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Early Literacy in Everyday Life

Early Literacy in Everyday Life

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When we think about teaching preschoolers to read, our minds often jump to letter flashcards or reading programs. While it is important for kids to learn the letter sounds and to sound out words, early literacy is about much more than that. It’s about sparking curiosity, building understanding, and helping our kids to enjoy language and words. So to build early literacy skills, we don’t need special tools or a curriculum. Opportunities to grow our kids’ literacy skills are tucked into the small, everyday moments of life. So let’s look at a few ways to work toward early literacy in …

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Simple Ways To Build Our Children’s Language Skills

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As parents, we often wonder how to help our toddlers and preschoolers grow into strong communicators. The good news? You don’t need flashcards, fancy toys, or structured lessons to build your child’s language skills. The most valuable tool you have is just simple everyday conversations. When we talk, listen, and engage with our kids, throughout the day, it lays a foundation for vocabulary, comprehension, and confidence in communicating. Let’s look at these simple ways to build our children’s language skills. Did you know that children who are exposed to frequent, rich conversations develop stronger language and literacy skills? This doesn’t …

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Use Everyday Errands to Sneak in Some Learning

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Many of us parents intend to help our kids continue learning through the summer. We say we’re going to have a daily reading time or go through a fun math workbook. Then the summer activities get going, and we get going. Summer can be such a busy season, and we often find that we might feel like we are always on the go. So why not use our trips to the store and our time in the car for little learning times? If you think about it, everyday errands are full of opportunities to help our kids learn in a …

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Let’s Learn about Summer Weather Together

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Summer is the perfect time to observe weather concepts with our preschoolers. We have sunny days, both warm and cool breezes, rainy days, and even thunderstorms. We adults love to comment on the weather, so not keep that conversation going with our kids? They naturally love to observe nature and ask questions about the world around them. So this is an easy way to add a little education into our summer days. Let’s learn about summer weather together with our kids! And while we’re at it, let’s learn some ASL signs to go along with what we talk about! First, …

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Simple Ways to Honor Freedom for All with Our Preschoolers

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 Juneteenth is celebrated each year on June 19th, and it’s a day that honors the end of slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865, slaves in Texas learned they were finally free, even though this was two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. No matter our ethnicity, this is our actual national history, and there are ways we can each recognize the events of Juneteenth in an appropriate way. For those of us with young children, Juneteenth can be an opportunity to teach positive values like freedom and fairness in ways that are age-appropriate and character …

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Simple Preschool STEM Projects for Sunny Days

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The sun is shining bright, and the days are about as long as they’re going to get this year. And so it’s the perfect time to take our learning outside! We often think of outdoor play to be focused on physical activity and imagination. But today, let’s think about STEM projects to do outside. Yes, we can have outdoor fun doing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. While that might sound like something meant for older kids, preschoolers are actually natural scientists. They’re constantly asking questions, making discoveries, and testing ideas through their play. So this is the perfect time to …

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Help your Preschooler Learn with Chocolate Chips

Help your Preschooler Learn with Chocolate Chips

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May 15 is National Chocolate Chip Day! What a fun thing to celebrate! And we know our kids would love to celebrate chocolate chips, right? But how does one celebrate the chocolate chip? Well, we have a few ideas for you and your kids. While we may mostly be munching on chocolate chips, we might as well try to learn a few things with them too. So here are a few fun ways to help your preschooler learn with chocolate chips.    We know where this will end Since we know we cannot play and learn with chocolate chips without …

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4 Fun Ways to Learn with Strawberries

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Strawberries are one of the most refreshing and popular fruits out there. And berries are so good for us too! It’s likely that strawberry season is starting or even in full swing in most places in the US. How fitting it is that May is National Strawberry Month! Since strawberries are so delicious and so available right now, why not celebrate them this month? We can use strawberries both for treats and for learning activities! So let’s look at some fun ways to learn with strawberries.   Cooking of course So the first thing we want to do with strawberries …

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Explore Spring and Nature

Explore Spring and Nature this Month!

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Spring is the perfect season for our little ones to explore, wonder, and grow.  While playing outdoors is a great way to do this, books can fuel our kids’ minds as well as their outdoor play. And most kids can’t resist a new stack of picture books from the library. We know that reading with our kids strengthens their early literacy skills. But reading together about spring and nature can also spark their curiosity about the world outside. So, whether the story is about flowers blooming, bugs crawling, or rainy days turning into sunshine, it’s likely to capture the magic …

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Keep our Kids’ Brains Healthy and Strong

Let’s Keep our Kids’ Brains Healthy and Strong

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Brain development is a key part of childhood, and we parents are often concerned with the mental and developmental health of our kids. So during this year’s Brain Awareness Week, let’s think about how we can nurture the mental development of our children. This doesn’t mean that we have to play classical music at all hours and keep our kids busy with intense educational activities. At the same time, there are so many tools and toys that make it easy to keep our kids’ brains growing and developing. So let’s think about some easy ways to keep our kids’ brains …

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