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How to Teach Kids a Foreign Language
There are many different opinions and arguments on what methods are best for teaching children foreign languages. In this article we won’t discuss opinion but I will simply share some simple activities that you can do with your children to introduce them to a foreign language. So here are a few activities and methods you [...]
Read More...Preschool: Teaching Your Child with Everyday Life
Children love to learn, and they learn best when parents take an active role in their education. The first response to this from many parents is that they do not have the time to sit down and teach their child math or reading. Many state that this is why they send their children into the school system. Teachers know best how to educate the children they teach.
Read More...Is Your Child Ready For Preschool
Parents know that children do not always follow the experts when it comes to physical and intellectual development. As the closest observers of their individual child’s temperament and abilities, parents are the best judges on whether a child is ready for an academic preschool program. An academic preschool program differs from a daycare program in [...]
Read More...ESL Prepositions Video – Schoolhouse Rock – Grammar Rock – Busy Prepositions
Schoolhouse Rock – Grammar Rock – Busy PrepositionsMusic & Lyrics: Bob Dorough – Performed by: Jack Sheldon and Bob DoroughAnimation: Kim and Gifford Productions Like a butterfly, or a like beeLike an ant, as busy as can beThese little words we call the "busy P's"Prepositions Nine or ten of themDo most all of the workOf, on, to, [...] Read More...
Child-Directed Curriculum? The Results Might Surprise You
Along about third or fourth grade, children begin to make the transition to independent learning. They develop interests of their own, and can show remarkable ability to dig deeply into a topic, becoming experts in their chosen field of study. A great way to acknowledge and encourage this new independence and enthusiasm is to give [...]
Read More...Language Learning For Children
Historically, languages are not well taught. We can see this is true because most adults who have had to study a language or languages when younger have no real competence in them as an adult.
Read More...Puns for Kids
For children, learning figures of speech is sort of a Herculean task. It’s difficult to remember what they mean, how they are used, where they are used and to top it all, their spellings as well! Using different teaching methods, can help children understand this part of grammar better and forever. Pun, is one such [...]
Read More...Early Learning And The Role Of Toys
What exactly are educational toys? New parents, and even some experienced parents, feel that educational toys are dull and boring. Nevertheless, they feel constrained to not only provide these things for their children, but insist that they use them. Hour after hour of holding alphabet flash cards in front of a three-year-old is neither educational [...]
Read More...How Teaching with English Games Helps Children Learn
There are many ways to teach ESL/TEFL to children but one of the most exciting and rewarding ways to do it is by using English games. English Games not only engage the children, but also teach through play – and most of the time the children don’t even know they are learning until the time [...]
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