Encouraging Your Child's Language : A Foundation for Literacy- Many parents assume that their children must progress through a sequence of clearly defined skill areas to acquire reading and writing. As a result, young children's imaginative and creative language is not taken seriously.
First Born Jealousy- Our first-born is showing extreme jealousy towards the new
baby. She's obviously mad at us for disrupting the predictable
flow of her life with this new challenger for our attention. How
can we smooth things out?
Graduation Caps- A fabulous idea for preschool or Kindergarten graduations! Easy to put together and children are proud to wear them and move on in style.
Lucky Shamrock- This craft is super simple and will help build your child's
developing motor skills by using scissors. Perfect for
preschool and Kindergarten students.
Obvious Letters- Recently, I had the pleasure of perusing this marvelously
obvious way to help children learn about the letters of the alphabet.
Reading To Our Children- As parents, we are bombarded with advice on educating our
children; homeschool, public school, private school, or tutoring.
It's an endless debate that we all participate in at some point.
Reading to Very Young Children- Sure, reading is critical to a child's success and
development and we know experts advise us to
start reading to babies as early as six months.
But no one said it would be easy!
Ready, Set, Go! | From Preschool to Kindergarten- The transition from "little school" to "big school" is
not so tough for kids but for moms and dads it can
be harrowing. Here's some advice from Early
Childhood Educator Robert Freeman to help you
feel secure in your choice of schools.
Mother's Day!
Mother's Day is right around the corner. Celebrate mom this year with crafts, recipes and plenty of other ideas. Here are a few examples to get you started...
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Family Matters Radio
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Secrets of Happily Married Women Do you feel like you are constantly on overdrive? Juggling career and family, attending to everyone's needs but your own, and all the while struggling to maintain a sense of balance and harmony in your marriage? You can actually start getting more out of your relationship by doing less and we'll tell you how with Dr. Scott Haltzman, author of Secrets of Happily Married Women. Hear part 2
When Mars and Venus Collide It's a common scenario: a husband returns home from work stressed out and eager to kick back on the couch and watch TV. A wife returns home from work stressed out and wants to talk about it with her husband. What happens? Neither is on the same page, anger and resentment set in. We're going to find out how stress is impacting marriages today and what you can do about it when we talk with bestselling author John Gray Hear part 2