Unlock the Love of Learning
Originally Published: April 1999 Anything we find confusing or complicated is best learned when we can see, hear, and do something in order to understand it. In general, however, by age 8 or 9, a child is stronger in one of those three areas: seeing (the visual learner), hearing (the auditory learner) or doing (the …
Originally Published: April 1998 Long before official “school” begins, children’s play can provide opportunities for development in motor skills, language skills, and reasoning. Here are just a few ideas that will contribute to a strong foundation for later learning: Motor Skills Give your children plenty of opportunity to build muscular strength and coordination. Teach them …
Originally Published: April 2003 A man crouches next to his children’s bed in the middle of the night. He gently shakes them awake and in the soft glow of the nightlight they can make out their dad’s face and some sort of ball. He picks up his daughter’s hand and places it on top of …
Originally Published: April 2002 Discouraged by trying and getting nowhere in her public school classes, the seventh grader urged her mom to take her out of school and teach her at home. Determined to make it a success, Mom set up a schedule to match the one at school and began tutoring her daughter. Instead …
Originally Published: April 2001 Are your children comfortable speaking in front of others? Oral presentations, from “show and tell” in kindergarten to debates in high school, are all part of training children to speak in front of groups. Too often, though, these training opportunities are set aside in order to complete the “more important” reading …