An increasing number of parents go for homeschooling their children, as numerous studies have confirmed that home-educated students outperform their publicly-run school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects (see academic findings). When parents consider the possibility of homeschooling, some pros and cons have to be taken into account. Ask MetaFilter digs […]
How do parents raise their babies happier, healthier and smarter? Joanna Lipari posted an excellent article on explaining the development of a baby’s brains is influenced and shaped by the social interactions with his/her parents:
If the baby’s brain is the hardware, then you, the parents, provide the software. When you understand the hardware (your […]
Music is a universal language for people at different ages. Many toddlers like music, singing along with a simple melody. D’Arcy Lyness, PhD says that music contributes a lot to children’s learning, even as simple as those below:
Songs are a lot more fun than flashcards and they really can teach your child some important facts […]
To acquire info for school projects, kids not only can get info, namely Wikipedia, by surfing on the internet, but also download them on their iPods. Here’s a free software, Encyclopodia downloadable to the Apple iPod genarations one to four as well as on iPod Minis and Photo iPods.
Simply follow the link, download the installation […]
A trial study conducted at 12 Durham schools by Dr Alex Richardson, a senior research fellow in physiology at Mansfield College, shows a statistically significant improvement in school performance in the group of children given Omega 3 supplements. Children who were required to take a course of capsules with their meals for the duration of […]
Young kids cannot follow some routines simply because of lacking the concept of time. I found a free, well-designed website, Time-for-time.com on which kids would enjoy lots of interactive online games and quizzes about time. I like the info page about types of clocks: Sun Clocks, Water Clocks, Mechanical Clocks, Quartz Clocks, Atomic Clocks and […]
How do parents really help their babies learn new words? Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience managing editor writes that according to recent study, “babies don’t much care what their parents say” or what their parents think is important. They tend to associate a new word with the object they like best. Our teaching should be based […]
What is acrostic poem? Here is an example done by my daughter when she’s studying at grade 4:
Joyful
On the way to be cartoonist
You must be her friend
Caring
Every teacher loves her smile
Happy
Often playing on her mum’s computer
When my children were still at preverbal stage, I used words combining with some gestures to communicate with them. Waive my hands to say goodbye or shake my head indicating no, patting my hip to say a diaper change…something like that. My children easily understood me and imitated my gestures and words as well.
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I always feel the need to talk about fatherhood on this site as fathering is so important that we can’t miss out. A father can help nurture kids in many ways, like doing sports/games together with family to foster a child’s development and learning.
Here’s an example:
Andy, a dad to two great little boys (ages 6 […]