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“I think sometimes in education vocabulary is looked at in much too mundane a way. Indeed, vocabulary is a person’s tools of thought.” – Dr. Keith Stanovich, Canada’s Research Chair of Applied Cognitive Science at the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto A rich vocabulary is an important part [...] Most people will inform you that your child’s intelligence is IQ and it can be measured by using IQ tests. But, what do most of the IQ tests measure? Also, should we measure a child’s intelligence? Several researchers believe that the traditional IQ tests measure a very narrow range of human abilities, i.e. [...] ”Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.” - Marilyn Jager Adams Storybooks open up the whole world of reading to a child. Researchers have shown that reading stories with your children helps them at many [...] Spatial skills involve the ability to see patterns and rotate pictures and objects in two- or three- dimensions. Well-developed spatial skills are important for success in diverse fields such as, engineering, science, mathematics, design, art and architecture. Playing with blocks helps develop spatial skills in two ways: Spatial visualization is the ability to [...] Words are the basic building blocks for all languages. Before our children start talking in complete sentences, they start communicating by using words. An average first-grader knows 10,000 words. Between the ages of 12 months and 6 years children learn about 2,000 words a year or 38 words a week or 5-6 words a day! [...] We all know the importance of language in every aspect of life and how critical communication skills are to our success. What is less understood is the importance of reading and conversation in early childhood in developing language and literacy skills. Several researchers have shown that early childhood exposure to reading and talking with parents has a direct [...] It was once thought that newborn children came into this world as “blank slates”. People believed that children had to be taught and that they did not actively participate in their own learning. But over the years researchers discovered that young children are actually active learners. They gather and organize materials that lead to their own [...] |
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