The Mud Kitchen - A Recipe for marvellous Outdoor play
Hello lovely blog visitors. Welcome! I am sharing the newest edition to Dimples out door play area today. The awesome and totally messy mud kitchen. Here is the DIY mud kitchen that we built for Dimples in a few hours using recycled materials. The mud kitchen is built from off cuts of wood that I painted with chalk board paint, they're butted in to a old sink that came from a wrecked caravan, you could grab one from the wreckers or the buy back at the tip. Nearby I have up cycled an old sand pit as a mud pit. How awesome, an endless supply of mud on hand for hours and hours of messy outdoor play. For more outdoor play ideas you may like Happy Outdoor Adventures.
Babies track word patterns long before word-learning starts
From the moment they're born, babies are highly attuned to communicate and motivated to interact. And they're great listeners. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that during the first year of life, when babies spend so much time listening to language, they're actually tracking word patterns that will support their process of word- learning that occurs between the ages of about 18 months and two years. "Babies are constantly looking for language clues in context and sound," says Jill Lany, assistant professor of psychology and director of Notre Dame's baby lab, where she conducts studies on how babies acquire language. "My research suggests that there are some surprising clues in the sound stream that may help babies learn the meanings of words. Lany's studies show that babies as young as 12 months can identify "adjacent relationships" in which a phrase or sound like "it's a" occurs immediately before an object.
Ms. Conway's Kindergarten Website: About Play-Based Learning
It has long been known that there is a strong link between play and learning. Children are full of natural curiosity and they explore this curiosity through play. When kids are playing, it's the perfect time to learn. Play teaches kids how to problem solve, how to make friends, how to express themselves, how to enjoy the world around them, and how to recognize letters and numbers. In the kindergarten program, teachers structure play to create learning moments. Both child-initiated free play and more structured play-based learning opportunities are integral parts of the early learning classroom. As children move naturally from noticing and wondering about the objects and events around them to exploring, observing, and questioning in a more focused way, the teacher helps them develop and extend their inquiry process.
Raising Bilingual Kids -- Does foreign language learning promote
Recently, as I was dropping my son off at daycare, one of his teachers welcomed him with an enthusiastic “Buongiorno!” to which he replied, “Buongiorno, Pia!” with perfect Italian pronunciation. At two years old, my son (like all kids his age) is absorbing language at a breakneck pace. As a result, many parents attempt to raise their children bi- (or even tri-) lingually, either by speaking a different language at home or having a foreign language spoken by a care provider. These days most experts agree that the developing mind can easily handle the double input. Two Languages Challenge the Brain – in a Good Way In fact, there’s reason to think that learning two languages could increase certain critical brain functions. The preschool years are when we see our children’s budding capacities for executive control (waiting their turn, saying “I don’t like that” instead of smacking someone, persisting in trying to solve a difficult puzzle) – and it’s also when vocabulary skills skyrocket.
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Families and Teachers as Partners / Browse Our Publications / Publications & Resources
This Early Childhood Digest, produced by the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education of the Office of Educational Research and Development in the U.S. Department of Education, is based on Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) materials, New Skills for New Schools. About This Series These one-page digests focus on ways that families and schools can work together to help young children learn and grow. Children, families, and schools all benefit when families and teachers work together. What Can Families Do to Work Better With Schools? What is my relationship like with my young child's teacher or caregiver? How Can Teachers and Families Work Together? About families—who they are and what they want for their young child. Research on how teachers learn to work with families shows good examples of families and teachers as partners and the important role that families play. Free.
CSEFEL: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Promoting Social and Emotional Competence: These modules were designed based on input gathered during focus groups with program administrators, T/TA providers, early educators, and family members about the types and content of training that would be most useful in addressing the social-emotional needs of young children. The content of the modules is consistent with evidence-based practices identified through a thorough review of the literature. Preschool Modules (English and Spanish Versions) Infant Toddler Modules (click here for Spanish versions) Modules last updated: May 2006 View Module Archive for Modules from 2003. The Archive has has Spanish and HTML versions available. Click here to see the Teaching Pyramid Article View Ordering Information (PDF)
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20 Genius Baby Hacks to Make Your Life Simpler | The Fussy Baby Site
I have to admit I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time lately reading ‘hacks’: tips or tricks to make life easier (or at least more fun). I know my husband has LOVED hearing how to pull out a sliver using baking soda, use bread clips to organize power cords, and how to microwave leftovers for even heat distribution. But what’s missing from the web? Hacks to help us help our fussy babies with eating, sleeping, crying and all the other fun stuff we get to deal with on a daily basis. Some of these hacks are geared towards newborns, others to slightly older kids. But hopefully you’ll find a few parenting hacks below that will make your life a little simpler, no matter your child’s age! 1. Hack: Source: Women and Newborn Health Services 2. Source: Indiana State Department of Health 3. Source: Cheezburger 4. Hack: Put a little bit of apple sauce in the middle of a cloth, roll it up, and freeze it. Source: HowDoesShe 5. Source: Baby Center 6. Hack: Put sprinkles on pretty much everything! 7.
