writing Readiness 3. Math readiness What is Reading Readiness Reading readiness is a state of General Maturity which when reached, allows a child to learn to read without much difficulty and makes th
October 11,2012
Readiness In Preschoolers- Part 1
What is Readiness? Readiness means a level of physical and mental maturity at which the child is able to meet the requirements of the task with understanding, interest and relative ease and when he wants to do so. Factors Influencing Readiness 1. Physical Ability Large muscle skills Small muscle ski
October 10,2012
Types of Children – Violent Children
Preschoolers, as had been noticed in the previous articles related to the child’s psychology, have their own ways of understanding the events and reacting upon them. The young children are too small to determine the right and the wrong, so they may react violently in the situations involving s
October 06,2012
Types of Children – Shy Children
The young children are little people, who react on the things happening around them and reflect. The more time you spend with your child the more you discover his/her personality. Each parent has to be very attentive to the child’s emotional and mental needs, has to observe how the child be
October 04,2012
The Art of Questioning- 2
Creative Questioning Using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Benjamin Bloom identified in this book, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, six major cognitive operations involved in thinking: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Infants and toddlers use primarily th
October 03,2012
The Art of Questioning- By Ellen Booth Church
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein Thinking is the magic word in American education today. This is as it should be … because it is the lack of curriculum integrated thinking skills activities that has produced a nation of children who can get the “rig
September 28,2012
Discipline in Children
What is Discipline? In simple words, Discipline is to teach a child how to learn self control, to recognize the acceptable limits of behavior, to know the boundaries of where to stop. For this, a child does not need to put under harsh treatment or put him down, but he needs to be corrected, trained
September 24,2012
The Scope and Sequence of Teaching Letters (Not in Alphabetical Order)
“Teaching the Letters and Sounds- A suggested guideline from Ellen Booth Church”A big question that is often asked is: Should you introduce letters to preschool children in the order in the alphabet? Interestingly the answer is usually “No”. This is because often the letters that are next to