Recently my 5 year old started Kindergarten. I was really worried about her. I was afraid I didn’t spend enough time “teaching” her and preparing her for the start of school. I had looked at different workbooks and then found Cedar Valley Publishing’s Let’s get ready for Kindergarten book. Not only did it have everything I was looking for to help teach her, but it had new and interesting techniques. We used it 3 times a week for the month leading up to the beginning of school. It made a HUGE difference. Isabella was ready to start and had a good understanding of the basics. We also have Let’s Get Ready For First Grade and will start working on that book closer to the middle of the school year. Overall I thought it was a good resource for those looking for a little help getting ready for school.
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What a wonderful blog Stacy has! I liked her education tip for early/ beg. reading like Play games to get children to guess word association.
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so glad you had a link to her site! I love her work-at-home tips… and I like that they are all short and sweet.
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I learned that: children who learn about themselves and their world in secure, stimulating environments are more likely to become passionate life time learners than children who attend passive, product/goal oriented programs.
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Children who learn about themselves and their world in secure, stimulating environments are more likely to become passionate life time learners than children who attend passive, product/goal oriented programs.
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A tip that was given for teaching kids to read was, Practice getting kids to draw one page word picture association, such as draw: Tom has apples. I thought this was a great idea because kids usually love to draw and it is an easy way for them to associate the words with the pictures.
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It is important to prepare your child for his/her first day ahead of time. Practice a routine everyday for about a week so the actual day isn't such a shock. thanks! kaitlin5m[at]yahoo.com
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Practice, practice, practice. Repetition works.
Make reading fun with lots of picture books about repetition and rhyming patterns that are geared to “early reading”.
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Practice, practice, practice. I tell that to my kids. Practice makes perfect… Or gets you closer to it!!
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Education tip: Practice, practice, practice with the early learning books that specialize in word picture association and seeing words in the early learning vocabulary.
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We should create safe, stimulating, open ended environments where children’s explorations lead to the creation of a firm and solid foundation for future learning, self confidence, and success.
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I think that one of the most important points was that each child learns at a different pace.
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I like the thought that Stacy had-that parents should be involved right from the beginning helping their child's education to flourish.She is a very wise person.
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