Matching activities are popular for toddlers. For instance, the Lovevery play kit for months 19-21 has a match pictures activity (e.g. matching the image of a butterfly to another image of a butterfly). The kit for months 22-24 has an activity to match animal figures to pictures of animals (e.g., a cow figure to a […]
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Conversations I recently had led me to a dive into the ‘gifted child’ literature. Are there ways how to make a student a gifted child, i.e. raise a child’s IQ? Conversely, are there things parents should avoid because they lower their children’s IQ? I learned some surprising things. Before we start, ‘gifted’ can mean different
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People, even small ones, form their own ideas about things based on language, things they observe, etc. While some of these ideas can provide good anchors for new information, others can hinder learning. Study after study has found that materials that take learners’ ideas into account lead to better learning than, e.g., traditional textbooks1. These
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I recently came across the concept of morning messages. Morning messages are, apparently, a staple of many classrooms in early education.1 Some states, such as NJ, even mandate morning messages in kindergarten2. Mailbox activities are also a popular activity for kids at home.3 Having a morning message/ mailbox routine can be a quick, fun, educational
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