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Ways To Get Children To Spend More Time Outdoors ♥

Last updated: 02/01/2020

Friday, May 10, 2019 Ways To Get Children To Spend More Time Outdoors ♥ Summer is fast approaching and it's a perfect time of year for encouraging children to spend more time...

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Globalisation may transform children’s learning in traditional societies

Last updated: 01/31/2020

Intelligent, curious toddlers are easy to spot in Western societies. Typically, they announce themselves with an endless string of “why” questions: “Why are we eating these?”;...

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Teaching Tolerance - an important value in an angry world. Race, class, gender and kids' conversations. - Sue Atkins The Parenting Coach

Last updated: 01/29/2020

This is a tough subject that many parents are shying away from, and it’s not about the birds and the bees! A new study by the researchers at Sesame Street indicates a majority...

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10 Ways to Integrate Art into Your Classroom | PBS Education

Last updated: 01/27/2020

My name is Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne and I am the Visual and Performing Arts department leader at ConVal High School where I have taught since 2007. I feel passionate about helping...

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Silence Is a Scary Sound For Parents

Last updated: 01/26/2020

Silence Is a Scary Sound For Parents Silence Is a Scary Sound For Parents As much as I love the sound of silence in my house, I've learned just what toddlers are capable of once...

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8 Ways to Help Older Kids Develop a Sense of Imagination

Last updated: 01/23/2020

8 Ways to Help Older Kids Develop a Sense of Imagination Copy Link (iStock/Grandfailure) Celebrated American author Ursula K. Le Guin -- dubbed by the Library of Congress in...

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Singing to children may help development of language skills

Last updated: 01/22/2020

Parents should sing to their children every day to avoid language problems developing in later life, according to a consultant. Too much emphasis in the early years is placed on...

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Battling burnout? How to have more fun parenting your kids this year

Last updated: 01/21/2020

To my husband, it was a normal, sunny Saturday morning in September. We were all packed up for a day trip to the lake—probably one of the last beach days of the year. Both kids...

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Early reading in Spanish helps children learn to read English

Last updated: 01/21/2020

A new study has found that children who had strong early reading skills in their native Spanish language when they entered kindergarten experienced greater growth in their...

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Top Nontraditional Ways to Gain STEM Skills | EVERFI

Last updated: 01/21/2020

Traditional classroom teaching is a staple of education and for good reason: it works! That said, there’s an entire world of nontraditional STEM education and innovation out...

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