Kinderpillar – Page 4

August 13,2013

The Benefits of Preschool

Deciding whether or not to send their children to preschool is a huge decision for parents. Many thoughts go through parents’ heads: Is it too early to send my child to school? Will my child be safe? What if my child does not enjoy it? There is consistent evidence that children who have part

April 04,2013

Importance of Music In Preschool Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar / music / parenting
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early childhood education, preschool

“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them — a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” — Gerald Ford, form

March 22,2013

How Does a Preschooler Think?

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar / literacy / parenting / Thinking
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Young children can come up with some very strange ideas but that’s all considered to be a part of their growing up. It is really important for the parents or care givers to understand the capabilities of a child so that they can expect some reasonable behaviour Every child has her own growth pa

March 12,2013

How to Overcome Summer Boredom

Summer is a season when children can finally do what they want: interact more with their peers, play, create … but at some point of time all these activities become routine and you might hear from your child a short nevertheless a warning phrase: “I’m bored”. However there is no need to pani

February 13,2013

How To Read To Your Child- Part 2

By Arvinder Kaur
Kinderpillar / literacy / parenting / school readiness
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reading with children

“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 Family plays a vital role in child’s reading success. Reading to a small child as soon as poss

November 21,2012

Transitions and emotional development in young children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar / parenting / school readiness
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When a young child moves from one stage to another many changes take place in regards to his emotional and physical development. These changes are called as Transitions. These transitions are very individual and are an essential part of growing up. It is very important to understand a child on socio

November 05,2012

Science in Preschools

By Arvinder Kaur
exploration time / Kinderpillar / school readiness / science / Thinking
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science

“Teacher, why the bubbles are not square?” “How come leaves turn yellow?” “Why do we water the seeds?” Preschool children are naturally very curious. The desire to know everything, explore, question and to investigate is a vital part of their existence. This sense of query lays the found

November 01,2012

Establishing Healthy Food Choices for Young Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Healthy Eating / Kinderpillar / parenting
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eating habits, healthy eating, parenting

The early years of childhood are the critical ones for developing life long eating habits and food preferences. During the age group 2 to 6 years, Children become very responsive to the external exposures like media advertisements of food items, fancy displays of candies and junk food in the markets

October 26,2012

Learning Readiness

By Arvinder Kaur
Classroom Management / exploration time / Kinderpillar / school readiness / Thinking
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learning

According to the traditional system of education, the aim is to instruct and strengthen the commonly used abilities which are known as three R’s – read, write and arithmetic. A reading task could be a complex process altogether wherein the child needs to memorize the given information combin

October 16,2012

The Benefits of Imaginative Play

By Arvinder Kaur
exploration time / Kinderpillar / parenting
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blocks, play time, pretend play

“Imagination is more important than knowledge generally. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” – Albert Einstein How much do you play every day? Yes, you….! Ofte