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It’s Never Wasted Time!

By Karen Taylor, on July 14th, 2013

I recently read something on Facebook that was attributed to Garrison Keillor that I wanted to share with parents: Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.

Now those are words to hang on to, especially during the challenging preschool years!

My Facebook comment was: Your children won’t remember everything you do for them, or […]

July 14th, 2013 | Tags: , | Category: educational, learning, parents | One comment

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
 
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