As the last 12 months tick down until a high school student makes heads off to a college, they have to mentally prepare for college. Parents and students can make life a lot easier by considering some of these pre-college training ideas. 1. Take advantage of as many opportunities as possible to stay away from ...
Young children love animals and are often fascinated by horses. Horses are a great theme for learning about the letter H. Gross motor, fine motor and language skills can all be included as well as exploring concepts across the curriculum in reading, math and science. Interested in learning more about theme teaching? You can learn ...
As summer draws to a close and older children head off to school, parents in San Jose begin looking for activities to occupy their toddler or pre-school aged children. Here is a look at some of the low- or no-cost options around San Jose for parents and caregivers with young children. Don’t spend the fall ...
Helping your child prepare to read is a fundamental goal of parents. There are specific areas that you can work on with your child in order to enhance his kindergarten reading skills. The following skills are evaluated for reading readiness in kindergarteners. Sight Words: In kindergarten, your child will get a list of words to ...
While there are hundreds of programs produced to teach phonics and phonemic awareness, the Letter People have maintained a remarkable market share and public interest. Proof of this is demonstrated in the current marketability of the out of print original Alpha 1 program by New Dimensions and later parent centered World Book-Childcraft Reading Readiness Program. ...