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Articles In This Section:
Learning to Share
- This fact sheet
will help you help children learn to share. Also, it will help you to
understand young children and know what to expect from them. (Added
June 17, 2000)
Making
The Most of Outdoor Play - As I
write this, snow is on the ground and the temperature is below freezing.
However, the days are increasingly longer, a sure sign that spring will
soon be here. By the time you read this, you and the children you care for
will like nothing better than spending many hours outside.
(Added June 17, 2000)
Math,
Science, and Girls: Can We Close The Gender Gap?
- In 1992, Mattel Toys put the first talking Barbie doll on the
market. Barbie's first words were, "Math class is tough." Mattel
thought they were simply expressing the feelings of most school-age girls.
Many parents and teachers, though, thought Barbie should keep her mouth
shut. As a result, Barbie stopped talking.
(Added June 17, 2000)
Music
And Movement Activities
- Music and dancing are inside each
child. All caregivers do is let them out. That is good news for those of
us who are not gifted in these areas. It tells us that all we need to do
is encourage, not "teach" music and movement. Here are some
ideas that may help you "let the music out." (Added
June 17, 2000)
Reading
Aloud With Preschoolers - While
connecting experience to language is an important foundation for learning
to read, giving children direct contact with books is equally important.
In fact, the single most important activity for building the knowledge
required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children. (Added
June 17, 2000)
Creative Play Helps
Children Grow! -
Every child is born with creative potential, but this potential may be
stifled if care is not taken to nurture and stimulate creativity.
Creativity shows one's uniqueness. It is the individual saying: "I
can be; I can do." Isn't this what we want for our children?
(Added June 17, 2000)
Sensory Materials: More
Than Playdough
- Sensory materials are often goopy,
messy things that children can't wait to get their hands into. They're
what our moms told us not to play with. Any material that stimulates
several senses, especially the sense of touch is considered a sensory
material. (Added
June 17, 2000)
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