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Unschooling: The Gold Standard for Young Children

By Karen Taylor, on March 3rd, 2013

Young children thrive with lots of unstructured play and exploration because it’s how nature intended them to learn! When allowed to discover and think without adult-sponsored lessons, their capacity to learn new things is amazing.

Our homeschooling pioneers didn’t school their preschoolers. While I don’t think babies and toddlers need to be […]

March 3rd, 2013 | Category: intellectual potential, learning | Leave a comment

Electronic Educational Toys, Computers, and TV

By Karen Taylor, on February 1st, 2013

We live in an electronic world, and parents of young children have decisions to make about that.

Do we jump in when they are babies and provide the newest electronic toys for our children? The toy manufacturers say we should, all in the name of education. What about computer programs and TV designed for the […]

February 1st, 2013 | Category: educational, intellectual potential, learning, pre-k | Leave a comment

Painting with Straws

By Diane Flynn Keith, on March 15th, 2012

Here is an simple activity that your child can do with a straw, tempera (or other non-toxic acrylic paint), and construction paper.

Put a few drops of paint on a piece of construction paper, then ask your child to blow the paint around on the paper to make interesting designs. Add different colored paint to […]

March 15th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: activity, fun, intellectual potential, learning, play, pre-k, preschool | Leave a comment
 
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