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Book Kids
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Learning for Kids
We are so lucky today for the great range of educational and learning resources and materials available to our kids. When we were young, books were our learning tools but today our kids are able to learn using fun and inspirational educational toys, educational games and educational software.
Learning through play is the best way for our children to gain knowledge of all sorts of things – from working out how to build objects using bricks, to working out how much it will cost to buy a basket full of play food. Each kid activity in schools and nurseries are designed to teach both basic and advanced skills such as working as a team, to number work and spelling. The main focus is to “teach” children without them actually knowing you are doing so, so that the “learning is fun” concept becomes a natural part of the child’s day to day life at school or nursery and even at home. The same technique can be used by teachers and parents alike.
Children who have been “tied” to their desk to learn numbers or letters or any such task have associated this activity as “schoolwork” and have not excited them but made them feel that learning is a chore. The toys, games and software available today have made both a teacher’s and a parent’s life easier when it comes to helping their kids not only to learn, but to enjoy the process of learning.
Make learning fun for your kids and you will find they pick things up much quicker and you also enjoy helping your child to learn. An enthusiastic child is far more amenable to learn something new than one that feels they are being forced to learn. Even simple games such as “I Spy” don’t cost you anything but helps to teach children how to sound out and recognise the first letter of an object. The game also enlarges the child’s vocabulary when other players identify words that the child does not know.
Whilst the specially designed toys, computer software and educational games are of great use to the educator, you must not forget the great teaching tool of books. Kids and adults alike can all use books from an early age – from picture recognition to word and sentence forming to the development of a well-rounded vocabulary. Books of all kinds are a fantastic source of information and story telling. Read with your kids and let your kids see you reading your own books. This is a perfect way to say to your kids that reading, and hence learning, is fun. So don’t delay, make the time and spend it with your kids and learning something new today.
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A is for alibi : a Kinsey Millhone mystery $19.26 New – ‘My name is Kinsey Millhone. I’m a private investigator, licensed by the state of California. I’m thirty-two years old, twice divorced, no kids. The day before yesterday I killed someone and the fact weighs heavily on my mind …’ When Laurence Fife was murdered, few cared. A slick divorce attorney with a reputation for ruthlessness, Fife was also rumoured to be a slippery ladies’ man. Plenty of people in the picturesque Southern California town of Santa Teresa had reason to want him dead |
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