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Your Child s Early Learning Years
Though all of childhood is an exciting learning experience, the beginning of formal education whether a part-time nursery school program or a full day of kindergarten-is a momentous occasion. The best preparation is emotional in nature. The child who feels secure and loved and who has had experiences with developing positive relationships with adults and other children is well equipped to venture forth.
Nursery school and preschool are educational environments for preschoolers from age 2% to...
Looking For A Good Preschool For Your Child
The first rule of looking for a preschool is to start early. There are lots of other parents like you, trying to locate the best people to look and watch over their children. The supply of excellent preschools is limited. The best programs may have waiting lists, even selected admissions, so do not delay.
Naturally, you all have to consider some practical matters: must the preschool be near your home or workplace? How much time will I have to transport my child to and from preschool? How much...
Easing Your Preschooler s Fear Of Separation
Even children who have been used to being cared for by others may, as they enter school, develop a fear of being apart from their parents. Once again, this reaction is not necessarily a sign of regression but can be due to their increased awareness of the world's dangers. Children who have recently undergone major changes in their lives, such as the birth of a sibling or a move, may become even more clingy as they adjust to the change. Some of the ways you can help your preschool child deal...
Choosing A Day Care Center And Preschool For Your Child
Day-care centers-which are often called child-care centers, nursery schools, or early learning centers-can be operated by churches, schools, universities, social service agencies, the federal government (Early Head Start and Head Start), independent chains, and employers. Day-care centers care for children of all ages, although most are between ages 3 and 6. A major advantage of daycare centers is that parents don't have to worry about a particular caregiver's illness or vacation because...
Discipline Strategies
Children need help to live within the limits you've established. Consequences that help your child understand his behavior and learn to control himself work best, beginning in toddler hood.
Young toddlers, kids from age 1 to 2, often need only consistent verbal reminders to discontinue a misbehavior or to follow a preferred behavior. Often, a firm, No, along with a change of scene, is all it takes to get a toddler to understand what is expected. For instance, the 1-year-old who tosses sand in...
Your Child And Sibling Relationships
The arrival of a new baby can be difficult for an older sibling who now has to share his or her parents with another child. You can minimize your child's insecurity by encouraging him or her to help you care for the baby. A child who is 5 or 6 years old can learn to hold, feed, comfort, and play with an infant. As the baby grows and develops, he or she will look to the older child as a model.
Whenever a new child enters the family, he or she changes the dynamics of the family and the...
Leaving Your Child At Home Alone
An estimated 5 to 7 million American school-age children go home to an empty house after school and fend for themselves. Some people say that being alone promotes responsibility and independence; others argue that the lack of supervision fosters delinquent behavior and hampers emotional and social growth. It's impossible to make a general statement about when a child can be left home alone safely. Usually children are not mature enough to be considered for self-care until they are 11 or 12....
Parent Tips For An Infant Ready To Walk
A child will begin to walk typically as soon as he's developmentally able to. For some children this will be at nine months; for others, eighteen months. The age at which a healthy child walks has no effect on or connection with his intelligence, yet parents often feel pressure if their child is a late walker. Friends and relatives may ask, Are you sure he's all right? Why isn't he walking yet? or say, My daughter was walking when she as ten months old and your child's already seventeen...
Boosting Your Childs Development
As your child's first and most important teacher, you will lay the foundation for all of his or her future learning. The things you can do to improve your child's chances of being happy, smart, and successful are simple and enjoyable-and many parents have always done them instinctively. For example, just talking to your child can increase his or her intelligence and improve his or her ability to learn language, to think, and, eventually, to do well in school. The most important things you can...
Perfect Toys For Kids
You must be relieved that your child is just out of toddler-hood. Welcome to the `pre-teens'! It's a whole new ball game. So get ready to meet its challenges head on. `Pre-teens' is a time when your child wants to know more about the world around. At this stage in life, education gains paramount importance and competition is rife.
Though you may not want to accept it, your child is growing up. His/her needs are changing. You would need to recognize and keep up with what the child requires at...
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