Glenn Doman: How to Teach Your Baby – Part 2
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Gareth has finished going through the black and white visual stimulation cards so I’ve started him on the red dot cards and words from “family”, [...]
Tools of the Mind: Supporting Development in Preschool and Kindergarten
This article is written as my interpretation of the Tools of the Mind program. If you wish to read the words from the horse’s mouth, you should purchase your own copy of “Tools of the Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education” by Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong.
Read about Supporting Infant Development.
Supporting Development [...]
School Readiness from the Vygotskian Aspect
In my haste to publish the last post on defining school readiness, I missed some of the salient points of school readiness as defined by Vygotsky which I felt were interesting because they differ somewhat from the traditional considerations regarding a toddler’s readiness for school.
What were Vygotsky’s views on school readiness?
Vygotsky believed there were two [...]
Classes at Henguru
So we’ve started taking Gavin to Henguru. He was generally very receptive to the idea of going because it meant I’d be there and he seems eager to do things with me these days. So far he’s attended two classes and we seem to be getting mixed reactions from him regarding the class. After the [...]
Definining School Readiness
Since the day I agreed to start sending Gavin to pre-school, I have been trying to decide if he is physically and emotionally ready for school. There are many recommendations based on exactly when a child should go to school – age cut-offs and specific signs.
Recently, I signed up for Today’s Motherhood – an online [...]
