If you’ve been following any form of media, you will no doubt have heard about one of the biggest concerns for the children from Gen Alpha (those born after the year 2010). Alphas “are some of the hardest-hit kids when it comes to reading”, says Shervaughnna Anderson-Byrd, director of the California Reading and Literature Project. “OnlyContinue reading “Learning to Read: Why We Start in Infancy”
Category Archives: General Information
How Stress Affects Children
I wanted to write about this to bring more awareness about the impact of stress on our children. It can be easy to overlook the stress that our children face when they don’t face the same level of stressors that we do – like having to work and paying the bills. Young children are inexperiencedContinue reading “How Stress Affects Children”
Montessori: Three-Part Cards
Nurture vs Nature
The whole nurture vs nature debate is a long and ongoing one. Even experts can’t agree on which one holds more value. What they can agree on is that it isn’t one or the other. Nurture and nature are intricately woven in such a way that one does not exist without the other. Recently, IContinue reading “Nurture vs Nature”
Downtime and Taking Breaks
I wanted to share this post about taking breaks and letting your child “do nothing” from time to time as a gentle reminder. With a child’s greatest potential for learning being in the first six years of life, it is easy to overdo it. We want to fit as much as possible into every lastContinue reading “Downtime and Taking Breaks”
My Early Learning Experiences
Recently, I did an interview with Rima Fi from Montessori and Beyond. It is recorded as an audio podcast which can be heard on her blog: Podcast no.3 – Right Brain Training and the results… For those of you who are curious to hear about my experiences with my children who are now turning 15Continue reading “My Early Learning Experiences”
Building a Better Brain
Sign Language for Babies
Sign language for babies was a topic I stumbled on accidentally when watching the comedy movie – Meet the Fockers. In the movie, one of the side characters was a little boy named Jack. In the story, Jack is still preverbal and yet to speak his first word, but Jack can use sign language toContinue reading “Sign Language for Babies”