Old Wive’s Tales Just For Fun
I thought it would be fun to review some old wives’ tales, believed to predict the gender of a baby, long before ultrasound arrived on the scene. Some are just downright strange, some are confusing and some are funny, but all have been used in the past to predict the sex of the baby. Maybe […]
Child Memory and Learning Part V
This week, we continuing with strategies to help your child remember. These strategies include: gaining a child’s attention, activating prior knowledge and experiences, active involving learning, and constructing meaning for information. Being actively engaged in learning, enhances memory. Bloom (1987) offered the following percentages of retention of information as it is presented. A child will […]
Child Memory and Learning Part IV
Strategies that enhance memory are necessary to facilitate learning. From our current understanding of how the brain works in relation to memory, we will address strategies to hep your child remember information. These strategies include: gaining a child’s attention, activating prior knowledge and experiences, active involving learning, and constructing meaning for information. Maintaining a child’s […]
Child Memory And Learning Part III
We now know how your child puts information into memory, but, what happens to make him/her forget? Why do we remember some things and forget others? Researchers have identified several factors that make it easier, or more difficult, to remember information. They identified these key factors: failure to store, failure to retrieve, time decay, interference/inhibition, […]
Handling Memory
As I described last week, short term, or working, memory is where a child holds information, while deciding what it means… and what to do with it. But…short term memory is limited in the amount of information that can be held, and it does not keep information for a long period of time. Because information […]
Key To Success Is Memory
One of the key tools your child needs to succeed in school and life, is a good memory. Children fortunate enough to have good memories are ahead of the academic game. Memory is necessary for learning. Without a good memory, learning is a moot point. Many of us think memory is simply recall of specific […]
Brain Exercises On Summer Break
More ideas to exercise the brain during summer break, from school, and combat boredom. Explore your roots. Learn about your family through stories. Delving into family history is a great way to help kids understand how they fit to the past. Help your child research family roots by interviewing family members. Create a list of […]
Science Is Everywhere For Children
Science is everywhere around us. It is important that children explore and learn about some of the world’s science secrets. And, they are never too young to begin appreciating the world of science. In the world of their future, it will be necessary to understand science to it’s fullest. I have listed a few activities […]
Engage Children’s Brains During Summer
Teachers spend the first four to eight weeks every fall reviewing and reteaching material that students have forgotten during the summer break. Some students actually lose reading and math skills during the summer. Research has proven that students who continue to learn during the summer, score better on standardized tests than peers, who do not […]
Healthy Foods
According to the CDC, most U.S. children consume a large portion of their daily food intake at school, and competitive food sources (à la carte, vending, school stores) compete with federally regulated school meals, often offering foods and beverages high in calories, sugar, sodium, and fat. In 2007, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which advises […]
Childhood Nutrition
The 2010 Dietary Guidelines For Americans published by the CDC states that eating behaviors of young people are not healthy creating concern about the health of the children now, as well as in their future. With data from their research, the CDC has made the following statements and recommendations. Nutrition Facts Adolescents drink more full-calorie […]
Childhood Obesity
In the past 30 years, we have seen childhood obesity more than double in children and triple in adolescents. The numbers have shocked many including The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Why we are seeing these rises may have many complex answers, the experts have boiled it down to too little exercise and […]
Math In And Around The House
Math in and around the house or in everyday life. Just like science math is all around us… opportunities abound to enrich your child’s ability to understand relationships between numbers and mathematical patterns, all necessary for success in math. These activities will not only help in developing good math skills, they will build good self-esteem […]
How To Help Your Child Enjoy School
What can you do to help your child enjoy school? As research verifies, a critical factor in a child’s educational success is parent involvement. A positive connection between home and school creates an atmosphere that enhances your child’s educational career. So… what are some possibilities of ways you might volunteer at school? assemble parent packets […]
Times Change & Things Change
“Times change and things change”. We are all familiar with this phrase. While the phrase has a negative connotation, change, in reality, can be good or bad, depending on it’s consequence. Unfortunately, or fortunately, there have been major changes in the family structure during the past several years. These changes affect everyone in the family, […]
Is Your Child A Picky Eater?
Is your child a picky eater? Does your child refuse to eat anything other than chicken nuggets? Would your toddler rather play than eat anything at all? The staff at Mayo Clinic advises you not to prepare a separate meal when he/she refuses to eat the meal on the table, and not to excuse him/her […]
