Whole Child Development
The concept of reactions could provide a topic of study that could span a whole year! Chemical reactions, physical reactions, emotional reactions. It’s all about that important question, “What would happen if…?” Here are a few of my favorite science activities for fizzing, foaming, popping reactions that are sure to keep kids enthralled and provide plenty of opportunities for learning through questions, experimentation, and play!
Angélica at Modern Familia asked me to write a guest post focusing on the language development of bilingual children. Slide on over there to check out more on this topic!
Here’s just a taste:
For teachers, spring cleaning often comes in the summer time. Here’s an organizing tip I shared a while back.
Father’s Day is upon us! Don’t worry if you’re a procrastinator like I am, one hour photo was invented with us in mind! You really can’t go wrong with pictures as gifts. It’s easy to incorporate children into the project and really let it be from them. Plus, what dad or grandpa couldn’t use an updated photo for his office, den, or bedroom?
Father’s Day is upon us! Don’t worry if you’re a procrastinator like I am, one hour photo was invented with us in mind! You really can’t go wrong with pictures as gifts. It’s easy to incorporate children into the project and really let it be from them. Plus, what dad or grandpa couldn’t use an updated photo for his office, den, or bedroom?
When you’re teaching young children a new set of responsibilities, it can sometimes feel like you’ve suddenly become a task-master, constantly nagging them to hang their coats over here, or get their dishes to the sink, or put their toys away when they’re done. If you’ve told them once, you’ve told them eleventy million times, right?
When we think of teaching children with natural and logical consequences, using time as a consequence is one that can fall into both categories. Let me tell you a story to illustrate. [Read more…]
So many great ideas for using the Time Timer! Thank you all for your suggestions! According to my highly sophisticated system for generating random numbers, the winner is Andrea, who said,
“Well, I have a rather impatient little boy, especially when it comes to food. I would love to be able to show him visually that when I say lunch will be ready in 5 minutes, he can have a better understanding of his wait time. Less abstract.”
As I’ve been writing about routines and transitions, I’ve thought back to an interesting product I discovered not long ago. This product, called the Time Timer, displays time visually with a red segment that gets smaller as time progresses. This is a great way to help children understand the concept of time. Instead of verbal reminders, which often sound arbitrary to young children who can’t tell if 20 minutes is longer than 5 minutes, time becomes a visual concept.
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